The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-01

sentence Of death That Indian APP
pcared al the appointed day at the
court, as he had promised. as though
ne were going To keep an ordinary en-
gaecmcnt.
i think" said Miss Parker, that
every one who KNOWS US Viii say that
we are real Indians III our natures
My sisters Indian blood manifesto it
self most strongly III her love for
horseback ridins and outdoor sports.
We both play tennis, and are great
ross country uampegs We went to
school In Oklahoma. We attended the
pubiic schools, never those Of the
tribe"
senators Daughter Has Indian Hood
The only daughter Of Senator Robert
owen, of Oklahoma, Miss Dorothea, at
present travelling abroad. has the blood
oil the Cherokee Towing In her VEINS
senator Owens mother. Narcissa CHS
holm Of the Cherokee nation, died three
years ago IN her home at Guthrie. Okla
she was an accomplished musician, ar
list and author. Although she was
more than sixty years old when she be-
gan TO study art. her work was Of such
high merit that IL won her medal at
the St Louis Exposition. She wrote
her memoirs thu &c years before her
death, and since their publication they
were widely read all over the West
iheir Captured.
The three daughters OF Representa-
tive CHARLES Carter. of Oklahoma. are
seven sixtecnths Chickasaw and Chero-
kce. They arc familiar with the tales
their father tells of his ancestor, Ma
than Carter, who. as q small boy, was
captured ny Shawnee Indians Mt Wyo-
ming Massacre, Pa, and taken West,
where he married an Indian.
The eldest Of these interesting young
ladies, Miss Stella, serves as her faith
er's private secretary. OF all the sis
tcrs. her features are the most Indian
like. She has intense black hair and
eyes and the penetrating glance usually
associated with the proverbial Indian
iudian-Likc I'm Tastes.
Il am not as familiar with the his
tory OF my ancestors as l ought to he
she said. My sisters and have never
thought 1t a very extraordinary thing
TO have Indian blood.
Il think that i'll MY tastes. as we'll
ms In my physical characteristics, ] am
rather lndian-like. / am especially
fond of open-air life. ride horseback
and go In for outdoor athletics. ] am
very much interested III my fathers
work. | am at his office every day"
Mr.. Carriers youngest daughters are
stiil In school
Niece Of Indian Governor.
The wife of Representative William
| Ii. Murray. of Tishomingo, Okla Is 4
member of the Chickasaw tribe. Her
mother was one fourth Chickasaw. ana
her uncle. Douglas Johnston. is at pres
ent governor of that tribe.
Being very familiar with her race
md It's history. Mrs. Murray knows the
characteristics of the present genera
tion OF Chickasaws. Indeed, she taught
among them for three or four years
previous TO her marriage.
Under old Chief Pushmataha, tho
| Chckasaws sold their Mississippi lands
10 the government. and with the money
bought land in Oklahoma" said Mrs.
| Murray. Their surplus money was
placed in tho United States Treasury,
| and on the interest from II the Chicka-
| saws built schools and educated their
children. In a certain respect, they
| arc wards of the government.
| Created ny the Lightning.
| Tho old Chief Tishomingo, tor
: whom our city IS named, frequently