The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
SOUTH DAKOTA
CHIEF OF NOBLEMAN
Young Jordan, Otherwise Known as
''Red Cloud Descendant Of
Crusade Leader.
His Father Wed a Sioux Indian
Bride--Half- Breed Ruler From
a Royal Race.
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I:osebud Sioux Indian Reservation, s. D., Sept.
S.-Despite the many strange situations In which
scions of British nobility are often found, there
never has been one found in stranger
position than is young Will jordan, who to-day
is chief Of band Of Sioux Indians, but whose
In Mayo
And not only Is he a chief among the Sioux,
ed on his Indian mothers side, from the 'bluest''
blood among the redskins-from no less person
age than Maqpe-I uta, Red Cloud, the most ia
nous Indian chief of western history.
And en- his white fathers side the young man
can trace his descent back to that John de Cour-
sey, lord Of Galinger. who carried the standard
Crusades, and who, IN that battle on the banks
of til River Jordan, between the Chritians and
the saracens. was given the name Jordan"
duct and prowess. The ruins of Jordan castle
still exist in the County Meath, Ireland.
Ono Of the Romances of the West.
The Jordan family, or at least part Of the
family came to the United States 200 years
ago and the father Of young WILL Colonel Charles
Jordan, drifted upon the great plains during the
great Indian wars. Colonel Jordans marriage to
an Indian princess; from Which marriage Will
Jordan was born, is one of the romances Of the
west.
After reaching the plains, Colonel Jordan be
came government scout and In this manner be
Later he met Red Clouds niece, Wee w shte
pretty Girl). and fell in love with her Jordan
talked the Sioux language like a native and
the courtship was carried on in that tongue 81
But when the consent Of the old chief to the
marriage was asked, an almost insurmountable
difficulty arose. No white man had ever been
married to a Sioux princess, and it was neces-
sary to get the consent of the tntire tribe, thru
the chiefs. And SO a grand council was called
to consider the matter Red Cloud had become
very much attached to Jordan in the years that
the two had known each other, and he used his
mighty influence in his white friends favor sc
successfully that the consent Of the tribe was
| given with certain provisos.
| Wee-Washte must never learn one word OF
| English Sioux must be spoken in her household
and IL, that of her children forever. The children
vera to be permitted to speak English while
| away from the house, but the moment one
entered the home English must cease. And altht
Mr.. and Mrs Jordan nave been married twenty
five years or SO, Wee-Washte knows no language
| Gated, but they speak Sioux in their home
f,% Dressed in .'scalp Coat
| Some weeks ago Win Jordan, on reaching hi,
eighteenth birthday, was given the name Of "Ret
| Cloud" inter his uncle. 1t is customary for nj
Indian to tuke new name when about is year
old. A photograph Of him made at that time
shows him in 'scalp coat Of the Sioux, giveI
| him by old Chief Spotted Tail, whose enemies
scalps fringe the sleeves and edges Of the buck
| skin coat. All the scalps were taken from TIL
lheads of Crow Indians, with whom the Siou!
were at war for hundreds Of years. The. exac
number Of scalps used In making the fringe can
not be discovered but not less than 100 wer
necessary. while perhaps $50 were used. Year
! ago these scalp coats were common, but to.da.
very few are known to exist
And that is how the descendant Of the MAJ
whom the king delighted to honor Is one of tn
chiefs of a tribe Of American Indians. W.T.