Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-04
LHESTORY RIVALS
Widest OF
ROMANCE T..
Sitting Bulls Daughter Saved
From Death by Army i
- Officer -
HAS SPLENDID EDUCATION
Appeals to Police Chief for As
SiStance in Securing
Employment s
las SPLENDID EDUCATION

Employment
II The open. free, glorious life of the
hills and on the plains for me-in
Gods fresh air and sunshine, and
away from the crowded city, where
the girls dress up just to look pref
ty, says Zintkalla NUM-, one Of the
twin daughters of the famous old
chief, Sitting Bull. IS.
The chiefs daughter came to San
Diego q few days ago under an agree
ment to appear in outdoor scenes for
"a moving picture company, She dis
on her arrival that her SER
vices we're not required at this time
and, being short of funds, appealed to
Chief OF Police Wilson for assistance
in securing a position. The fair yis-
itor Is % years of age, has the swar-
thy complexion, the coal-black hair,
and eyes OF her ancestors, is supple
and active and well educated.
But education, she says. never VIII
have the effect Of eliminating from
the breast of the true Indian the in.
born desire for perfect physical free
dom.
Give me q good horse, !" she says,
and I'll ride to the nearest hilltop
and there jill sing the songs was
taught when 2 baby
The young woman first saw the
light OF day on the Rosebud reserva-
ton, her mother being the last Of the
wives Of old Sitting Bull.
Saved From Death.
1T was during the uprising IN 1890
when l lost my mother says Tint
ka1la NUM-. Serious trouble arose,
between the Sioux and the Cheyennes
at Pine Ridge and during the lighting
my mother was shot and killed. /
was strapped to her back at the time.
a blizzard came up and it was three
days before they found MS 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 in
time to save the little one from GER
tain death.
Il do not remember my father, p
says the young Indian woman, abe-
cause was just an infant when he
died, but have been told what 81
great chief he was- how he always
was the friend of the white man. At
the same time his word was law
among the Indians and he was the,
greatest Of the chiefs of the Sioux,
the real WarIike 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
white agents sent from Washington
to keep watch over the Indians knew
this and winked at the. practice, well
knowing tina. the chiefs knew best
how to handle their own people.
Call of the Blood.
z 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. ZintkallaI
NUM-, which, translated into the Eng
lish language means Lost Bird and
truly she was a lost bird 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 domest-
lie arts have had little fascination for
her, and at every opportunity she
would flee 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 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 a business college at Portland,
Ore. 4....
She is an expert stenographer, a
wireless telegraph operator, pianist,
and speaks several modern languages
and Indian dialects.
1T is time that should settle
down for a while" she says, but II
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 I had more
fun than have had for 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" 81
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 Darroy,
won the prize for the best all around
cowgirl, and the spectators marveled
at her performance as a rider, bront
cho buster and roper. Her twin Sis
ter, Emma, now lives insthe Rosebud |
reservation and intends to remain
there.