Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-08-09

BY Col. r. /. DODGE.
IgTROnT-rED nv
GENERAL SHERMAN.

No white man is more widely
known among the Indians than i:
Col. Dodge, who is always spoken o.
by them as the big Chief" His
new work "Our Wild Indians" on the
title page of which Gen. Sherman s
name also appears, was undertaken by
him at the urgent solicitation of many
distinguished men. 1t was no, how
ever, until GEN. SHERMAN Offer
| ed to write an INTRODUCTION to the
the work, and to give it his official
sanctio;, that Col. Dodge consented to
undertake it. 1t is the first authentic
account of our wild Indians that has
been written for nearly forty years.
The author writes from the stand
point of actual personal experience,
and it is interesting to note in this
connection the exceptional opportuni-
ties of observation he has enjoyed, as
will be seen from the following state
ments of facts Col Dodge was
graduated from West point in lS4S,
and was at once assigned to active
duty on the Texas frontier among
the crafty and cunning Comanches.
From that time until his last cam
paign against the Utes, in 1880,
period of thirty-three years, his life
has been spent in direct personal
contact with the widest Indians of the
"Far West" In this third of a
century he has had intercourse with
thirty-four different tribes, having
fought his way foot by foot through
Indian lands oyer ground never be-
fore trodden by the foot of white
man. His position as high COM
manding officer in the U. S. army,
and leader of many important expe-
ditions against the Indians, has given
him opportunities for study and OBJ
servation, such as have never before
fallen to the lot of white man, and
such as no one in civil life could pos
sibly command.
In this volume of $50 pages, Col.
Dodge aims to give a truthful and
minute account of "OUR WILD
INDIANS" of the present day; to
vividly describe their actions, habits,
customs, religious manners, and
amusements as practiced by them now
in the uncivilized regions of their
uninvaded country; to give graphic
accounts of thrilling and exciting
adventures among them /; to narrate
daring exploits and hairbreadth
escapes, not only from his own ex-
perience, but from that of other white
men, and of Indians also; and to re-
cord desperate encounters, hand-to-
hand combats, sudden surprises, res
markable defences, and heroic achieve
ments incident to FRONTIER life. In
all of this Col. Dodge has succeeded
admirably, and he has produced in
comparably the most exhaustive and
truthful account of "Our Wild
Indians" ever written, and undeniably
one of the most facinating books Of
personal daring and romantic adven-
tqre eyer published. His narrative is
spiced with many graphic accounts
of famous Scouts and Guides; Of
Trappers, Frontiersmen, squatters,
Squaw- Men, Texas Cowboys, Miners,
Gold Hunters, Border Rufians and
and their adventures
and wonderful ach;evnents are facina-
ting pen-piotures of life in our Indian
Truth is stranger than
felton," and most essentially so in
this thrilling record of Thirty-Three
Years Experience.
Gen. Sherman trutbfully says in
his introduction :-"Yours is the first
attempt of which l have knowledge
to treat him (the Indian) as he exists
in fact. You have had the expert
ence of third century in absolute
contact with the various tribes of our
Indians, from the British line to
Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, hunt
ing with them in peace and in war.
1t is by far the best description ex-
tant of the manners, customs, usages,
etc., Of the American
as he now is. You are hereby au-
thorized to use my name as autbori-
ty for its publication and circulation;
and | invite all persons to read this
book carefully"
The book is beth profusely and
magni6cently illustrated. Its list of
steel-plates includes portraits of the
author, and of Gen. Crook, Gen.
Miles, Gen. Custer, Gen. McKenzie,
etc., and there are many superb full
page engravings on wood. But the
crowning feature of the illustrations
are the magnificent full-page Chrome
Lithograph Plates. These are print
ed in fifteen colors, from ninety en-
graved stones, and represent weapons,
ornaments, instruments, fac-similies of
Indian drawings, and remarkable oh.
jects of interest and curiosity too
numerous to mention. The Smith
sonian Institute at Washington is
largely indebted to Col. Dodge for
its extensive collection of Indian OBJ
jects, collected by him in the past
thirty-three years.
After q careful and critical EXAM
ination of Col. Dodge's great work,
we can truthfully say that it cons
bnes in an unusual degree great
value and the most thrilling inter-
est uulliuS uotn Will mag uihCou1
illustrations. 1t is rare treat to
look at the latter. In every respect
it is a thoroughly first class work,
and as such we call the special attention
of our readers to it, and we advise
them to get it at the very first oppor-
tunity. Once begun it will not
willingly be laid aside till the
last page is finished 1t is sold at a
low price but is for sale only by sub
scription through canvassing agents.
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