Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-07-09
sioux WARRIORS
VISIT WH|TEHOUSE
Son of Old Chief Red Cloud
Sees White
Father

Washington. d. c.. July p-esi-
dent Taft Vas visited recently at IN
white House BY three bands OF Sioux
ildiaLs from the Santee, the Pin
Rids. and the Rosebud agencies
tn, braves OF Pine Ridge were I'D
b. JACK Red Cloud, son OF Old Red
Cloud. Who died a year ago and .n his
.HHs vas cue OF the great warrloss 0f
tue Dakotl nation Jack vas dressed
iu tho clothes OF civilization In va ,
be looked we'll enough. but not alto
gether comfortable This son OF "a
warrior Of many battles mas seen
some lighting himself he was "out
with the bands OF kicking Bear ana
Short Bull N The last uprising against
the whites 10 the DAYS OF the Ghost
Dance craze The last time that one
white man who vas at the White
House when the Indians called saw
Jack Red Cloud. the Indian vas tear
ing down the trail leading past the
traders store AZ Pine Ridge anu
lIE MS n NllN NAFNNFl WIN ~ HH''
flu disregard OF the terror that ~
was causing
AZ the time Of Jacks escapade ~
December. 1890 he vas not thirty
wears old and he was iull OF war and
enthusiasm 10 mad left tho nostii,
camp beyond White Clay Greet ben;
on a lrolic on his own account on
his pony. painted red nanneled, anu
feathered. he dashed through tne
agency emptying his gun and ueat.y
soaring the lives out Of half dozea
new spaper correspondents who hap
pened 10 be in the trail
sulleniy surrenders.
Young Red Cloud on that day q
cled the agency. and before the troois
could XIII him or arrest him be wa
beyond the danger line headed
straight Tor the hostile camp AiiCr
ward with 500 OF his fellow brayes
and az many more women and chi
arcn, he came sullenly into tnt
agency. pressed 10 surrender by the
regulars who were In the field
The day 81 the indians call on the
president. General Miles walked NJ
PENNSYLVANIA avenue through a snow
storm looking not much Older than he
did when he was In command OF Pine
Ridge agency twenty zone wears agC
las; December and January lie was
cloud NJ IA "a
White House and said that he would
like 10 see him and that II he was ~
good looking man as his father he
must be a hne, outstanding Indian
The general recently received ct
--tcr from short Bun. one OF the SicrN
chieitains who lei his tribe on the
vurpath against the whites immedi
ately following the killing OF Situns
Bul hy thc Indian police near stand
ing ROCK Agency Short Bull l. nov
leading lazy lifs of retirement on
the agency His warpath days ar
Over bat be- was Jealous tor hgni ?
score OF wears ago ana Win kicNus
Bear ~ was declared 90 dangerUus
that the TWO we're led Captiyes 10 Fort
Sheridan near Chicago
While the sioux were stil on tnt
Waruath early ia ino month OF Jan
! nary lSel. Red Cloud lacEs father
who Vas too Old ro 10 on The NT
path no matter what his yearnus,
Mere was sent our by his miutar,
authorities to The hostile camp TO Ist
Ms best ~ d,ayors 90 ndJCe the IN
/ dian. % surrender without .ufnel
/ hghuue There had uocu q nght al
I Wounded Knee. where ninety o. tn'
seventh cavalry were Miled dnc
wounded. and where Big Foots ban,
/ O, Sioux virtually had been wiped or.
OF existence The authorities did moi
want any more OF %. q they could
bung me 'hing 10 an rnc peaceably
I Red Cloud went out on his mission
and when he came bact be said tha
hi appeals ua. Deeu OF no avail
Craft Of the Redssn.
After the surrender one Of the Sioul
warriors was asked what Red Clou,
said 20 them when he was deliver
Ing the soldiers message kiur io
peace md he deliver &C. Not Do th'
youths OF his tribe Tel the truth
They said that the Chief zane to tneu
and that bis bieary old eye lighte
; and his voice was young when he toll
! them that war was tor men an'
peace was for towards
An attempt was made after me sur
render 20 get Red Cloud 10 to-. th'
story OF the Fetterman hght. N Nhioi
he led the sioux Jacs Red Ciou,
brought 20 his father grsnddsugnte
who spoke English and sne va
asked 20 act a. Interpreter bot III
/ old man refused 20 tel the story say
ine nat 70 was hot tor q warrior 4
/ boast and then he added that -0m
+ white man might tell the story
o. was not long after TIE Ciyil va
that Red Cloud met IN battle the held
tried soldiers OF that conflict ard tne
found him WORTHY to meet them Nir
e-4i wealth had been discovered u
Montana and The rush OF prOsIcctOr
ana settlers p ade q neces sary t1r "a
government to erect q military pCs
along me trail ieading over III
prairies tC the mines ON the trai
70 the Powder River vas tuif For
pm kelTrey While the troops oi
dered 90 the new post we're on u