Show DEATH COMES TO NOTED SCOUT I Prank Frank Grouard Famous in Indian Indi n nj j Days Dies in Missouri EARLY LIFE IN SALT LAKE SPENT YEARS AS WARD OF OR ORSON ORON ORSON SON ON PRATT FAMILY Frank Grouard the famous Indian scout who ho in m the day da of Sitting Bull and the settlement of the west did valiant service ser serice service ice died a few days ago at St Joseph Mo Mn fo where he had lived In retirement after his dismissal from the army at a compensation of or l O a month mouth He was brought from California to Salt Lake by members of the time Orson Pratt family when lie Ive was but five fhe years ears of age Grouard lived here until he became a young oung man and then ventured t into the wilds of ot Montana He lie was born in ia the thc th South Pacific Islands Sopt Sept 20 0 1850 iSSO His father tather was a a missionary to the time islands and his mother the daughter of ot a native king kin He was one of three brothers brought by his parents to California in 1883 1863 His mother nother and two brothers were wore compelled to return to the Pacific islands on ac account account account count of oC the rigors of the California cli climate climate mate It was shortly sh after this that Grouard was wa placed with the Pratt fam fain ily Ib and brought to Utah Six Years an Indian Captive Some months after Grouard left Utah and went to Montana he was captured capture by br the time Sioux Indians while carr carrYing ing mail mall across the unsettled part of the state He was believed by the Indians to be a Sioux and was kept a close prisoner by them for six years ears He lIe was 19 years old I when taken captive and it was nearly six years later that thal he made his hh hi escape es apa He was chosen by General Crook as a scout during the campaign against the Ule Sioux Ho made the time best of his bis situation dur clur lug ing in his captivity and entered into the spirit of savagery with a zest est that aston anton astonished even those who had been friendly toward him none more so 50 than Sitting F Iw i S j 1 t r u t k I I 0 Frank Grouard Bull who was wan very Y n proud of his adopted adapted brother The torture the dances d the sweats the hunts and ceremonials wore were partaken of bv by b the time captive as they pie lao seated ea Civilized dress gave gl vc place pince to the breechclout hr and mo Young and hardy and superbly built he became an object of pride among his cap cup tors torn He outplayed them in their games and outran them In fn their races Hl fIla marksmanship became phenomenal No Indian in the nation could outride him He bore the fatigue of travel better thim the best Grouard fled from his tie captors and di dl directed rooted his steps to a frontier post where he h led tho the soldiers against his captors who had inflicted everything except t death unon UKU him himS S First Firt on Ousters Custers CU Battlefield I Grouard was the first man on the th Ouster Custer r battlefield after the th massacre In Tn his hili book he lie describes his hiti reaching thare thure in inthe 11 inthe the following graphic words It was just 11 at nt night when I got Sot to this place I must have panned p ed close to where Renos command was in trenched but did not know it It was very dark and I could not see things tImings plainly It was cloudy clout and looked lute like rain Tile The first intimation I had of getting onto the battlefield was as when my horse got seared scared at something lying in the trait ahead of ot me and I could not get him to pass It Getting oft off the horse horsa and stoop ing down so that I could feel along with my mr hands I came In contact with some soma I object r did not know what it was so lU soI soI lUI I examined it when whon I found 1 I had my nu hand band upon the head of a It man who I i I 1 been scalped Of course I cannot toll tel f exactly the time feelings I did luVe but I gt r onto my horse pretty prett after 1 I r found fount out what it had became frightened at aL I gut got right Into the midst of 01 I tho the dead and amid was us forced force to follow Collow th the ridge all n the tIme way down It seemed seamed s mcd to me for tor a at Ion long time I could not see ne them but could tell teU by b the time way my horse acted that I was waa traveling deal dead peo people people pIe all the time way wai down t the e ridge In the death ol or Prank Frank l Grouard there passes I one ono of the most moat noted frontiers frontiersmen men and aud scouts cout ever eer known in the west HIM llla book which fortunately wa was writ Brit Britten I ten teim several years yearn ya rs ago ero when its stirring contents content were within ln the Ule memory meanor o or of mushy many men lIlen hUH hua given rise to sonin I criticisms from army arm officers orric 1 because it itin t thi in iii claimed of oC his hla iw too straight narratives n I concerning some of the t 11 history hl tory which I Iu is Ib isa u Ii part parl of the and the be nation I |