The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-07-03

Cr0OK and HTddQOcK.
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SBctwcoll the time when the pomp-
Gus and tnteachable Braddock led
| large force of British and proyincial
| soldiers into the laws Of death by In.
diaps and Crook almost Incredible
survrIse and capture of Indians far
lcraftier and more dangerous than
Rraddock met. the. entire progress of
white Warfare and hostile operations
against tho Indians has been includ-
ed. Braddoeks and Crook are the
most perfect antitheses of each other.
nrad 4 oek !. .isneraa eel az The indians
was. as dark and inter as. Crooks
Ikuowledse Of them ia perfect and
Ecoinplett. Whatever has been taught
TO white men by several generations
Of Indian twarfarc Crook knows,
either from history or experieuce.
lUcknows some tribes of In,iiuns, die
! Apacl,es especially. better Than they
knows3tbemseIyes. To saw. thatai,e
.knows them to deatbn would he 10
adopt ~ frontier phrase that has
special. al.application TO many CHAPTERS
of Crooks history as an Indian
fighter Ue was tbe one officer In
our army who was thoroughly feared
lby the Apaches. even before his re-
cent experience with them. These
matchless horsemcn and e,,errillas
who combine the most dangerous
traits and capacities of the Bedouins,
1.-The CdssSeks the I.cowbovs, and the
.Iames bro,bers found .inb;m1ma,,v
wears apo the one MASTER ofsalE their
wary stra,cyv and brilliantly hold
itactics. d man always ready for at
hack imis,ssible 10. ,iIislcad. with tie
scent and fbllowinpj sasaeiw. Of a
bloodhound. with perfect knowledge
of the whole aptaof IBtiany warfare
and with tireless acais1im following
fresh trails.
Crooks Last achievement. however,
lis n touch Of art sbeyo,rd ANYTHING
even In his own varied and brilliant
carecr as an Indian warrior.L In all
the annals of Indian warfare there
lbas bcepnothing like IL for holiness
| aud originality of concep,ion and for
perf,ctiop In the execution of all the
| details whcrea failure ,,cven in one
miyht haye cn,ailed on Crook, !,
mo,ley fore. of white soldiers and
Indian scouts A destruction more
complete than thato,which befcll
Bra,ldock or the too reckless Custer,
II Il not poss,ble for people who hav,
Int yay,,e uo,Ions ofthe country in
which Crobk operafeJ. and Of the
peoplewith and against whom h,
operated. 10 comprehend the, tire
mcndous and appalling difficulties h,
overcome. or the constant peril Of tn,
mt,ayal ofhis movements to tn,
mSst watchful and wary Indians or
/. the continent. armed with the fines
rifles in the world. A campaign Ii
the Catskills or, White Inoputains
!. supposing all white men and sup
. niles removed, any eastern reader
might easily understand to be mos
disagrecable and dangerous. Bu
. the Sierra Madres are to the wildes
d parts Of the White mountains as tn,
latter to the Orange hills over il
!. New Jersey.
: 1t was in the very heart of the 81
ezra Madras that the, ifuaitiyeN Apa
}, cbcs. with their keen and traine,
!. ewes for natural Businesses and indis
3 coverablc retcots. felt perfectly SC
cure and IL was there that Croo
d fund and sururisedithc wariest an,
: wIlicst mountain Indians who eve
afflicted our frontier /; To those wh,
s. over nonetSatad the businesses Of Ii,
" Rocky maintains, tbrouah new pa:
s,oes ono simple fact stated /
5. Crooks concise and graphic repo1
V tells story of ..constant perils b
the way,n that could not be mad
b. more emphatic. aThc Chirucaliu
= country is one ofindcscribable rougf
o. ness and A humber Of mules 10
e thcir- r-t5ot;ng and stepping from, Il
trail fall down prccipices and wei
killed. The italicized wore
j. will be eloo,ient to old travellers
the Rockies lima.
{ Every school boy will rememb,