The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-09
FAMOUS CREE
INDIAN WEDS
CHORUS BELLE
Winner of Winnipeg-St.
Paul Dog Derby Loses :
Race With Cupid ,t

! st. Paul, Mimi, July 0.--Albert
Campbell, the willy Cree indian from
lie Pas. who won the 1917 Red River
Valley dog derby from Winnipeg to
st. Paul. proved unable to with
stand the attack of love and today
he is a married man.
In a romance that equals the ex-
citement Of the 500-mile chase
through the wintry SHOWS, he cap-
tured the heart Of Miss Madeline
! Sullivan, "a years old, Chicago girl
who six years ago attained national
attention by Eer wooing of Plenty
Hawk, full-blooded Grow Indiani
She was prevented from wedding
Plenty Hawk only by a refusal Of
authorities to grant her request for
license.
Weds in Secret.
Yesterday Mrs. M. X, Sullivan, 500
Crescent avenue, Chicago, mother Of
Madeline, acknowledged that the dog
racer and her daughter were MARI
rted secretly last Saturday.
Il did what / could to prevent tho
marriage" she said.
Love is above distinctions be4I
tween class and color" the bride
said. II would rather live happily
and in squalor with AL, my redsl1inI
lover than in q palace with a white
man whom did not love-"
Campbell, with characteristic mod Il
esty, blushed and said nothing. Il
She's a Chorus Girl.
When the famous dog race started
from Winnipeg Jan. "a, Madeline
whose grandfather is wealthy CHR
cago Jeweler, became interested She
was In st. Paul. a member of thel
musical comedy Chin Chin" whenl
the race ended.
AS Albert Campbell, tall and su4I
perb looking in his northern costumell
loped across the finish line in Como
park, Madeline knew she need 60 mo-
farther to seek her ideal. From that
moment her heart, hopes and ambi4,
tions were wrapped up in the Cree. II
In a fash all her love for Plenty
Hawk passed into duh, commonplace
oblivion and in its place came an
overwhelming desire for AL. il
Campbell scarcely had recovered.
from the physical exhaustion att.
endant on the race when Madeline.I
infatuated. was introduced to him.
Mother Opposes Match.
Later, while on a vaudeville tour,l
Campbell frequently met Madelinelt
Ing louE SHuSu III NHlCaBO anu
weeks passed by with Campbelll
frequently in company with the,
white girl.
Mrs. Sullivan opposed the match
because of difference in race and.
class. But the opposition only
strengthened the desire of the two.
persons most intimately concerned.
The future of the pair is uncer7l
tain. Campbell, having tasted the de1i
lights of civilization hesitates to rel
turn to the far north. Mrs. Campbelll
enamored with picturesque life I'M
the open. is eager for him to go back
to the woods.
Mrs. Campbell, then Miss SullivanI
first came into prominence in Januy,,
ary. 1911. The preceding fall she had
visited Sheridan, Wyo., and met,
Plenty Hawk. full -blooded Crow,
who was racing fast horses at a
fair. n
Her EARLY Romance.
Later, when the Grow Indians held
a fair, Plenty Hawk, with his war
paint, captured the girls heart.
The girls mother FASTENED to the
agency and persuaded the girl to rel
turn home. But few days later
Madeline returned to .Wyoming,i
where she was the guest of Plenty
Hawk. III
Madeline appeared at Billingsil.
Mont. to obtain a marriage license
Jan. 80, 1911. Plenty Hawk did not
accompany her. 1t was said he had
been out the preceding night with
several braves who were arrested
and held for disorderly conduct.
The girl implored Judge Brown Of
Billings to issue the license. He ext
planned that it was necessary for,
Plenty Hawk to apply for the license
and that permission from the super+l
intendent of the agency was neces4I
sary. The permission was not OBJ
tanned because of Mrs. Sullivan'si
opposition.