Show THE TH DESERTED WIVES VIVES A Little Colony of Tn Women at Darlington I L T New Kew York Journal ouraL Darlington I T The superfluous wives whom hom the United States government com coin compelled the Kiowa Kowa Indian Indan men to discard a month ago ao are very ver disconsolate Among the he COO C women who are arethus aretus thus left husband les there have been some pathetic scenes senes enacted in connection connection tion ton with wIt the te enforcing of ot this law Two of the discarded wives of Nado their i chief committed suicide Six squaws be i longing to Tall Tal Elk Elk a a warrior killed klell themselves because they tey had ha to leave leve the te tepee of their lord lordA As A many more are ae dying of broken hearts Curiously enough these h aban wives Wi are lle the youngest g s and hand handsomest handsomest I women of the tribe They had nearly nealy all aU been ben bought at high prices by b I their former forer husbands as a ornaments for ha the tent homes home of the red rd men Among the he Kiowa Kiowa Indians the importance of a aman aman man among his tribes has ha hitherto been 31 estimated by the te number and ad comeliness of his wives Every Eer ambitious and Indian made It a a point pint to t add ad one new wife to toils his ils harem hem each year yea The These Thale e were usual usually ly purchased at a cost cot of a hundred usua po ponies nies ales The decree decre of the te government abolishing I polygamy among the te Kiowa Ko Comanche and Apache Indians was therefore a se so severe se sovere vere blow to the old braves The legal separation commenced at Dar Darington Da ington Indian Agent commence and I Captain CaPtan of the te regular regla army ay had issued a call caU to all aU the redskins to tome meet me t them the at Darlington When Ten the first frt faint fant streaks streak of dawn daW were were showing in I the he sky the braves and their wives began to arrive ave The men drove droe in buggies with wit their wives beside beide them them bugge Perhaps the tho squaws were better beter treated that day I It than they had ever ben been b n before r the men devoting t themselves s I s xo tO nt them t and n show h hIng ing them many little marks mark of affection lion tion There Ther is a popular idea among white eople peole that the lot of an Indian wife wie Is Isa Isa isa a hard one So It was wa generally supposed that the comely young oung Indian women would age welcome their ter freedom fredom from bond bondage bondage age But It has turned r out t quite differently e When the men of the Kiowa tribe were called caled upon to choose chos one among their wives to retain and ad discard the rest rest they tey Invariably selected the oldest fattest and apparently the tho ugliest one among the lot lot amonS When an a Interpreter Inquired the reason reon of this an old Indian said First Firt wife wie me like best best That seemed to be the prevailing sentiment among seme all aU aUthe I the Indian men menTh This Thin Th stern ster loyalty to first frt love loye did not seem to make the lot of the discarded women less hard There was no had Tere wa outcry and ad weeping among among them That is i not an Indians way of oC showing grief A look of stern ster fixed fed ejection came cameto ce to their faces faces The Tho discarded wives were sent away to I the he agency building The government is preparing to take care cre of the te women un until tit til ti their reservation Is i thrown throw open to settlement which wi will be in the coming winter Then they will have money mone enouch to keep themselves It I might be bG supposed that tat this would h heal eal all al their heart wounds But most of the women are ae still sUil going ging about the te agen agency aen agency I cy with sorrowful faces and a dejected air They are mourning for their lost lot j husbands f Sag Among AoI the comeliest of these thee Indian Indan women are Moon Eyes Eye wet OverWater Over Tater Ada Evangeline and Star St light Indian Agent has done his hl best to comfort his charges chares by telling them of their bright prospects of again a ln marrying and possibly securing white husbands much handsomer than the old wrinkled men whom they were formerly wedded wedde to To prove the truth of the agents words many white men lately havo invaded tho the reservation and paid court to the beauties beautes pd As Ag many of the squaws have a head hea right of 0 or more mor many may white adventurers aven adventurers attracted merely by the pecuniary gain bargain for these women women Merce Meree Mercenary nary nar white men inca are ar striving In this way to control the te lands that tat the Indians Indiana Indiano have been given possession of or orOne One of ot the prettiest of the young oun women has ha confided to Indian Agent that she like to marry mar a a white whit n mar an anfor for fot two reasons The Te first frt was wa that the te white man mn wanted a womas womans money on only onh onit ly it The other reason re on and the one ono that seemed to have the most weight with her seme was wa that she did not like the white man wedding ceremony as a well wel as a that of the theIn Indian In rw The weddings of this tribe tIbe are ar gay iray af at affairs 3 fairs fa A number of bucks buck race for the brides pony and ad maiden squaws compete In the same way for her robe rob During the te festivities the te bride dab elaborately gowned in a white robe of buck buckskin buckskin i skin covered with silk sik and adorned adored with wih many may orna including costly costy dir dia diamonds monds emerges from her wigwam Dur During DurIns During emeres ing Ins the race for the te pony the te brides i i mother other divests dIvest her of or her beautiful wed wedding wedding i iding ding garments ent leaving her clad only In I a alight light flowing tong blanket Then Ten the bridegroom runs f om his wig wigwam wg I his blanket around her and I carries her oft off to his happy home |