The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-12-02
They Were Wed In New
York Thursday.
GIRLS AMBITION WAS FILLED
When She Married "Chief Of
Men," She Says-An In.
tereSting Lineage.
KNEW HER SINCE CHILDHOOD

New York, Nov. 27.-Richard w
Croker, former leader of Tammany
Hall. was married Thursday to Miss
Bula Benton Edmondson. a member
of the Cherokee Indian tribe. who is
fifty years his junior. He is -. years
old and she is %. The bride and
ker estate near Palm Beach, Fla, for
their honeymoon.
The wedding took place at the
home of Nathan Straus. an old
friend oil Cookers. Many persons
whom Croker had not taken into his
confidence as to just where the cere-
mony would be performed went to
ST. Agnes church under the impress
sion they would be witnesses of the
nuptials. only to be disappointed.
However, Croker did not evade all
the unlimited guests, as seemed to
be his purpose. for the street in
front of the Straus home was crowd
ed with men and women. Only
about twenty-five guests We're invit-
ed to the wedding.
The bride was given away by her
uncle, W. w. Hastings. who for fiji
teen years has been attorney for the
CherOkees. and who recently was
elected to Congress from Oklahoma.
The bridesmaids were MissesFrances
Fits, n senior at Vassar, who comes
from MuskOgee, Okla; Miss Ethel
Brown. of Dayton, o., and Miss Will
liza Townsend, of Memphis. Monsig
mes church, performed the ceremo-
ny. The grooms gift to the bride
was a pearl collar. Croker was at
tended by Thomas +. Smith. who has
been secretary of Tammany Hall for
years.
A typewriter statement given out
by the bride after the ceremony
made clear good deal OF her life
history. which has been reported in
many different ways since knowl-
edge of her engagement became
known Neither she nor Croker
would talk much then. SO the news
papers made the best of it by inter
viewing her friends. Some reports
expressed doubt If she really was
descended from the Indians, point
ing out that she was blonde and very
lair.
Others said maybe she was one
quarter Indian. Others proclaimed
her an Indian princess and her state
ment says the latter We're correct.
for she is known as Princess Sequo-
yah. or Keta Kaluntuchy. among her
tribe. Her father, the statement con-
tinued. was Michael Smith Edmond
son. descendant of Robert de
Montgomery who commanded the
van of the Norman army at the bat
tie of Hastings, and her mother was
Galela Welch, who descended from
the famous Chief, Sequoyah. inven-
tor of the Cherokee alphabet.
''She is proud of her Indian an
cestry and the Cherokees are proud
of her as college girl. lecturer.
ranch owner and business woman"
the statement reads
Croker first saw the girl who yes
terday became his bride in Kansas
City when she was . years old, ac-
eording to the statement, and he la
ter became Interested in her zeal to
make her people better understood.
Miss Edmondson got inspiration for
her work from pocahontas and 9th
er Indian girls, she said. She told
IL thus:
IL have been inspired by the eX-
ample of Pocahontas, who did SO
much to make the English people
understand our race. Then there
was Saccawagea, the Bird Woman,
who piloted the Lewis and Clark
expedition 5000 miles and made 1t
"A success. On the way back In cross
ing the Missouri her husband. a rem
egade Frenchman, upset the canoe
carrying the records of the expedi-
tion. She Owed again and again
until she saved all the valuable pa
pers and trophies. ! also find inspi-
ration in Talabina. the Cherokee