| Show AIVES ES I 1 Presidents President sM f qed With offer t FOOLED HOAX STATE SPATE DEP WILL STOP WL S 5 S Special Correspondence Washington Feb 7 Any A amount amoun of amusement amu mont has hag b recently been be caused QuMa at atthe atthe i ie the e Indian department by the t receipt of ofa ofa a amre largo large number numbe of applications from per persons pr perSons sons sn desirous of o dt g Indian heiresses From alm tet t In hi am every ever country Europe Europe has h come a shower showe of letters from per persons pr I sons eons anxious to marry mar squaws As A ha has been ben charged in the tha ease case of im impecunious but titled tte foreigners who seek sek sk wives on th side of tile the U Atlantic the chief cief object of the inquirers is lucre lucre The rush has hs been caused cud by the an announcement in a Paris paper that the United States government of I civilizing the te five Inda tribes trI s had bAd de decided de elded cide to place over 5 Indian girls O on tho the matrimonial market with wip each ech of I whom would be b given a ad dowry of Df 0 and an some hundreds of acres s of ot land A month or two ago President McKin leys leys foreign mail showed sh aK w a decided In Increase Increase crease cre and anti Secretary Secre Cortelyon was w sur surprised pris to read nume numerous letters letes asking for Information as a to the alleged al e mar marriage marrage rage offer ofer He knew nothing orthe or the mat nott matter matter ter but as a official communications the letters were to the commissioner of Indian affairs H the first India affair or report Ire re te few letters leters were placed in the catalogue of ot unique communications to but in time as a there was wan wa no cessation In the flow ow of letters letter an a Inquiry was wu started The origin of the nuisance was wa traced tre to the te Paris Par newspaper Leading journals in other countries deeming nothing noting too strange to be b true tre in America copied the te article in full ful without taking the trouble to verify it it The article artcle stated d that S ceremonies had been ben performed prore within a fortnight after the offer ofer but there ther were Wee over oer 00 desirable girls dl left f Typical of the m sent by the seekers after the prize Indian Indin n beauties is isone Isone one irom La L Havre Huire Ju W CJ ie a His Excellency th the President of the Ils t United Unite States S 01 I learn lern from a French newspaper of the offer ofer made by the United Unie States gov government I am disposed to accept the same Inform me m of ot particulars by tote tele telegraph mph graph at my expense Have Rave been bo n brought roUght up in the country countrY and familiar with wh horse hOne raising raisin and have have practiced it many years ears wih with success suc Awaiting an early ealy reply I am ant your obedient servant Wooers Wooer Send Photographs Photographs galore have been bessi be added a ded to the flies files tes of the Interior department by Hon William A Jones commissioner of Indian affairs One applicant who evi evidently ei evidently dently placed much reliance dance upon his bib looks sent four or live five pl ture tures with the request that they be b distributed J among the Indians and asked aske that the best bet looking girl who had bad the te b st property prospects be reserved for him One me Ger German German b man also wanted reserve a wife He H stated state that wante a mn he worked in a factory but was WW tired Ure of or orthe the old country countr He 1 Is something o of a musician he said sid and ard might be e able to join one ne of the Indian bands One of the most curious letters was one penned by a man In m j t land mitt and d from the penmanship and general make makeup makeup up of the letter leter It i was evidently that of ofa ofa ofa te the a business man In his Imagination a ma with In Indian United States State was overstocked I dlan dian females and he might ta tle tal e o eone one for a a wife he was frank enough to I state that the money was not to be sneered at He declared w that it was his I at business n fl intention to enter upon a a busine V brId must most ture and said his prospective bI sid hold on to her property here so in incase inc incase here and pd case ha he failed he might come become c an nit American only In iii Inise case ise 8 his wife was as pretty She Site was c to meet met him wie in Switzerland and the money oney was to come in advance wa Among other requirements his ift letter contained the following I 1 want ant a 8 Seminole 16 I 1 or 17 yer oW old ok LIB l or meters in height of fine tipe ne nei 17 meers 11 not ot t stout nor thin As A for m part i I will say that I am not Then Th wi ho he proceeded to state die flie te 4 in regard to his bis Seminole wie wife meet meeting meeting ing tons him in Europe El and a directs direct drets that she rop select acres of lam Ian before setting out to see him S From Russia came caine s a letter from a than man said he lie was of distinguished l family It was directed to the commissioner of or affairs In person arid anid its iti com tion showed the result of ef much zither labor The TIle writer seemed to have learned his Eng English English lish Ush from books but on the whole his letter was above the average The com corn on the hole have caused mud much trouble troubIe however and wd it was advisable by Secretary Hitchcock to make efforts to put an end to the silly nuisance He thereupon called the at Qt attention attention of the secretary of state to the matter and a il denial demal of the announcement will be made matte through the United States consuls abroad Some Americans Write Even men in m this flis jive nave been b fooled by the story but ut where they se as cured their information is a mystery Two Philadelphia young men employees ees of the Reading railroad wrote that they would not mind marrying the squaws for their money It was immaterial to toU th U thorn om n from Irom I Which ich of or the five tribes the girl was selected although for personal they woud ouM rather have the one nho brought the largest dower It was WMS their understanding that While each aeh h gil gid was to have l the Cherokees Che ro had hal 1 acres of land the Creeks C ks 1 acres and I the Seminoles Choctaws Choctaw and SO acres each From Wellfleet a little littletown littletown littletown town In Barnstable county Massachusetts was forwarded a petition bearing half balt a dozen or more Addressed to the president of the United Unit States the communication c read We Ve the undersigned would be glad if I 1 your excellency would send full information information information tion regarding the conditions by which young girls of the various Indian tribes may contract marriage with Americans We Ya stand ready and willing to marry marT In Indian Indian Indian dian girls of either tribe as soon as we receive full fun Information regarding the transportation conditions of the lands and t the e contract We remain your our humble servants While the whole matter has been heen treated as a joke by the officials any number of inquiries have havo been received not only from abroad but from men wen coun coon country country try Even persons residing within a few miles mUes of the red men mea seem to have been I fooled by the story |
