Show J s 1 MINNEHAHA'S NAM NAME I MN IT WILL BE HONORED 5 BY A AI MARBLE STATUE J JI I I IJ II JI I I I J A it Deal Deadwood ol Sculptors Sculptor's Sad Sai and Pitiful Story of ot Ir a n Life That That Vel Went t Out When hea Love l Tailed I l I Come to Die j I I II I Deadwood has a n sculptor who seems destined to attain a wide world word fame He lie is a genius who amid more favorable favorable favora favora- ble surroundings would have ere this 1 taken a front rank among the Artists artists i of time the country His name is Riordan and the world at large will vill have an opportunity to to judge of his hi's talent at I Chicago next year for he lies has just finished finished fin fin- a a. a statue of Minnehaha an Indian maiden ordered by Mrs J. J A. A Gaston of Deadwood member of the Womans Woman's commission of that State which will willbe willbe be placed in tIme the woi woman's womans ans an's exhibit ot of 4 South Dakota The figure is size life and is a well executed representation of a Sioux maiden as she would be seen leaning upon a bow Tho features are aro natural with time the characteristic Roman nose and prominent dud chin and jaw Her hair drapea carelessly upon her ii ders The rise natty form is clad in the customary buckskin garb and every fold wrinkle arid and ornament j jIs is clearly cut and produces a strong ef ef- feet took toole for his subject a Bioux maiden of 18 13 summers named Minnehaha in connection with whoso whose life and death timers thero is a romantic le le- le gend was vas vas' time the daughter of Sitting Hear Bear one of the tho foremost of the Sioux warriors who was in the engagement en- en gan-ement gan with Gen Custers Custer's troops on the Little Big Hig- Bighorn Horn and was looked one of the bravest leaders of the nation In J 1877 Sitting Hear Bear with his followers surrendered and went to the Cheyenne reservation locating near near Fort Sully Minnehaha soon made the acquaintance of the soldiers and took delight in visiting the garrison She did not like the Indian ways f living and spent her entire lime sime studying the ways of the whites There wa wasa s a Lieutenant Dupont at time the jost He lie was wis always pleasant to Min Mimi and she sought his company In a little while her grew to a burning passion hi f love and devotion She was un- un lappy appy when his sight Dupont ob- ob this growing affection in the tho naiden and endeavored to induce her hero o go away talking to her of his wife ind md children in the East but Minne- Minne would not be comforted She not comprehend the matrimonial taws laws of time the pale lEer Her final re request request re- re quest was that she be made Duponts Dupont's servant that she could always be near aim t wait lilies him cud and to shield trim from treachery of the tle Indians Dupont could not bear to see her face and thought if he lie was ivas ut tt of the way she would soon forget line aim and would dispel her hes mad passion tie applied to be moved to Fort Lara Lara- uie nie Wyo Time The request was ind md he quietly moved to his new sta- sta sta-J sta lion He lie had been there over a year vear ind had entirely forgotten when one night he lie was called to his to see a visitor and upon enter 4 c I J I r as V I ing saw a female form standing beside bo be side time tho fireplace Her Iler head was bowed and upon her face was an expression ex cx- of great sorrow He stared in in wonder at her when Minnehaha for forit forit it was she said O 0 Dan dont don't you me ie any more I walked all time the way from Dakota to die in your presence O 0 ODan Dan dont don't drive me away Ive I've only a afew afew few more days to live my heart broke when you left me Circumstances compelled me to live with my people but we had nothing in common their way was not mine and now that I am dying I want to be buried among the palefaces and I will die happy to think that you jou will sometimes come to my grave giave and pity poor Eleven days later the soldiers tenderly ten ten- deny derly laid poor heart broken Minnehaha Minne Minue- under the sod on a hill near the T fort foit and a pine tree was planted at the head of the grave giave and marks her resting resting rest rest- ing place Minnehaha was born near where Rapid City is now located in the eastern slope of the Black hills |