The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-21
SEE SCI: WHITE FATHER
Sioux Warriors Pay Visit to the
White House.
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!'y JACK RED CLOUD IN LEAD :,|''
Son Of Old Red Cloud Was Himself
: one Of Greatest Sioux Fiehters-
How Old Chief Executed His
" Peace Mission. =
By GEORGE CLINTON.

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Peace Mlsslon.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Observation-Disclosures Taft wa.
visited day or two ago at the White
House by three bands OF Sioux In
dtans from the santee, the Pine Ridge
and the Rosebud agencies The braves
) OF Pine Ridge were led by Jack Red
Cloud. son OF Old Red Cloud. who
died year ago and who In his day
was one OF the great warriors OF the
Dakota nation. Jack was dressed In
the clothes OF civilization: In way
he looked we'll enough, but not alto.
gether comfortable. This son of a
warrior OF many battles has seen
some fighting himself He was "out,
with the bands of Kicking Boar and
Short Bull in the last uprising against
the whites In the days OF the Ghost
Dance craze. The last time that one
white man who was at the White
House when the Indians called saw
Jack Red Cloud, the Indian was tear
ing, down, tho trail leading past tho
traders store at Pine Ridge and
emptying his Winchester with = glee-
full disregard of the: terror that hs
was causing. .....3'
At the time of Jacks escapade In
December, 1890. he was not thirty
years old and he was full OF war ana
enthusiasm. He had left tho hostile
camp beyond White Clay Greek bent
on q frolic on his own account. On
his pony, painted, red fannsled, and
feathered, he dashed through the
agency emptying his sun and nearly
soaring the lives out q half dozen
newspaper correspondents who hap
pened to bo in tho trail.
suIIeniy surrend>rs.
Young Red Cloud on that day CIR
eled the agency, and before the troops
could kill him or arrest him he was
beyond the danger line, headed
straight for the hostile camp. After
ward, with $500 Of his fsllow-braves
and ~ many more women and chill
dren, he came sullenly into the
agency, pressed to surrender hy the
regulars who were In the deld.
The day Of tho Indians call on the
president, QenerNl Niles walked up
Pennsylvania avenue through snow.
storm looking not much older than he
did whom he was IN command OF Pine
Ridge agency twenty-one years ago
last December and January. He was
told that Jack Red Cloud was at the
White House and said that he would
ike to see him and that II he was ~
good looking man 40 his father hs
must be fine, outstanding Indian.
The general recently received let
ter from Short Bull, one Of the Sioux
ohieftains who lod his tribe on the
warpath against the whites immedi-
ately following the killing Of Sitting
Bull by the Indian police near Stand
in9 Rock Agency. Short Bull Is now.
leading lazy life Of retirement on.
the agency His warpath days are
over, but he was jealous for light q
score Of years ago and with Kicking
Bear he was declared 80 dangerous
that the two were led captivss to Fort
Sheridan near Chicago. s... SIS.
While tho Sioux were still on the
warpath early In the month Of Jan
nary, 1891, Red Cloud, Jacl's father.
who was too old to 60 on lae war
path no matter what his yearnings
were, was sent out BY his military
authorities to the hostile camp to use
his best endeavors to induce the In:
dams to surrender without further
fighting. There had been hight at
Wounded Knee, whore ninety Of the
Seventh cavalry were killed and
wounded, and whore Big Foot's band
Of Sioux virtually had been wiped out
OF existence. The authorities did not
want any more OF It, II thsy could
bring the thing to an END peaceably.
Red Cloud went out on his mission
and when he came back he said that
his appeals had been Of no avail
Craft of the Rsdsleln.
After the surrender one OF the Sioux
warriors was asked what Red Cloud
said to them when he was deliver
ing the soldiers message asking for
peace. Did he deliver It? Not II the.
youths Of his tribe tell the truth.
They said that the chief came to them
and that his bleaTy old eyes lighted
and his voice was young whsn hs told.
them that war was for men and
peace was for towards. sss.s.
An attempt vas ma4s . aftsr thsasur-
leeeA4r 9 get Id Cloud e toll theI