The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-18
RED CLOUD.
stolen When a Child and Carried
Among ths Hei Skins
From the srnas,ric: Ga, Times


ZION. the Isruas,rIc: GA Times.
While Red Cloul is uawilg snow and
creating but little excitement, except among
the newspaper reporters az the cold north
west, one of his blood relstives is eaJoying
the palmy breezes that are waited among
the NOISY trees Of Brunswick from off the
bosom OF old cceau.
LAST week | CHANGED to meet a man, slim
in form. with dark skin, blue eyes, big white
teeth and rather long black hair. he was
almost a perfect picture OF western cow-
how. with the exception OF his clothing,
which was that of citizen. He was not
elegantly alfred, though he presented a
very respectable, clean appearance.
IL was at the steps leading to Judge
Coker's Office, one afternoon, that / met
him. He was standing gazing at the Indian
rents Just across the street, as if thinking OF
the wears gone BY
THAT looks like home to me-" said the
man, slowly, in a deep. rough voice.
After sizing him up again saw that there
was the shadow of an Indians appearance
about the man, so / asked him TO accom-
pauy me to the Times Office aud tell me the
story of his life. When we were seated, he
be an:
"You may not know it, but am a first
cousin of Red Cloud, the noted chief Of the
Pie Ridge tribe. Yes; my mother was
Red Clouds fathers sister, and, although
we we're born in Wisconsin, we are now a
long ways apart. know Red Clouds his
tory like a book. He was Sitting Bulls
rignt-hand man, and brave one, too He
was not born of Indian parents, neither was
L When Red Cloud was but years old hs
was stolen from his parents and home one
night, This was in the Indian reservation
in Wisconsin, in the northwestern part Of
Al IL -
for eighteen years, when by an accident
he was found among the red men. They
brought him up from childhood When
found he had forgotten his name and the
location of his home, but remembered the
name of his father well, and more distinctly
the names of his dogs His ide1tiflcation
was then complete without doubt lie
returned to his home for a few weeks, but
wss unable TO speak English, having been
trained by the Indians. He seemed 10 have
no love for his home or his people, but all
of his sympatheS were with his adopted
tribe. so he left home and reloined the
Sioux. and since has not had any connec>
ton whatever with his relatives. but
has been, to all intents and purposes,
semi-savage, and learned to despise the
white-skins.
"But Red Cloud Is a good man compared
with some of the chiefs About twenty
wears ago he was as fsrocious a man as
could have been found, but now he wears
the dress of civilization. and is much more
friendly toward the whites than in years
gone. He lives iii a very respectable log
hut. at a short distance from the Pine Ridge
agency, and is typical Sioux ia face. form
and expression, and possesses the deep, harsh
voice Of his nation.n
This man, whose name is Bill LAZY, talked
at length, and, among other things he told
%ka& DaI- Gland Eod ole IT,.
in Chattanooga, Tenn, who was highly
respected lady, and that he called on her on
his way here.
LAZY has gone TO Florida on business, but
will return through Brunswick IN January
en- route to Wisconsin, his home