Show Oldest living Amerian Indian According to tribal records Martha Lincoln is believed to be the oldest living American She was recently from Roosevelt Hospital after n bout with Well she is going about her daily Oldest Indian woman recovers from illness Martha believed to be the oldest living American was given her papers from the Roosevelt hospital after a minor case of THE but still according to tribal records at was believed born in 1848 years The exact date is unknown About 70 years ago all tribal records were burned in a but with Mrs Lincoln's knowledge and that of government officials an approximate birth date in 1848 which should be very nearly correct would make the Indian lady years Her Abe died at the age of 76 She is the oldest person ever discharged from the Roosevelt THE CENTENARIAN still prefers to do her own favoring boiled eggs for roasted steak for lunch and seldom anything for she still has her own But a recent toothache necessitated a tooth being removed with a pair of pliers by one of Lincoln's nieces SHE SPEAKS the Ute Indian dialect and interpreters were necessary at the She presently lives alone and chops her own wood and gets coal on Reminiscing about the and they are old she recalls the fight In the Meeker Massacre of 1879 She was 31 years old at the time SHE ALSO remembers when the growing city of Denver was only a mere cabin or two and when Roosevelt City was but a roaming herd of wild Lincoln adds that she was on hand when the first Mormons came into the Uintah THOUGH SHE has never reared a child of her own from her marriage with she has reared many children belonging to relatives Her husband died long ago although he was born only a year The secret of her long life reason or she vows she has never touched a drop of fire water in her |