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LITERATURE.

LITERATURE. |
THE ARMY AND THE INDIANS.
The Military Service Institution Of tho [
United States Is MI organization Of officers |
OF tho regular army. OMu of its objects In to
secure tito competent discussion of military |
topics. Il quarterly Journnt is published BY |
the association, and MI nnnlla! prizo Of tho |
vnine uf St0J Is awnr,ic1 to tho writer Of tho |
best essay Of, II subject selected by the lAstl |
tuition. Tile subject for 1851 wns "Our liz |
dur Question: alld tho winner t[ the gold |
medal wns Get,. John Glbbn,,, Colonel Of
tho Seventh United States Infantry. Tho
sixth number of the secDitl volume of tho
Journal Of tho lfittttry Scrufcc institution
-.f0r which wU urc indebted to LleutCo1.
Vo1kn,nr, OF Gen. Sheridnll's stntf-contRins
tho three best essays on tho Indian question
written by the competitors for the prize. Thu
other writer's, besides Gen. l1obnlt, nre
Lieut.. G. u. $. Wood mud Cupt. f. Hutler.
These writer's MAY bs !cgltiMatesy sNr-
posed to reflect the ylcws of the army on this
perplexhlg subject. II IL one with which
they are compelled to become acquainted,
and in reference to which their views ARD en-
titled to respectful consideration, OF all the
departments. tho army In the ono to which
feyresl for iiual settlement, as different phases
of It come to thu snrfncc eac year Of Its ex-
istehee. And IL Is tito Department which
should for l,s.NMurable REASONS be especially
we'll qualified to .leal with and to settle t'la
perptexittes md annoynnces constantly
arising III the practical study Of Indian mat
ters. It Is rather singular, therefore, to ti1Nt
that the tlirea cssaylsts tit the pcriniicat be-
fore us differ So III their conclusions and
tllourIes. Hut 1t Is nj least an indication tllnt
the army has no n0licy tn eIiorce, no. ono
pnlacca With whlcl, 10 settle tile whole mai
ter, but, cutting tho cont according to tho
cloth, atlapts Its methods Of trentnont nc
cordinE to the nature and gravity Of tho coul-
plntnt.
OF these papers, TINT OF Gen. G,bbon Is tho
clcarest mud best, ard tho restlit Of the long
| est experience ami study. Tho writer does
not 40 bnc}s Into antiquity to lind ancestors
I; for the Indian tribes. lie stutts with them
rs they were found when the while man
landed on tho continent. Civilization" he
says, has always proved toe sharp for the
| ni'nplG savage. The savage WAS honest and
| uusophisticAted, tho white man unscrupu-
! i0us and keen MT trade. /. =. 81. To tho
ErGed and de1noratlzing principles Of tho
| white lnnn the Indian Ind nothing to oppose
| except his skill as n hunt0r md Ills bravery
ns n warrior; but he soon learned trencliery
from his white brother, with the very worst
and most de,lorallzetl class Of whom he was.
and Is today, III Contact" The Indian lic re-
CARDS MS wild animal, and Inns this u sny
Of his ,nodo Of wRrfaro:. ~ ''''''
nature does NIT stop Ut taa r menus W any moro
than r. arIzzly bear would heg'sata t9 toaf aud
mm ts onems Tho t;,,s y striy ~ TO- ki h!m
because 1t t4 QUO aupruy out Of bis why forever,
out no taxes , aao sr0atess cnse oa az oMn NJ
e aey ae can posSy T.
boGy " Of aeu % foe, .' or nios torture III ap, s
i've ono. Is only anoiaor form OF tho sauo feet
lug exhibited eyory day In + modified way In
every so.callea ctviltzed Wnr. Whilst he Kills
| bis wonhded ereDiy BIT peyGr sectna to 1nllct.
pate tne nosa,pty n.y. # 1f his esng ,g sansu5sc1 YEA
d ra.sts aso ~ kS o!1 os etb ho,n ~ a
tronatn nft ,n hn to rcs'sf w1h ~ 'no'o AnS
fter sho,vinr t,o,y tho ,n,ton ,,oa becn
driven buck by tho onward marel, Of the
white man and destroyed by n civilization to
which he IL unwilling to confuriu, ilo says:
Tho ucd Nun is bo.,nd to disappear from this
Mtors niay thoorizo as tiiey picase nbout pro-
fectlnE tho Indian against the onogoachmontH Of
tho whtto man and preserving him "a Il racc. It
s ssassst e tsaa % tiey sre !'ox i close oeRssst
thsGDEaont tng Wnolo Fast Mcstosn res!nnl, tae
M gse ana 1 ,x 10 nsy
and 70 ahut @ our oyes to lie facts Of hstorv
cen. u,onoa co'isiaofs inc atlVing OF tne
lnaian OIL tie tont!nent ~ lhevltapse, pat
thinks VIC ought hot to be surprised Mt Ills
hn,, ~ ~ n,t :,, VIZ ,inn,,, ~ rsan
1NWn, r. .1n"a ~ ~, Nntt ~ ,,cn"ni E ei,nii. ,"
him? Surely 3 s,tltslstonec and tlia Incalls OF
1at ',3sst as'stia Ha s fa nccon1,s,,
| Mnnnnr. 'TILn n,lY,yer tt1 this fs. NIht III