Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-05-03
"WARPATH AND BiVOUAC. u
John E. Fnerty's Contribution to American
HistOTU

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ity of its style; its utter truthfulness
and the clearness and boldness with
which it conveys to ones mind the
dangers and peculiarities of Indian
warfare
From the time that Mr.. Finerty
leaves Chicago, in the beginning of
May, 1876, to the period of the surren
der of Sitting Bull and his followers,
in 1880, he never loses sight of the pic
turesque, and, at the same time, never
wanders from the straight and narrow
path of historical accuracy. His book
is one that all may read, an American
Household Book, which embalms in its
pages the deeds of such heroes as
Crook, Custer, Miles, Gibbon, Merritt,
Forsyth, Carr, and the other brave
leaders of our army, who have written
their names in crimson letters on the
varied and ever attractive pages of our
Indian History.
The narrative, simply but graph
cally told, carries the reader with
Crook along the banks of the North
Platte, and far into the wild regions
watered by the Tongue, the Powder,
the Rosebud, the Big Horn, and the
Yellowstone Rivers, and leads step by
step from one exciting episode to an
| other. There are pictured the sudden
Indian attack on Crooks camp and its
speedy and spirited repulse; the bar
barrie pomp of the armed array of the
Indian allies, who arrived previous to
Crooks famous battle of the Rosebud,
which preceded, almost Immediately,
the world-renowned Custer massacre
of June 25 1876; the surprisingly ex-
citing buffalo hunt participated in by
the Grow and Shoshone tribes of In
dams on both TANKS of Crooks column,
as it moved with glittering arms
against the red cohorts of Sitting Bull :;
the battle itself, with all it's move
ments and fluctuations, and the scenes
ard incidents in the field and on the
march; the retreat to the base of sup
plies, and the subsequent exploration
of the beauteous Big Horn Mountain
region; the romantic and terrible
Sibley scout, one of the most ex-
citing incidents of all our Indian
wars; Clusters bold attack on an In
dian village four miles long, and his
glorious death, with all of his immedi-
ate command, on the bluffs of the Lit
tie Big Horn; Merritts able movement
and brilliant fight upon War Bonnet
Greek; the juncture of the forces under
Crook and Terry, with the awful cross
march to the Yellowstone and the Lit
tie Missouri; the picturesque fighting
at Slim Buttes, and the subsequent
march to the Black Hills, the troops
living on horse flesh for several days :;
Mackenzie's battle with Dull Knife,
and his victory; the surrender Of Crazy
Horse, the treachery and tragical
death of that renowned chief; and very
much more of thrilling interest to
young and old alike.
Then the writer follows the fortunes
of General Miles, through the cam
paigns that have made him famous as
an Indian fighter; his continual. ham
mering of the hostiles in 1851 his
battle with and victory over Lame Deer
and other able chiefs; his glorious and
bloody battle with Chief Joseph and
the Nez Perces at Bears Paw Noun
tain, while the brave and enterprising
sayages were en- route to Join the
Sioux; and the surrender of Chief
Joseph with all his tribe; Miles final
campaign against Sitting Bull, which
brought him to the British line and
which, after brilliant fight on Milk
River, put an end forever to the long.
held power of the great Sioux chief.
The author, in a manner at once
vivid and exciting, gives a description
of his own visit to the village of Sit
ting Bull and the confederated tribes
on British territory, near Woody Noun
tains, and draws striking pen portraits
of the leading savages, from Old Bull
himself down to the least of the head
chiefs.
In the addenda, there follows
chapter on the subject of "Deserter
and Dog Robbers, in which the an
thor gives his opinion frankly on tn
causes of complaint which now agltat
the American army, officers and ranl
and file, in regard to the allege,
mental services demanded of private