Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-09-19
f. Z often ;ar,
Maiden (; Is II JaiL
Because OF Love
LURE OF CIVILIZATION, BUT Love
CAUSED HER TO LEAVE.
y y .,5 a Her HOME gs. 4...
AvoWED SHE WOULD FOIL ows
CHIEF" HALFAN TO THE END
OF THE WORLD 4,l..

Fort Totten, Indian reservation az
Devils Lake is not without it's roman
tic difficulties, Kawaneas, a prettev
blue eyed maiden of Indian blood
who has ustil recently made her home
at Fort Totten, being jailed at Lam
sing, Mich. because Of her love for
! Chief Halfan. h ..5;5
Italian, robust and athletic. him
self a type OF physical giant. has
! come to be admired and adored by
the white girl, and his Indian sweet
heart, the girl who loves him, and
has avowed she would follow him to
the end of the earth, now weeps in
the jail at Lansing because of her
persistent love.
| It was not the lure of ciyiIizatinra
! that prompted Kawaneas to wander
from her home at Fort Totten, but
the man she loved and who she de-
| sired to be near at all times, that won
lher from her home and beckoned her
to Michigan and to every spot upoR
which ker sweetheart treaded.
i It was love at first sight with Kaw-
aneas, and few could blame the Indian
maiden, for Haitian the Carlisle, stud-
lent and football star, was admired
tsby all on his visit to Devils Laks>fhfs
summer, SUI when he claims KaWaneas
first cast eyes on him. Home, sur-
roundings and companions, at Fort
iiFotten were forgotten. and though
she was given the best, even To- an.
Education and blessed with all ana
more than India n1aitiens are
fendowed with in the line of fiapua
mess, the Smani who won her heart
could never be forgotten. He was her.
! ideal, her one aim in life, and is To-
this day. although she is confined be
hind prison bars because of her loYe$
for him IA III 81
Chief Haitian with his education
and physical strength has been made
head of a tribe of red men in Wild
west show organization which is al
present touring Michigan. He is be
ing featured with the sshow, ana In
conjunction with his achievements at
college he has won much favor with
the whites Big hearted as he is, he
'could not see Kawaneas suffer, and
he provided for his follower although
lit interfered with his social standing
Iof leading the luxurious life with the
whites The girls livelihood was pro
vided for by .:Chief." Haitian, Who
would pay her to remain away tor
two or three days at time, but fin
ally her love became so persistent thar
he could not buy her off, so he caused
her arrest, thus the Fort Totten maid:
en- has become separated from her.
sweetheart. s;3 $S5s #
Haitian claims tuat when he visit.
Led Devils Lake he paid little atten-
ition to the girl, other than showing
her ordinary courtesy. She is young
and handsome to be sure, only six
teen yeares of age, but since Ha1fan
works with the wild west show dur
ing the summer to provide funds for,
his schooling at Carlisle, he does not
wish: to marry, much less provide
la living for the Indian maiden who
has seen fit to follow him, He says
that the girl follows him from one
town to another and now he finds Is
difficult to buy her off with cash to-
have her remain away for even a day
She interferes with the part he is
playing with the wild west show, fs (
the real cause upon which the WarranE
was issued providing for her arrest
and Haitian believes that If he can
get out of the country without her
knowing the girl can be reIeas-
led and brought back to the Fort
Totten reserya on. 3ss
Me story tina Il Kawaneas tells Is
sentirely different than that wliicIr
Haitian offered before his depart rturs.
according To the alth critics att Lam
sing The Ind an nj alden declares
that Haitian has been her swe eethearss
since. they were Soang oh ldren ma
that he'd he not; become faeinated nv
the life and uS,lries sof te white peap-s
Iles and won the a admirati ion of 50 many
OF the white giIls while ven issg
with the Wi illd west troupe, he would
have ma ed I1er and & led down ae
Fort Tetfen when he returned frs,fia
1 Carlisle college tIl Is year
The girl is hrok I'D hearted But slsssr.
race Tor love Isl ended. she has q ai.astf.
admitted her defeat ana IS VIII sss
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