ary ▁by ▁hand - color ing ▁photograph s ▁and ▁s elling ▁her ▁oil ▁paint ings . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 0 ▁she ▁visited ▁her ▁child hood ▁home ▁in ▁Ke os au qua , ▁Iowa , ▁taking ▁with ▁her ▁the ▁dress ▁she ▁had ▁worn ▁during ▁the ▁Indian ▁attack ▁which ▁still ▁had ▁the ▁hole ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁Moh ave ▁arrow . ▁According ▁to ▁one ▁account , ▁when ▁she ▁showed ▁the ▁dress ▁to ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Iowa ▁school children ▁and ▁told ▁them ▁its ▁story , ▁one ▁boy ▁asked ▁her ▁if ▁she ▁had ▁surv ived ▁being ▁shot ▁by ▁the ▁arrow . ▁ ▁After ▁her ▁return ▁to ▁California , ▁she ▁became ▁engaged ▁to ▁Oliver ▁Perry ▁Allen . ▁He ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁naval ▁officer ▁and ▁veter an ▁of ▁the ▁Mexican – American ▁War ▁who ▁later ▁went ▁into ▁bank ing . ▁They ▁married ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁August ▁ 1 8 7 3 ▁and ▁had ▁three ▁children , ▁a ▁son ▁Edward ▁whom ▁she ▁named ▁after ▁Edward ▁O . ▁Smith , ▁a ▁daughter ▁Ed ith , ▁and ▁a ▁second ▁daughter ▁Julia ▁who ▁died ▁in ▁inf ancy . ▁S all ie ' s ▁husband , ▁who ▁was ▁ten ▁years ▁her ▁senior , ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 6 8 . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁death ▁Oliver ▁Allen ▁was ▁a ▁book keep ing ▁officer ▁at ▁the ▁Ang lo - Cal iforn ia ▁Bank ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁worked ▁for ▁over ▁ 3 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 3