New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-30

to bring those abomlnabje HUMANS 10 JUSTICE mueV
be regarded as establishing blot upon the fair
fame of those whose supineness and indlnerehce
assured their immunity. Nor will It do to say
that the backwOodsmen COMPOUNDED the MoraNiah
Indians with the combatant Indians. That was
not possible save iimsy preteNt for entrageS'
The Moravian Indians were too well known
and every man who heard Of the massacre knew
that il was an appalling intamy which called nlou"
for Judgment The truth is that the nutcherN
was only atrocious than It's cohdohhtIoH
by those who profcssed TO depiore 1t. MI hoose'
welt is, however, quite right in maintaining uhh'
the position Of the Moravian Indians was I'M
tenable and that their white leaders onght 10
have insisted on their removal instead OF omthat
" keeping them between two fires ana eNpoStN
TO the hostility Of both their own race ana the
frontiersmcn. The truth is that the MoraN"n
theory Of life was almost groteSqueE uhh'f"
for the circumstances, and that during oo'u'f
conflict in which the worst elements on both SIDES
were uncomfortable IL was midsummer mn"heSN
to persist in the experiment
Amonc the moot, questions which Mr.. Roose.
velts researches NAV be said TO havo settled
is that of The commences Of the famous speech
ascribed TO Logan, the Indian chief. The evi.
dence Is carefully and impartially reviewed, the
result being demonstration Of the authenticity OF
the speech, substantially as it has been hahdcu
down. Logan mistaken as 10 the identity Oh
the man who was responsible for the massacre VI
his family, but he was by no means ai'hc III w
tributing to Crcsran the crime commlt'eo ny
Greathouse As regards another question, NAME
w. whether Hamilton and other BRUSH COM
mandcrs really offered premiums for American
scalps the evidence remains doubtful. but TINS Is
Of comparatively little consequence since 'here -
no doubt whatever that the British government
sanctioned, nav, directed, the employment OF 'he
Indians against the rcvOlted coionS's' anu s'ii''
this implic and involved approval OF all IN" par
harities which belong 10 Indian warfare. IN"
Government that employed Indians knew that IN
so dong It was wnrring not only upon men, nut
ucon women and children; that II was virtually
authorizing the tOrturirg and burning OF prison
ers: that it was engaging in war oil cAtcrmiha'
ton in short II eventually the lmckwoodsheh
retalinted. not exactly in kind but with equal
ruthIcSsness shaving Indians and Tories wherever
tber were found il is not for the historian I"
iudce them by modern standards OF ethics lhcN
were fighting not only for their independence pht
f.: their lives and the lives Of those nearest ana
dearest to them: and they were hghing against
crafty and implacahe foHS. When We consider
what they h0d TO bear and the desperation oil
their circumstances, we are inclined to hold u
as proof OF signal restraint that they dId not
follow the cNnm:le OF the rcd men. md adopt
the torture stake also. They wee gallant ana
willie rnc, indeed. and Mr.. Roosevelt does we'll
10 emphasize the extent OF their services to the
National cause. II matters not whether they en-
tcriaincd far-Sreing political views; III" fact re-
mains incOntrStahlc thar the winning OF th'
c:cat West was their work. and that II was n
task Of the most formula BILE ard tedious character
NJ Roosevelt portrHys tn border conflict AMI
l. Ttpe
uresonencss and spirit which render his volumes
fascinating III has cnlivcncd rs pages WIN
many vivid narrrtivcs OF battle. SEirrnish'>,
sicccs daring adventure. heroic rc>CncS and o.
cit.ng hand-to hand rncount'r>, II has h'"u;h
the s,alwart, grim AM tenacious h1'kwoodSm'n
before us in his habit rs he Iva. carefully Cling
in all TIE "details Of the background and d"s"rih
ing The conditions among which IN" great work
Of these stirring years was done: and Will"
producing a lively and fu.roiOr"d series NJ pict-
urrs. he AZ III, samc time imprcSSc> tho reader
with sense Of iud:ci1l fNrrcSS and historic Hr-
curacv No book published for mInv years has
shown closer grasp Of It's subject, moro
thorough fitness in the writ"r. or moT honest and
careful methods OF treatment. Nor must the
literary ability and skill displayed throughout hN
overlooked. Many rp!>odcS-such rs tlark's capt
ure Of Kaskasia III" haf'l" Of Kings MouHt"in
the battle OF the Blur Iicl1S. c'c.-nrc written
with remarkable dramatic NnI narrative power
The Introduction exhibits broad views. An OF
thuSiastc AmcrcaniSin chara"t"rlzrS the Whole
work, yet never intcrfp.es with ~" diSpassonrt"
impactality Of the authors JUDGMENTS The
Wirrir- Of the West Is. in short. An sdmirnhlv
writ important and deeply Interesting book.
and will take is place with THO mos valuable
and indispensable works in tbr hbrary OF Amer
lean history.