The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-27
PASSENGER RED CLOUD
Reported Indian Is Dying After
EventfuI Life.
ANTITHESIS OF GERONIMO
His Biography a Story Full of
Interesting Incidents.
ANTlTHESIS OF GERONIMO

-e has played IN the history OF The plains
no Indian OF modern times can compare
with him in ability. courage and state
craft Since the days Of Tecumseh W,
have had no American Indian destined tC
III as high place In history as this chief
Sitting Bull. OF The same people. may bs
more widely known. bat his standing
among the Sioux themselves was far be-
low thar of the truly great man 1 an
shout to describe. Osceola, Black Hawk
Geronimo, Joseph and others have been
prominent in frontier annals in modern
times. Red Cloud represents the best
a. Geronimo the worst
5laque-Luta, Crimson Cloud, was born
in iS2 OF his youth We know but little
other than that. as IS the custom among
Tie plains tribes. he was permitted 70 run
about with other boys without restraint.
lie probably roamed over the country,
capturing game. playing war and imitat-
AS IN pantomime the feats OF his fathers.
We hear Of him as young man Of
eighteen or twenty il various engage
faents against the Crows, PaWnees and
other enemies OF the Sioux. in which he
signalized himself for bravery and was
promoted by the elders Of MS tribe. he
joined the various secret orders. and
passed through the fearful trials Of the
sun dance. a ceremony requiring more
courage and fortitude than any other ini-
tiation known 70 men, either in ancient or
modern times.
Shortly after 1915 the whites began 10
slowly push their way westward and
uorthward. Buffalo hunters. miners. and
-r.-
Types Of men who neither respected the
rights of others nor feared God came in
contact with various bands Of Sioux upon
their hunting grounds. and as natural
consequence robberies and other crimes
We're resorted 20 by both races. The
story OF the wrongs OF the Sioux and Of
their retaliation upon the settlements can
rot be reviewed here. A careful examina-
tionof all the literature on this subject
repeated visits 70 the reservation. and
numerous conversations with -old-timers"
ana with leading men and women Of the
Sioux justify the feeling that the Sioux
had great provocaton.
Red Cloud himself said that his people
first regarded the intrusion Of the whites
rs they would that Of any other tribe
. he whites could not appreciate what the
destruction Of game. particularly that Of
the buffalo. meant TO the Sioux and other
plains Indians lie foresaw the destruc-
ton o. the buffalo and urged that severe
measures should be adopted 70 prevent IL /
TIc claimed, and justly zoo. that a govern
nent as powerful as that at Washington
should have restrained all immigration
untH The lands now embraced " the
states ~ .-f1sts. Nebraska, North aid
south Dakota had either been taken
away from the Indians and paid for. OF
letl in their undisputed possession. and
tresnassing u7oa those lands had been
summarily stopped. He further said
that Indians ana VIII O. men could not i've
pea eabiv together their modes Of IL,
habits. languages. and inclinati0ns being
totally different
Viewed in the light q subsequent his
tory Red cloud 3 position was entirely
correct The white men who focked to
the frontier made no distinction between
the various Indian tribes or. indeed be-
tween those which were hostile and those
which were friendly Moreover a total
ignorance Of Indian manners and customs
and ~ travel upon the plains brought
about many conflicts and misunderstand-
Sings between weH-meaning and respecta-
HE settlers en- route 70 California Scores
OF Instances Of this character could easily
be- gathered. and certainly should be pub
lished as = part 81 the history OF the
plains Il is not surprising then 70 ind
that from lsfS 10 lS-- continual war was
vzzcd upon the plains These thirty
zears OF conflict. looked upon from a
military standpoint. comprised n long Sc
ries of petty skirmishes and msssacres /
peruetrated by both white and red men
alike. Viewed from the Indian stand
roau il was q continual struggle on the
part If some four or five thousand men
against invasion. The result as vre an
know. was the almost total annfhHats9n
of the Indian
These we're the conditions which con
froated Red Cloud and his people when
he was Young chief III rhe time Of the
great rush % the gold fields In 1S49 lie
sid WHAT any brave man would have done
naier similar circumstances He knew
that other tribes which had peaceabIy
submitted we're bur poorly supported hv
ihe government and were treated con-
temptuously by the whites an around
,hcr-
The most courageous stand made by /
Indians in western territory occurred but :
short time after the Ferterman defeat 1
Major Powell had just received iron wag-
go beds from the east. and also the first /
repeating rides seen upon the plains. He 4
started across an exceedingly dangerous i
r-ece ~ terrfterr aud was surrounded hy +
Nacre-Iuts and his band The men made ]
harrlcada % the WAGON heds and from /
beneath Them kept up q continuous sire 4
srnou the enemy. There were some eleven 1
hundred Indians and they charged across I
the field many times. Aajor Powell said 4
That Dee Thought At least three hundred .
we're killed but Colonel Dodge places the /
rnrnber much higher. When we consider 4
thsr Indians are very 10th n charge IN 4
ouen ground unless every advantage IS 4
with them. the presence ~ some s--e7t
leader must account for this remarkable
instance az bravery. That orse was 5stc
Cloud Many of Ihe Indians fsu within
Jew wards ~ the waEoH teds Both
their bravery
8faene-Luta settled down first az the
agency ia Nebrasls. bur in 1Ssa he was
removed 10 Pine Ridge reservation IN
south Dakota. whore he has since lived.
During the summer ct tSss he became
bind Previous - this he VAS ~ poor
health. ard This clrcumstaDce- together
sith his age prevented h.m from taking
IN active parr ID the councils atter ere
rhost dance troubles OF lSa
was at Pine Ridge during the winter
p 1898. srd Investigated the ghost dance