The Red Cloud chief., 1891-01-23

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| croft, ths veserable his1priaa. did very
soddenly Saturday eveain9.
10 hsd bern realized thaA Mr.. hao-
croft eould hardly sarvive much toages
The iseseasing inArmitics isciaest ~
his extrrme ayr. hat he hsd been In
cheerful spirits and apparently better
health this year xiDce hin retuFu fpu0
Newport than for several seoAus,n pasA
- that his death wss suddea and unex.
pected 70 all svc the few intimafs
friends who knew Of The attack Of III
RES which carried him Oh. Ths end
was quiet and peaceful and came otter
. period Of unconsciousuess lasting
about twenty-four hourA
Mr.. kaacrUft for rome years had been
in the habit Of spending about Ave
months in Newport and passing the
winter and colder season Of the yosr In
Washington. Two yesn Mo he had .
severe attack Of sickness which kept
him in bed for four or I've weeks ssd
- he was then in his eighty-ninth yesr
grave apprehenxions were felt for his
life. He recovered. however. though
he WAS never after that as strong n he
had formerly been. He came 10 this
city from Newport last October. lie
was in 6ne health and spirits and had an
excellent appetite and q good faculty
for sleep until last week when be-
caught n slight cold. He had always
lived carefully but generously and had
said repeatedly within the last six
weeks that he had never slept better
nor had a better appetite. Notwith-
standing his cold he continued IA seek
outdoor exercise every day until Thurs
day when he took Ia his bed rs a matter
Of precaution.
Mr.. BancrOft's illness was less than
ten days. He failed rapidly Friday and
became unconscious in the afternoon.
in which state he remained until the
cnd. His on. John &. Bancroft. who,
with his wife. kept house for the his
torian. was with him in his last mo-
mcnts.
Mr.. Bancroft was always fond 81 out
door exercise, 10 which in q large meas
ure he attributed his good health and pro-
lOnged life, and after he discontinued
horseback riding he regularly walked
about the ely, attended by an old SER
want. He lived here in q large, old
fashioned double house on II street in
fashionable neighborhood. and his
garden here, As at Newport, Was
filed with choice roses. in which
flower he delighted. lie regarded
his life work as finished two years ago.
and Of late had done no literary work.
During the last decade he had revised
his great work. 1.-THE History of the
United States" going over it in a se-
verely critical style and eliminating the
flowers Of rhetoric in the early work.
His last production was a history Of the
Of the Constitution. lie un-
10 write q history Of President
Folks administration, in who's. Cabinet
he served rs Secretary of the Navy, but
was compelled To abandon IL.
George Bancroft was bOrn in WOrccS-
ter. Mass. October 3. 1900. He was
n son Of Rev. Aaron Bancroft lie was
prepared for college ut Exeter, y. H.,
mt Harvard when 1. years Of
age and went To Germany. NJ Got
where he resided for two years. !
studied German literature under
French and Italian literature
under Artaud and H~unsen. Arabic,
Hebrew and Scripture Interpretation
under EichhOrn. history under Planck |
and Heeren. natural history under Blu
menback. Rome under Dissen, with
he took q course of Greek philos-
Onhv |