The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-13
CROOKS
Review OF the seven Years Indian
service of Zen George Crook.

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800" VIM"
49,
,ao 49,, aaa.,od ii - -
.
Tho his,orv NJ military ono-.,iono wiI,
show that only the orea,est soldiers baye
,h,orhoa 40 s,,u ~oa,i,u 81 .honoa
,hair ,oli,v bv IL. r,,ha- mn
,,t orr visws IN difF.ron, sbona ,rd
.av thai ,bose soldiers onlv bave MIR
.r.d a seenita nol;cv or evircsd tho
d..n.st ~Lnowladg. ~ .tr.,eo,c rr;rci-
nles who have had this simple axi,m
const,utIv in view
The mind nj the minimizing ohserver
is so generally dazzled by what are
known as brilliant victories, or those
most distinguished for slaughter, and so
predisposed to lavish eulogy aud honor
upon the commander who leads his
men to fields Of Senseless butchery, that
ambition not infr-quently overturns the
cool judgment which, If left to itself,
would prefer To work out with more IN
nstentatious but also more enduring
methods, the plans of its campaings.
Such a criticism Is especially peril
nent to the Indian operations, engaging
the attention of our amy since the COM
rnencement of tho present century.
The average American citizen has not
had the time nor the inclination to
study the Indian question in all its
bearings, to examine fully into all
phases of the aboriginal character, with
its good points aud bad, its virtues,
vices, defects and capabilities; to study
how much this character has been af-
fected by contact with
IL sURaINe TIDE
..aa a.aau.@ an,,t..- A.
,.n.,a ,.,aaaiana.,n "a aa,.o.Iu
.,,,d ynhara,n nrr ,raa,m.n, 80 tho rod
,na, hoo 49, aof,o,;va thro,,h irnor
80 ~, 80 anm,.,hr ;,d;e.ra,oo
or no.,,,yo ,rrni,ud. or to draw tbs
49,, r,a,o urrior, IN oo,.orm +ha
-i,,h,a 90 Tho Indi.n tha danands -,
Inc a~.tt,.r. about him and the can.citv
o,or,o,or and o-ttoirments of tho o,ert
ybo ia sr,nosed to hold III. scales of
;rstioo wean than both Eaw man
wa sav have the time or the inclina.
t,on 70 enter into sncb a stndv We
nav sov more-faw wary few man
hove tho meut,l nover and tho calm
oyenlv-roisod tone ~ tbopobt nronerlv
m saize and solve the Indian nrnhl.m
n. II nrooon,s itseIf to.dav This indian
ar, b,am-it ia M lonoer an indian
a,as,io, 10 ossrni,, a,ab d,v n
greater Importance I'm its bear ing upon
all that concerns the speedy develop
ment of our new country beyond the
Missouri. No state in this transmits
souri, domain has been more deeply con-
cerned in this Indian problem thar the
lusty Young state of Nebraska. and
probably no state has been more i'm
mediately and permanently benefited by
the satisfactory condition to which her
personal relations with the Indians,
once threatening her prosperity and ex-
istence, nave been brought by the un-
%1iuching courage, cool, long headed
judgment, and keen sense of justice, to
white men and red men alike, of the
soldier whose name heads this article.
Several years ago. when Gen. George
Crook first assumed command of the
military department of the Platte, the
rich valleys of the Loup and Platte
we're scarcely settled, and the broad
fields of the Elkhorn, Niobrara, and
Republican were
A TERRA 1NcooN1rA
It is not so MANY wears 400 and vet
he Intervening time has heen an renl.te
with prosperitv In this lnstv common.
wealth that manyo of its own newlv.ar-
rived ci,izans may be snrnrised IN laarn
that within it's boundaries. in the latter
mart NJ 1879 the ITpit.d Stat.s commits
sion to treat for the cession of the
Black Hills was threatened with de-
]struction Inv Little Big Man and other