Chief Thundercloud

Chief Thundercloud, was an American character actor in Westerns. He is noted for being the first actor to play the role of Tonto, the Lone Rangers NativeAmerican companion, on the screen.

Information about Thundercloud is vague. His application for a Social Security number lists his birth date as April 12, 1899, and his birthplace as Arizona. Most biographies state that he was a fullblooded Cherokee , but others state that he had some German, Scottish or Irish ancestry. Thundercloud was the first of nine children born to Jesus Daniels and Tomaca Daniels , though the pressbook for The Lone Ranger Rides Again announced his parents as Dark Cloud and Morning Star, aristocrats of the Muskogee tribe and his death certificate lists his father as Joseph Mahawa.

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