Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1912 — SEEKS HER HUSBAND AT 100 [ARTICLE]

SEEKS HER HUSBAND AT 100

Kittitas Squaw Dresses in Finery to Woo Back Deserting SpouseMet Hipy 80 Years Afl°Spokane, Wash. —A tale of the loyalty of an Indian squaw comes from Ellenburg, where “Old Julia” Hansed, as the whites know her, has donned her finery at 100 and is endeavoring to woo back the husband who has deserted her. She has attracted much attention on the streets as day by day she has sought the runaway. He has not returned to her yet, but she believes that his old love will be reawakened In time. Julia Is the last of the chieftainesses of the Sockley tribe of Kittitas Indians. She and her sisters have been well known to the white settlers since the region was first Invaded. The three of them once owned more than 1,000 horses and much land, but the property was largely dissipated by the . husbands, who were unable to withstand./ white temptations. These derelictions, however, did not shake the loyalty of the Squaws. Old Nancy, another of the sisters, for years led her blind husband about with every evidence of devotion, so that they become known as the Darby and Joan of Kittitas Valley. Julia met her husband more than eighty years ago at one of the great councils of the Kittitas tribe.