Roosevelt Standard | 1914-11-30 | Page 2 | Grief for an Indian Wife

GRIEF FOR AN INDIAN WIFE cause of the death of a famous frontier scout had served under general custer st louis st louis friends have learned of the tha suicide of ben dark clark chief of scouts tor for general custer when the latter campaigned against indian tribes tabes in 1869 clark grieving over the death of his indian wife mo bio moka ka who died several weeks ago killed hilled himself with an army revolver at fort reno okla dark clark was ono one of the most picturesque tur esque figures in the army he was known to almost every army officer who served in the west in the indian wars he was born in st louis in 1842 and returned frequently to visit he was in the government service 59 years he was present at the capture of geronemo Geron