Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-04
Sitting Bulls Daughter Saved
From Death by Army
Officer
HAS SPLENDID EDUCATION
Appeals to Police Chief for As
siStance IN Securing
Employment

tM4n uduSAtSIS OI me FAMOUS Oio
chief. Sitting Bull.
The chiefs daughter came to San
Diego few days ago under an agree
ment to appear in outdoor scenes for
q moving picture company. She dis
covered on her arrival that her SER
vices were not required at this time
and. being short of funds, appealed to-
Chief Of Police Wilson for assistance
in securing position. The fair Wis
itor Is % years of age, has the swar-
thy complexion. the coakbIack hair
and eyes OF her ancestors, is supple
and active and well educated.
But education, she says. never win
have the effect Of eliminating from
the breast Of the true Indian the In
born desire for perfect physical free
dom.
Give me bood horse she says,
''and I'll ride to the nearest hilltop
and there I'll sing the songs I was
taught when q baby. =
The young woman first saw the
light Of day on the Rosebud reserya-
ton, her mother being the last Of the
wives Of old Sitting Bull.
Saved From Death.
TT was during the uprising in 1890
when lost my mother. = says Tint
kalla Num- Serious trouble arose
between the Sioux and the Cheyennes
at Pine Ridge and during the fighting
my mother was shot and killed. /
was strapped to her back at the time.
- blizzard came up and 1t was three
days before they found us. My hands
and feet were partly frozen. was
only three months old. !"
In her last DYING struggles the
mother had drawn the babe close to
her breast and the rescuers, headed
by Gen. L. w. Colby, arrived Just I'm
time to save the little one from GER
tain death.
Il do not remember my father, :
says the young Indian woman, "be-
cause I was just an infant when he
died, but I have been told what q
great chief he was--how he always
was the friend of the white man. At
the same time his word Ras law
among the Indians and hesswas the
greatest Of the chiefs of the Sioux,
the real warlike of all the tribes of
American Indians. =
Like Ouray, chief of the Utes, Sit
ting Bull commanded the respect of
his subjects. Disobedience Of his or
.ders meant death to, the offender. The
white agents sent from Washington
to keep watch over the Indians knew
this and Winked at the practice, we'll
knowing that the chiefs knew best
how to handle their own people.
Call Of the Blood.
General Colby took compassion
upon the little mite of humanity tax.
en- away from the stiffened arms of
the mother, and he sent the child to
his home in Beatrice, Neb Zintkalla
NUM-, which, translated into the Eng
hsh language means Lost Bird land
truly she was lost bird WAS reared
as one of the family in the home of
General Colby.
From her mother the child Inherit
ed a sweet and sunny disposition, but
ever since she can remember she has
had the desire to roam The doniest-
lie arts have had little fascination for
her, and at every opportunity she
would fee out into the country and
seek the companionship of girls and
women of the Sioux and other tribes
whom she might happen to meet.
Il am at home In the saddle" she
declares, "and can handle a lariat
with the best of them"
The girl is graduate Of the high
school at Beatrice, Neb. Later she
attended college in Milwaukee, She
also attended the Kansas University
and business college at Portland,
Ore. =.
She is an expert stenographer, a
wireless telegraph operator, pianist,
and speaks several modern languages
and Indian dialects.
ct is time that I should settle
down for while" she says, 'sbut l
really love to be in the open air. Not
long ago lived on ranch near
Orange The wife of the, owner of the
ranch is a Sioux There had more
fun than / have had for a long time.
We would ride away on our horses.
out in the moonlight, and race and
sing Indian songs for half the night.
That is the natural life for a girl
City life is not what it should be.
The girls should wear loose and mod
est dresses and keep their lungs full
of good, fresh air. They shouldn't
stay up late at night. The Indian
dances are natural dances. The mod
ern dances are all wrong"
The Indian maiden has travelled
through Europe with General Colby
and wife and for four seasons was in
Buffalo Bills wild west show. At the
Rodeo in Los Angeles Zintkalla NUM-,
who entered the lists as Miss barrow,
won the prize for the best all around
cowgirl, and the spectators marveied
at her performance as rider, bron-
cho buster and roper. Her twin sis
ter, Emma, now lives in the Rosebud
reservation and intends TO remain