The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-13

! Bird IS an Indian maiden. con- y Q
Indian nia.lo'.5 30, but r."@s carr
ian than Indian in h-c ii"as III.
mode OF iF::.- IL !. ..a n =
than ftoe~" Ia s...cl !er r.
Vds last in = Wir,Hl:n . !.
Lost Biln WAS I. ",.t II axe. d.
tee winter CI .,y..-.'. .,u..u - .t,...s.
tha Rosebud agency S.3ux. .%~
moved down by the Jules .. |.
paleface soldiers at NUu. IL i IA go
Lost Bird WAS letl, a he lY.ess. b a.
.let bound paJon5e. in t:le de1"l;,..
tepee of her parents. With NE ii
erican troops WIS a CitlH = -. T..
Gen. Leonard Wright Coi5y. Z l.,
yer Of Beatrice, E>u. He taoh the II
dian baby home with MIN. and II
and his wife adopted her. Icy ga.
ed her Lost Bird, because tae lI....
seemed appropriate.
Yesterday the Sioux chief Li:t.l
Cloud. leading Il band Of warriors,
made raid on the residence OF Ge2
Colby, at Beatrice. He had been II
the Wounded Knee fight and when h,
tied before the pursuing tlHeccats h.>
girl papOose was LEFT behind. I:ttie
Cloud heard recently that mis- dau5I
ter had been taita,l away from t!e
Rosebud agency by Gcn. Colby, az :.
It SO happened that the circus via
which Little Cloud is doing via
West stunts was billed to appear yes
terday at Beatrice.
SO Little Cloud, gathering his war
riocs, started off to abduct Lost Bird
from the Colby residence. Waving
!c1.ahawks. the Indians made fo1ci-
bic entry into the hClne of the Ne
braska General. But Lost Bird WIS
net there. Neither was General Col
by The day before he had been mar
ried to his second wife and was of
ON his wedding trip. 1t is supposed
Snat he had received warning of Lit
tie Clouds intention.
But where was Lost Bird? The
question was answered today by Of
ficiais of the United States Indian
Bureau. She is out in Oregon-no
body could remember the post Office
address--with Mrs. Cara Bewick Col
by, the divorced wife of the General.
whom he had married in 1871. When
Lost Bird was taken from the Rose
bud agency the Colbys were living
together. In addition to being citi.
at that time, Gen. Colby
was an Assistant AttorneyGenerai of
the United States, stationed in Wash /
ington. So Lost Bird was brought TO
ne capital by the General and his !
wife.
The Colbys remained here until
change of administration left Gen. Col I
Ey without an office. Then they went
back to Beatrice and took Lost Bird ,
with them That was in 1898. Subse-
luently Gen. Colby served two terms
n the Nebraska State Senate. He
had been in the civil war when a
mere boy and had served as Lieuten- I
INT, Captain, Colonel and Brigadier-
General Of the Nebraska State troops.
t was while an officer of the Nebras.
IA militia that he participated IN the
Wounded Knee campaign and found
lOst Bird. In the Spanish-American
var President Mckinley commission
ID him a BrigaCierGeneral of Vol
nteers in recognition of his services
n organizing the Clban-American
olunteer Legion. From 1901 to 1893
le was Adjutant- General of Nebraska.
lrs. Colby was also prominent. She
ook a deep interest in the cause OF
1Oman suffrage and favored dress re-
orm. At one Of the congresses of
'omen's organizations here she put
Drth the merits Of Turkish trousers
5 a garb fer her sex. Domestic diff
ulties between the C0lbys resulted in
divorce. Gen. Colby remained in
Iebraska. Mrs. Colby kept Lost Bird
I'd for time lived in Washington.
Recently she wrote to the Indian
ureau with reference to an applica-
on for an allotment of Indian funds
or her foster child. The letter was
ent from Oregon.-WashingtO cor
espondent of the New York San.