Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-07-11
intentS and purposes part of the Mexican
people. Excepting few

| intentS and purposes part of the Mexican
people. Excepting a few
UNRULY MEMBERS
| they are protected and considered as MPXi-
can citizens. entitled To the same rights"
rs the Mexican government, as a rule,
willing to cooperate with ours in the pun
lshment of maraldi1g Indians, on or near
the confines of both cOuntrieS?'
No. Mexico has been so outraged by the
conduct of the American government that
II Is not willing to go further. For years
Mexico has been anxious for the suppression
of Indian troubles, but all its protests
against placing the reservations of the worst
classes of Indians right on its borders to the
utter destruction of the smaller frontier
towns, such as JanOS, CaSas GrandaS, Al
tar and a number of others, have been un-
needed 50 that it is no longer willing tO be
hoodwinked by the conduct of such men,
for instance, as Gen. Crook"
What is the objection to his pOlicy?'
Ills utter incOmpetency. He went to the
city of chihuahua and asked leave of the
commander of the district and of the mayor
of the city, Don Juan Zubrian, te bring his
troops onto Mexican territory, promising to
teach the Indians lesson, instead of which
he made an ignObe peace with them, and
earned their contempt, so much so that even
they would not return with him because he
could not beat or force them; nevertheless,
they were received on the San Carlos reServ-
alton with the then well-knOwn murdererS
of Judge McCOmaS, of st. Louis, his wife,
and, as is now known, his SON.
But thought Crook had an unprecedent-
ed reputation as a valOrOus and diplomat
ic Indian tighter"'
Nothing is known i'm the Indian country
of his valOr and diplomacy, except that he
makes what is known in American slang as
bad breaks He was allowed to enter Mex
leo on condition that he would fight and
CONQUER THESE INDIANA,
which he never even attempted to do. He
lied to the Mexican authorities OF they never
wOul have winked at his presence on their
soil. Believing in Crooks honesty they put
over 500 troops i'm the field under Lieut..
Emile Galardo, Major Valentine Onate
aud others of their best officers, who alone
succeeded in dCing any thing in the cam
paign of kSS3-the small, miserable business
of capturing about 400 squaws and some
stock in July, 1883.
"Then on what is Crooks reputation as an
Indian fighter based?"
at is newspaper reputation gained sole
ly by his ludiciOus handling of newspaper
correspondents, a fact that is common
knOwledgeamOngt the intelligent of the South
western country. Col. Frank Burr, a more
or less erratic correspondent OF the Cincin-
| matt Enquirer and Philadelphia Press, was
| in the country at the time, and he bOlstered
Crook up; Con. MahOny, whose long and
varied experience in that country should
have taught him better. represented the N.
Y. Herald, Chicago Tribune and San Fran
cisco Chronicle, and he bolstered him UP;
Russell, the deputy collector of customs at
Deming, who was afterwards Ousted from
| that position, helped pad out Crooks repu-
| tatiOn. When Frank Burr met Crook the
| latter introduced him to number of In
| dianS, of whose language he understood not
| a word. Crook told him. however, that the
ong-talker-at a-distance," which so tickled
BUR- that he thought he could do nothing
| too much for his friend Crook. Col. Rich
ard j. Hinton. formerly of the San Francis
| co Post, met Crook at the Windsor Hotel at
| Ell PaSO, while the latter was en route to the
city of Chihuahua. Dick was wined and
| dined and
| FILLED FULL OF "rAFFY"
| by the willy commander, and holding the
| wires at that time at Ell PasO for seven or
| eight papers, the journalist determined that
they should all recognize the (alleged) con-
| quering hero on every possible occasion.
| Con. MahOny. who was in the field with the
| MeXcans, and who had previously been with
/ a government scout. let his enthusiasm for
| the American army and its great officer,
| Crook, run away with his better judgment,
and Landed the fighter to the skies. Rus
| sell, with lively sense of favors to come
and a keen foresight of the side on which
| his bread was OleOmargarined, thought
there was nothing more polite than to pro
| claim Crook a little tin god on wheels In a
| word, Crooks friends owned the wires and
the press and helped him out in a body. His
shrewd hospitality and plausible tongue
captured the epresS."
Gas matter of fact, then, how is Crook
regarded i'm that country"
son both sides of he line as sublime
| humbug who could better serve his country
/ by teaching a district school in a Yankee
| town than by pretending to command where
| he has little capacity to serve. The Mexl-
cans are disgusted with him and the Ameri-
| can frontiersmen have no confidence in him.
| He is a decided failure"
"Who is regarded as the best American
army officer, as an Indian fighter, III that
cOuntry?"
| Lieut.. Col. Morrow, of the 9th cavalry,
who earned his reputation during actual hos
| tilities, and is respected as thorough tao
| tcian and Indian fighter"