The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
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less, blanket truwl lstil,uv, IN the de~Ffted
tatre ~ huf Iufrufa Win ttn American
troopa wna 4 citizen soldier. ten, leonard
wright Culhv, y Mwvrr u th'atfice, Neb
No took thr fuHtlp baby hpma with him.
and he and he vife adopted har. Th~y
called hrr lus, HrI, becauas tho name
snrmed appropriate
Yesterday the Siput chief Little Cloud
leading "A band of warriors, made q raid on
tho rosidcnco ~ ten. Colby ~ lsStrios.
He hal hcon In the Wounded knee nght
and when he ned berore the pursuing blue
coats his girl papoose was left behind
Little Cloud heard ~rpcently that his dauEh-
tor had been taken away from the Rosebud
agency by Gen Colby, aud II 80 happened
that the circus with which Little Cloud
Ia doing Wild West ,etunts was billed to
appear yesterday at Beatrtce.
30 Little Cloud. gathering his warriors,
started on 20 abduct Lost Bird from thu
Colby residence, Waving tomahawks, the
Indians made n forcible entry into the
homo " the Nebraska General. But Lost
Bird was not there. Neither was uen.
G rIog z III Inc ss day Ps aIs~ me be h "a ~ ss * %S II.
wedding trip. IL 10 supposed that he had
received warning Of Little Clouds intsntion.
But wheGe was Lo1 BiFdf The question
was answered to-day by ofioials Of the
United Statea indian Bureau, Sbs y out
post office address-with Mrs, Clara Bswick
Colby, the divorced wife Of the General,
whom he had married In 1871. When lost
Bird was taken from the Rosebud agency
the Colbys were living together. In addi-
ton TO being a oitizen-soldier at that time,
General OF the United States, Stationed m
Washington. So Lost Bird Waet brought
to the capital by the General and his wife.
The Coibys renmined Hero until o. ehange
Of administration left Gen. Colby without
an Office. Then they went back t6Beatrice
and took Lost Bird with them. h was
In 1893. Subsequently Gen. Colby served
two terms in the Nebraska State Senate.
He had been in the civil war when a mere
boy and had served as Lieutenant. Captain,
Colonel and Acknowledgement of the Ne
bruska State troops. IL was while an officer
of the Nebraska militia that he participated
in the Wounded Knee campaign and found
Lost Bird. In the Spanish American var
President Mckinley commissioned him q
Brigadier- General Of Volunteers in recogni-
ton of his services in organizing the
Cuban-Amerioan Volunteer Legion. From
1901 to 1908 he was Acknowledgement Of Ne
braska.
Mrs. Colby was also prominent. She
took a deep interest in the cause OF woman
suffrage and favored dress reform. At one
of the congresses of women's organizations
here she put forth the merits Of Turkish
trousers as a garb for her sex. Domestic
difficulties between the Colbys resulted in
a divorce. Gen. Colby remained In Ne
braska. Mrs. Colby kept Lost Bird and for
a time lived in Washington. Recently she
wrote to the Indian bureau with reference
to an application for an Allotment Of Indian
funds for her foster child. The letter was
sent from Oregon.