and
her deep black eyes, she had every characteristic of Caucasian descent.
The motherless lad was reared by his grandmother and an uncle in the
wilds of Manitoba, where he learned thoroughly, the best of the ancient
folk lore, religion and woodcraft of his people. Thirty years of
civilization have not dimmed his joy in the life of the wilderness nor
caused him to forget his love and sympathy for the primitive people and
the animal friends, who were the intimates of his boyhood.

[Illustration: DR. CHARLES A. EASTMAN,
Famous Sioux Author, Orator and Physician.]

He is very popular as a writer for the leading magazines. "His
Recollections of Wild Life" in St. Nicholas, and his stories of "Wild
Animals" in Harper, have entertained thousands of juvenile as well as
adult readers. His first book, "Indian boyhood," which appeared in
1902, has passed through several editions, and met with hearty
appreciation. "Red Hunters and the Animal People," published in 1904,
bids fair to be, at least, equally popular.

During the last two years, he has lectured in many towns from Maine to
California and he is welcomed everywhere. His specialty is the customs,
laws, religion, etc., of the Sioux. Witty, fluent, intellectual,
trained in both methods of education, he is eminently fitted to
explain, in an inimitable and attractive manner, the customs, beliefs
and superstitions of the Indian. He describes not only the life and
training of the boy, but the real Indian as no white man could possibly
do. He brings out strongly the red man's wit, music, poetry and
eloquence. He also explains graphically from facts gained from his own
people, the great mystery of the battle of the Little Big Horn in which
the gallant Custer and brave men went to their bloody death.

He was married in 1891 at New York City, to Miss Elaine Goodale, a
finely cultured young lady from Massachusetts, herself a poetess and
prose writer of more than ordinary ability.

They have lived very happily together ever since and are the parents of
five lovely children. They have lived in Washington and St. Paul and
are now residents of Amherst, Massachusetts. Whether in his physician's
office, in his study, on the lecture platform, in the press or in his
own home, Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman is a most attractive
personality.

IX

JOHN

_The Beloved of the Sioux Nation_

Rev. John P. Williamson, D.D., of Greenwood, South Dakota, was born in
the