Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-07-08
WINNEBAGO INDIAN
MOST MOST PROMINENT CT
GRADUATES OF YALE
Promises to Tell His Personal
History When He Does Some
thing Worth While.

New Haven, Conn, June Soft the
300 seniors at Yale had voted on the
three men of the class who were most
interesting to the outsider they would
probably have selected Henry Roe
Cloud of the Winnebago tribe of In
dams. Cheng-t'ing Thomas Wang. Of
Ningpo, China, and Robert Alphonso
Taft, son Of the president.
OF these Cloud is the most prominent.
as he is the first American Indian ever
to graduate from Yale. He was born on
the Winnebago reservation In Nebraska
on December %, 1884, his mother and
father being full blooded Indians OF
tribal Importance. Although he has
been somewhat reticent about his fam
lily tree 1t is understood by his class
mates that he comes of the royal line
in his tribe, his grandfather having
been a great chief OF his day and being
known as Yellow Cloud.
Visiting missionaries to the Winnie
bago reservation became interested In
Henry Roe Cloud when he was a boy
and 1t was largely through their inter-
est that he was finally enabled to enter
Yale. In 1896 his father died and the
year following came the death OF his
mother. Some time after that
ments were made for him to come east
to study and he entered Moody's school
at Mount Hermon.
Brilliant Worker.
His undergraduate career at Yale has
been unusually successful. He has
maintained a high scholarship stand
and has been connected with many
outside interests by the aid of which
he has been enabled to meet his col
lege expenses in part. From his fresh
man year he has been to a large extent
self supporting.
In the last two or three years he has
frequently lectured In New Haven and
the surrounding towns on Indian GUS
toms and topics relative to the Indian
question. A little over a year ago a
question of Importance in the govern
ment OF the Winnebago tribe came up
for discussion. Young Cloud was busy
with his college work, but word came
to him here that his advice was wanted
by his own people. Without hesitation
he left college at once. went back to
Winnebago, spent some time there In
consultation and ther. after having set
tied the dispute to the satisfaction of
every one concerned he returned to
New Haven n toos UP his college life
again. He made UP his work and kept
with his class.
Ever since he entered Yale he had
been interested In the work OF the Yale
Y. M. c. A. and has been one OF the
leaders In the Bible work OF the class.
His talks at Dwight hall, the Yale Y.
M. c. A. and at Yale hall, the downtown
mission of the Yale students, have al
ways brought out a big crowd of Yale
undergraduates. It has been one OF his
college successes that he has been able
to interest so many of his classmates as
well as other undergraduates in this
line Of work.
A Prize Winner.
He was a member of the Yale senior
debating team and won the second prize
In the Ten Eyck prize speaking con
test, the highest scholastic honor. So
cially he has been a success, being
elected to the Elihu club, one Of the
coveted undergraduate honors. He has
been one of the prominent members
OF the Yale Cosmopolitan club, whose
members include the different nation
alities represented among the Yale stu
lent body.
OF medium height and stocky build
he carries In his face the racial traits
of his people, M his eyes, hair and
complexion mark him OF Indian origin.
On all subjects except himself he Is APP
proachable and affable, but when II
comes to his personal history he ia
reticent.
wait until I've lone something
worth while, then I'll give you my per-
sonal history" is all that his classmates
succeed in getting from him when they
ask him to give his history up to date.
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