, 1876-09-16

ur IL THE .pcv TED son OF THE SAVAGE
nhEF SITTING BULL.

iul ret tCH'Tal DThIicN, Tue fOSt SOm-
mandant ut Fort Laramie, us the Times
reporter was about 70 retire from the IN,
tcfview.
"Who is Frank Gruard ?" inquired
the news seeker
"Why, he is to he til" leader of Gen.
cral Crooks scouts in the cnminy rxpc-
lition. lie can tell you more in An hour
Than can in day" said the General
He has been raised by the Northern
Sioux, speaks their language and claims
20 be the adopted son OF Sitting Bull
himself. We will walk clown to the sut-
ler's store, where you can talk with
him"
There he is" said General Bradley,
pointing to tall, well.built fellow who
stood with his back to II high desk, lean.
ing backward upon his projected elbows.
At first glance he might he taken for one
of the half fbrced hay.cutters, ox.drivers
and wood.cutters who swarm about old
Fort Laramie. He was c0nvcrsing with
Louis Rcichau, II famous Indian scout
well known to the reporter. An intro
luction by General Bradley, supple.
mented by recognition and cordial
hand.shaking on the part of Reichau,
broke down all barriers of intercourse,
and few minutes aitcrward Gruard WAS
seated at "A table in friendly chat with
the interviewer. Frank Gruard would
pass for IA iull.bloodcd Sioux Indian.
lie is tall, broad.shouldered, long. limbed,
and as dark as II copper'colored full
blood. He has the characteristic square
chin, low forehead, broad face and high
check. bones of the Sioux, and eight or
nine years residence among them has
imbued him with many of the peculi
arities of thnt noed tribe. Gruard had
lust received noti,e of his engagement
as special scout for General Crook, who
was then ut Cheyenne. He felt rather
proud of the position, which insured
him $40 per day, and after few smilesr
began to talk quite freely. His history
condensed is as follows: He is
ANATIvE OF HONOLULU.
The principal city OF the Sandwich
Isalnds, and prior to Ills arriva! in San
Francisco in the Spring of 1865 had
been a sailor on board various small
coasters and traders on the Pacific coast,
In 1865 he was engaged to assist in driv
ing u lot of stage stock from California
to Montana, and after his trip procured
job to carry the pony express mail be-
tween Bozaman and Gallatin. On one
of his regular trips, which were made
solitary and alone, along the valley Of
the Galatin river, he WAS waylaid by Il
party of vagabond Crows, and himself
and the mail he carried were captured,
lie was taken by his captors several days
Journey from the mail route, and finally
stripped and abandoned, helpless and
naked, on Clark's Fork of the Yellow.
stone. Here lie wandered about, half
starved, tor many days, his only cover.
ing piece of ragged, rotten blanket,
and living upon frogs, berries and cactus.
His suffering he describes as terrible in
the extreme. When utterly exhausted,
and in despair, hopeless of ever again
reaching civilization or succdr, one
morning lie was discovered by rowing
hand OF Uncapapa Indians, some fifty or
sixty in number. His emaciated, help
less condition won even the sympathics
of these savagcs, who at once fed and
clothed him and conveyed him TO their
village, which was then on the Mussel'
shell river. Here he first met Sitting
Bull, who at once took II incy to the
captive boy, surprising him to he u son
OF strange Indian tribe farther west,
Gruard never undcceivcd the fierce In
dian chieitan. lie soon made his way
to the confidence and affection Of his
new friends, and in due time was per.
mitted to roam at will with the boys in
charge of he pony herds. He accom-
panied Sitting Bull in several OF his
raids on the posts OF the upper Missouri
and became IN expert in riding, shooting
and other accomplishments which 20 to
make up the Indian. In the siege of
Fort Pcase, about year ago, he sue