Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-14
RED CLOUD, THE INDIAN CHIEF

hED CLOUD, THE INDIAN CftiEr. One of the Fitrcest of All Our lii dian Warriors.
 Far away in Wyoming lived the Sioux Indians, fierce and warlike tribe. They called themselves Da> kotas; but their enemies said that when they fought they did every thing in a mean, hidden way, so 1t was hard to know what to expect, and they called them Sioux, which means snakelike ones. To this tribe belonged young brave who wanted very much to become a chief. His father was fierce warrior, ana had taught him how to fight, but he was not satisfied to follow the lead CTS of his tribe, for he wanted to lead other Indians himself, When this young man was only IS years old, he had already learned to use the bow, could ride Indian ponies and swim deep rivers, and was a great buffalo hunter; besides, he of ten danced in war dances with old CT braves. In some way he managed to get a rife which fired several times without reloading. and after that he began to feel of much more importance than other young In dians. E SI.s Ftv 'A'1-
 At first the young braves were ar- gry with him, but he soon showed them that he was skillful warrior, and before long many young Indians chose him for their leader. Now he could wear an eagle feather in his war bonnet, and was a real chief.
 At the time Uncle Sam had prom ised to give each Indian a good blan- ket, and they were glad to get them. The blankets were all bright red. and when this young Indian and his followers, each wearing a red blan- ket, rode rapidly past some one said, See the Red Cloud. From that time on the young leader was called Red Cloud" and so far as know was never after given any other name.
 The Sioux Indians have wonder full festival which they call the sun dance At this time all the braves try to show how much pain they can bear without flinching, and some people say it makes them tender hearted. Certainly Red Cloud" al- ways could bear more than any other warrior, and yet his heart was fierce and warlike. In time the Indians came to fear him, and little by lit- tie he was chosen war chief of all the wild Dakotas, or Sioux. He hat, ed the white people, and when the pth Ind frin fn En Red Cloud always said, No; war, war!" Perhaps he knew that just as soon as there was peace he would no longer be chief; at any rate, he would not listen to any play to stop fighting.
 Fort Phil Kearney, in Wyoming, was in the middle of the Indians country. One day word came to the major there that a party of soldiers who had gone to get fireWood had been attacked, and some were kill ed, the rest in great danger The major at once sent out a rescue par ty under Captain Fetternan, but Red Cloud was waiting with 2,000 war riors, and not one white man es- caped.
 Nobody could say now that Red Cloud was not a great leader, and even Uncle Sam, however much he feared him, had to confess that he was ''chief of all the living Sioux Indians" All the Sioux chiefs whose fathers had been chiefs be- fore them were willing to give some Indian lands to the white people and live on reservation, but Red Cloud said; No, no; I want war" and the young warriors followed him in spite of the chiefs He had many battles and simply would not stop fighting.
 At last, in 1874, the Indians came to one of Uncle Sans army posts for "big talk" The result was that the Indians agreed to give up the land they had fought for and went to live on what was called Red Cloud reservation" But still peace did not come. They were al- ways ready to break out, and every once in a while houses were burned, stages waylaid, and people killed. It was of no use to treat the tribe kindly so long as Red Cloud wanted war.
 At last, after many years, the war chief began to feel that he could not win his fight so very sadly he buried his tomahawk and signed what he called "a peace paper" But he did not really love his white brotherrs, and when Uncle Sam wanted Indian scouts to help him fight in 1876 Red Cloud was angry and sent some of his warriors to waylay the soldiers and Indian scouts. Then Uncle Sam said that Red Cloud could not ex- pect to be chief if he did such things for the officers found that he was always planning to make