The Red Cloud chief., 1890-03-28
SUDDENLY CALICO

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George Cruok, uniteA States army. b
command e he depastmeat a the Nis-
souri,. died Of the Graad Pacific Hotel
~ ':is o'clock yesterday mornins Of
heart disesse.
There had aos been the slightest
warning that General Crpok was not PR.
fectly cell. He was ~ army head.
quasters oil day Thursday. and al
night % the hotel. appeared to b. In
his usual good health. He got up -
usual yesterday mornlng 81 : o'clock.
While drcssine he suddenly said 10 his
wife: II csa't breathe" Mira Crook
helped hin 70 . sofa and . Doctor Was 81
nee sumnoaed. but before he could
reach the room General Crook wa deed.
The 6snessl has bees IL command Of
che Department Of The Missosh foe srv.
eral ysars. sucecediae 6easssl Schoncld-
JohsA Drake, prspraesus os the Grand
Pacific Hotel. 81 intimate friend Of Gen.
ersi Crook. made the following state
. General Crook aroar shortly
before 7o'clock yesterday morning sppar-
emily In his uausl health and. In accord.
ance with HE custom. beesn ~sescisins
with the weights and puilcys connected
With IN apparatus for the purpose which
he kept In the room. After exer-
cisias for . few minutes he stopped
and weat and lay down upon . ioung~.
saytag that ne felt . 'dihleulty In
heeeShine A few moacuta later Ae
called Out 70 his wife: oh. Mary. Mary;
need some help; can't get my
breath" DR.. HuslbuI Who iives heal
BY wAs Of oncc sent for. Every thing
that could bc done wsa done, but he
failed to rally and died ct ':iA. Mra.
Crook and her sister. Mrs.. Reid. wcre
the only members Of the family present
1t his bedside when he passed away. liz
had no chtldrsn. I suppose his death
resulted from - aasctioa Of tAs heart
FOR some weska, In fsct evee since his
last trip TO the Northwest, be hss bccn
complaining Of = hearine-dowu scnsatios
In the ncishborhood Of the heart"
BIOGRAPHICAL.
0sserai Crook sas sis,y one yssps old
September . 'sst lie wss born near D,y.
Con. o.. snd wss aSadusted iroia the United
etstes Military Academy Ia isl From that
year until the bseinaiae ~ the var he
carved With the Fourth Infantry In Calitor.
0ia us vent into the var ~ Colonel oe the
ThIrty.siAih Ohio infantry. 10 vas wound.
Cd ~ lsw isburs and vas breSetcd Liruten.
ast. Colonel for services nj Autietsm 10
Cook part In sheridan's Shenandoah
campaign. and In Tvs he Was
brevesed triasd,er General aad Major Gsa.
erai. q. =. \ { the esd se aAs Ger hi wss
commlssiOncd licatsU ant. Opi0nel and ssnO
ca Boise. idaho. where he fous ht Ind ans ID
tntsrvsls until is'1 In that year ne vss sent
Co snyrsss - the lndisn dfstusbaaces In tbs
Atis0na q ,stricG He sent sn utsimatuW 90
che ohtsfs 90 rrtars % sheir rssss ' ssions az
b. 'wtpsl from the esss ~ the esrth ? Th~y
d~isr~sarded ~. dsms nj and he attached
chem 10 the Tset bsstn. Q q hold
desmsi impreGnsels. end enioresd subm,s
elm. In 1877 he sub6sed the turbulent
etouH and CheycnWcs. In the mssnosa.
ble ladian war 10 which Custer and hls men
were massacred In !ssa the Chisie ahuss do.
handed his Energetic attention. Ne marched
10 miies and captured sU prisoners. com
pleteiy sabduibg tho fecs,c trants. Th.G
yes HE last tssortaat ladiaa ssmpaisn.
am1 General Crook ~ ooee set sbose In.
STRUGGLING the abosts,aes ~ che arts oi peace.
lie drove out squAttsrs and Invaders, pro.
tcctea Tbs 10 disns In lsrWlns. abolished c-s.
tain abuses Of the agents and contraetors and
stimulated the Indians tn help ihetnse " %.
In three years the tribes q the Asisona dis.
Nfi,e bNcn ms a~if auuusrtlna