The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-15
RED CLOUD. THE INDIAN CHIEF.
One of the Fiercest of All our rna,.
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 One of the Fiercest of All Our Indian
 Warriors. General o, o. Towards Fan. ,us Indian
 Chief" in St. Nicholas
 Far away in Wyoming lived tn, Sioux Indians. a fierce and wariike tribe They called themselves Dakotas. h,,, .tbeIr .,a1 mics said that when they fought they dld everything in a mean, hidden way. so II was hard to- know what to expect and they called them Sioux. which means snakeiike ones. To. this tribe belonged a young brave who wanted very much to become chief His father was fierce warrior, and 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 eighteen years old he had already learned to use the bow, could ride Indian ponies and swim deep rivers. and was great buffalo hunter; besides he often danced in war dances with older braves. In some way he managed to ret . rifle which fired several times without re- loading. and after that he began to feel of much more importance than other young Indians.
 At first the young braves were angry with him. but he soon showed them that he was ski1lful warrior and before long many young indians chose him for 'thsIr leader. Now he could wear an eagle featb. CT in his war bonnet, and was a real chief.
 At this time Uncle Sam had promised to give each Indian good blanket 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 blanket 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 I know was never after given any other name.
 The Sioux Indians have 8 wonderful Hes tival which they call the sun dance, Al this time all the braves try to show how much pain they can bear without finch ing, and some people say 1t makes them tender-hearted Certainly Red Cloud" al- ways could bear more than any other war rior, and yet his heart was fierce and war like. In time the Indians came to fear him, and little by little he was chosen war chief of. all the wild Dakotas or Sioux He hated the white people. and when the other Indians tried to make peacg Red Cloud always said. NO: war, war!' Per haps he knew that just soon as there was peace he would no longer be chief; at any rate, he would not listen to any plan 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 party of soldiers who had gone to get firewood had been attacked, and some were killed, the rest in great danger. The Major at once sent out rescue party un- der Captain Fetterman, but Red Cloud was waiting with 1000 warriors. and not one white man escaped
 Nobody could say now that Red Cloud was not a good 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 before them were willing to give some Indian lands to the white people and live on a 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 ona of Uncle Eam's army posts for Dig 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 always ready to break out, and every once in a while houses were burned. stages waylaid and people killed. It 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 toma- hawk and signed what he called "a peace paper" But he did not really love his white brothers. and when Uncle Sam want ed Indian scouts to help him fight in 1878. Red Cloud was angry and sent some of his warriors to waylay the soldiers and Indain scouts. Then Uncle Sam said that Red Cloud could not expect to be chief if he did such things, for the officers found that he was always planning to make trouble; and they put Spotted Tail. a chief who was frank and honest in Red Clouds place. But what good did that do when the young Indians loved Red Cloud and did what he said? And he kept them from working with their hands. and said braves must only hunt and fight. and he would not try to keep peace or to help Spotted Tall control the young braves.
 Then at last when Red Cloud was a very old man. more than eighty years old. he was sick for the first time in his life. He had to stay in his lodge and be taken care of, for he was too weak to move. Now he began to notice how kind every one was to him when he could do noth- ing for himself. and his heart was soft ened When he was able to be up again and go out into the woods he was very happy and began to be sorry for people who were not strong and well. though un- til he was i'll himself he had despised them.
 He saw how Uncle Sam trying to take care of everybody in this big country of ours. and he said- Indians must take land like white men they must work with a blow and hoe. and they must read books and study Then there was peace In the northland for the fiercest of all our 1n- dian warriors up to that time had really surrendered at last.