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submitted by Barbara Clayton

Source: OHS Microfilm CAA 79, Frame 068

Marriage License No. 16,
Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency,
Oklahoma Territory.

License is hereby issued for the marriage of the followning Persons:

Man: Indian Name - SKUNK WASH; English Name - Dan BIG HORSE; Name on Allotment Roll - SKUNK WASH; Age - 29; Relationship to Each Other - None; Blood or Nationality - Full Blood; Tribe or Citizenship - Cheyenne; Name of Father - BIG HORSE; Name of Mother - CAR HE IS; Previous Marriage - Mary BLACK KETTLE, dc'd.

Woman: Indian Name - WALKING WOMAN; English Name - Nellie WHITT; Name on Allotment Roll - Nellie WHITT; Age - 26; Relationship to Each Other - None; Blood or Nationality - Full Blood; Tribe or Citizenship - Cheyenne; Name of Father - BIG BACK; Name of Mother - SMALL WRAPPER; Previous Marriage - Luke BEAR SHIELD, dc'd.

They Wish to be Married 1. By a clergyman in accordance with the laws of this Territory.
Witness My Hand this 7th day of October 1902.
/S/ [Illegible], U.S. Indian Agent.

Return of Marriage License No. 16
I hereby certify, That Dan BIG HORSE and Nellie WHITT, known by me to be the persons described in the above license, were married by me on the 25th day of January 1903 at Cheyenne Indian Mission in the Territory of Oklahoma, Blaine Co. in compliance with the laws of said Territory.
/S/ Robt HAMILTON, Minister, Watonga, OT.
Witnesses: Mary P. JAYNE; Philip COOK.

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