Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-09

an arrow. he had risen to a captatncy when,
ut the beginning Of the civil war, he re-
turned ! o the east and became colonel of
the Thirty sixth Ohio infantry. He aftes-
ward served in the West Virginia cam
pa1gns, IN command of the Third pro-
visional brigade, from May 1 to August
10, 1852, and vas wounded in the action
at Lewisburg. He engaged in the north
ern Virginia and Maryland campaigns in
August and September, 1858, and for his
services at Antietam was breveted lieu
tenant colonel, United States army. He
served in Tennessee in 1858, and on
July he was transferred to
the command of the Second cav
airy division. After various ac-
ttons, ending in the battle Of Chica-
from October / to 10, defeated it, and
droyetjt across the Tennessee with great
loss. He entered upon the command of
Kanawha district in western Virginia
In February, 1854, made constant raids,
and was In numerous actions. He took
part in Sheridan's Shenandoah campaign
In the autumn of that year, and received
the brevets of brigadier general and major
general in the United States army, March
IL, 1886, Gen. Crook had command of
the cavalry of the Army OF the Potomac
from March 20 to April 8, during which
time he wa engaged at Dtnwiddte Court
House, Jettersvtlle, Sailors creek, and
F~ar1nv1lle, till the surrender at Apo
matox. He was afterward transferred to
the command Of Wilmington, N. c..
where he remained from Sept. /, 1885, to
Jan. 10, 1866, when he wa mustered out
OF the volunteer service. After a six
weeks leave of absence he was assigned
to duty on the board appointed to exam
Inc rifle tactics, was commissioned lieu
tenant colonel ii. the Twenty-third in
fantry, US. A., July %, 1866, and assigned
to the district of Boise, Idaho, where he
remained until 1912, actively engaged
against the Indians. In 1872 Gen. Crook
was assigned to the Arizona district, to
quel the Indian disturbances. He sent
an ultimatum to the chiefs to return to
their reservations or. .tbe wiped from the
face OF the eRrth.n He attacked them in
Tonic basin, a stronghold deemed i'm
pregnable, and enforced submission. In
1878 he was ordered to qusll the disturb
ances in the Sioux and Cheyenne nations
in the northwest, and defeated those In
dams In the battle of Powder River, Wyo-
ming. In March another battle resulted
in the destruction of 1876 lodges, and in
June the battle of Tongue river was a
victory for Crook. A few days later the
battle Of Rosebud gave him another,
when che maddened savages massed their
forces, and succeeded in crushing Custer.
CROOK, on receiving reinforcements,
struck a severe blow at Slim Buttes. Da-
kota, and followed 1t up with such re-
%lentless vigor that by May, 1877, all the
hostile tribes in the northwest had yielded.
In 1889 he returned to Arizona, forced
the Mermons, %squatters, miners, and stock
ratsers to vacate the Indian lands which
they has seized, encouraged the Apaches
in planting, and pledged them the pro
lection of the government. In the spring
of 1883 the Chiricahuas intrenched them.
selves in the Businesses of the mountains
on the northern Mexican boundary, and
began q series OF raids. Gen. Crook
penetrated into and took possession of
their s~trongholds, and as fast as the war
riors returned from their plundering ex-
cursions made them prisoners. He
marched oyer 200 miles, made 400 pris-
oners, and captured all the horses and
plumber. During the two years follow
ing he had sole chargeo of the Indians, and
in all that time no d~epredations &C.
CURED. He set them all at work on
their farms, abolished the system of trad
ing and paying in goods and store orders
INDUCED in by contractors, paid cash di-
rect to tie Indians for all his supplies.
and stimulated them to increased sxer-
ton. The tribes became self-supporting
within three years..
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