Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1893 — First Recorded Indian Divorce. [ARTICLE]

First Recorded Indian Divorce.

.Judge Pitzer, of Canadian County, Oklahoma, recently granted a divorce to Luke Bearshield from his wife, Nellie. This-is the first instance on record of full-blooded Indians, married with the Indian ceremonies, applying to the courts for separation, but as the statutes of Oklahoma legalized all Indian marriages, the noble red man can no longer obtain a divorce by leading his squaw to the door, telling her to go, and giving her a parting kick. —GlobeDemocrat.