Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-04 | Page 3 | Bandit Suspect Grew up among Sioux Indians

BANDIT SUSPECT GREW UP AM AMONG N INDIANS Served as Cavalryman in China During Rebellion Re Re- belli bellion n EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE This is the second of three articles by Tom Vernon one of the few surviving surviving ing time old time d-time western bad men In hi hii first article Vernon Vernon Ver- Ver non related how he saw caw his mother and md father hanged by a amob amob amob mob when ho he was 5 years old and how he was was shot by them and later rescued by Sioux In In In- He Is charged now with withholding withholding withholding holding up sine single Ie handed a Northern Pacific er train near Los Angeles Angele and also ac accused accused ac ac- of holding up another train near Cheyenne Wyo By TOM BUFFALO VERNON As Told to Jim Hopkins NEA Service Writer Tho The Indians on the Sioux reservation reser reser- put mo sue in charge of a L whiteman white man named Pete tho the only ly white than man on tho Ito Io was a n. areal areal real friend he lie nursed ed me me back to health kept ket mo trio with him all ahi tho time and taught mo me how to ride Ho He saved my life lIfo once when a tough looking man named Black Bart me I dont don't know what Black Bart wanted with me mc but Ive I've since learned things that mako make me believe belleve the Wyoming cattle men had sent him bUn up to put mo ma out of oC the way vay for fear I r might remember too much about the hanging hanging hang hang- lan ing of ot my folks when I grow STOW up Anyhow Pete Peto followed us Into tho the mountains killed Black Dart Bart and took mo me back buck to tho reservation I had two other friends on the reservation reservation-an reservation reservation-an an Indian girl named Eagle and my wild pinto Gray Eagle Easl Eagle glo gloa a was the prettiest girl I lover over ocr knew I got into lots of ot fights with tho Indian bo boys s 's because of oC her Those Indian boys were all an rl right ht I at that They rhey were never mean I when they'd thed licked me rue anti and th they y al always always always al- al ways took it lIke good sports when I licked one of oC them FINE HORSE Peto leto got Sot Gray Eagle for me and help helped cd mo me break him and I lived lI on tho tim reservation until I was 1 12 Then Peto Pelo Introduced mo me to Jim Mitchell chief c cowboy In itt Buffalo Bills Bill's show Jim took mo me to New York Ho introduced d me mo to Buffalo BuCalo I Bill and they toc togged ed me mo all out In iii Ina a a. small l cowboys cowboy's outfit I was wasa a J. J good rider r and I got goV on fine though the crow crowds ls Js used to scare me A week or 01 so later Annie Oakley who was with the tho show then SUggested suggested suggested sug SUg- that I dress up Ul like a n. girl girland girland girland and ride a bucking hOl horse e. e I did did and was billed all nh over the country as tho tim devil dare daughter of or Cattle Kate I stayed with the show four years I There Thero was one ono a act t that always alwn's thrilled me mc It showed tho the famous