Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-21

tinued Lieut.. Keunon, "and was one of the best
shots ever saw. When he was O young officer
he always did the hunting for his mess In
| those days sometimes the mess bills exceeded
the officers salaries, and have heard Gen.
| Crook tell how they made him caterer. and by
| his intimate knowledge of the Indians econom-
| ical methods of cooking and his luck at hunt
| ing the mess was soon able to declare dividends
have been with him on many hunting trips
and never saw a better or a steadier shot.
Sage hens are not the easiest game to bag, and
yet have seen him repeatedly drop bird out
OF flock with each barrel; but not only that,
he would kill chicken every time. His eye
was SO quick that while aiming he could select
the chicks instantaneously. With all his ex-
perience and trials Gen. Crook was simple as
child. He was straightforward and truthful,
| and had no patience with concealment or trick
cry. He never broke his word 70 white man or
red man."
Lieut.. Kennon will leave tonight for Chicago.
Capt. Bourke's "reminiscences.
Capt. John G. Bourke, U.s.A, an attache of
the Pan-American congress, who was for four
teen years an aid-de-camp of Gen. Crook and
with him in all of his campaigns against savage
tribes west of the Missouri river, was seen by a
STAR reporter at the Pan-American head
quarters today.
Gen. Crooks death is a great shock to me-"
he said, ''and yet not wholly unexpected For
a number of years past he has seemed to be on
the verge OF physical break down, and he
often complained to me of what he called
heartburn, but which in the light of today may
have been premonitory of heart degen-
Grafton. He was man for whom had the
| warmest regard and deepest affection.
Gen. Crook was the typical Indian fighter of
America, and in some respects reminded one Of
Daniel Boone. He was tall, straight, sinewy as
| as a cat, with not an ounce Of superfuous meat
| and never knew the word fatigue. He was
| dead shot with a rifle, an expert horseman,
and could read signs on trail with a clever
| ness that have never seen attained by any
other white man nor excelled by an Indian.
His Indian service covered almost forty years,
during which be came face to face with every
tribe in our territory from the Missouri TO the
Pacific and from the British dominions 10
beyond the Mexican border. He was a man of
abstemious habits seldom drinking even tea
or coffee and always taking milk when be
could get it / have known him on one occa-
sion to take the saddle at am. in
bitter winter on the high mountains Of Ari-
iona and ride till am. the next day. Every
man in his command was worn out when they
arrived at San Carlos river, where the agency
now is. and threw themselves on the ground to
rest, but Gen. Crook showed no signs of ex-
haustion and, taking his gun, went out and
shot some birds for breakfast II be had any
fault it was his eagerness to kill bear. In
hunting them he would undergo fatigue,
deprivation and terrible risks. He was
once in the Big Horn mountains of
Montana, when q big she bear rushed angrily
from thicket Of reeds where she had young
cubs and approached with open jaws to within
twelve feet of him. Not nerve trembled as
Gen. Crook raised his rifle, pulled the trigger
and put bullet through her open mouth
into the base of her brain, and she fell dead at
his feet He was an enthusiastic fisherman,
and perhaps his greatest enjoyment in life was
to remain for weeks in the forests and canyons
Of the mountains subsisting chiefly on the
spois OF his gun and rod.
OF BENEFIT TO THE WEST.
"Gen. Crooks services to western ciyiliza-
ton cannot be expressed in words nor COM
puted in dollars and cents. He subdued the
Snakes, Piutes and Bannocks Of Oregon and
Idaho, where are now prosperous mining
regions. following them in the depth Of winter
to their lava beds and capturing these
fortresses by, direct assault Up to his
assignment to the command in Arizona in 1871
the Apaches were lords Of the soil and had de-
fed our own government and that of the Mexican
republic, keeping the people of New Mexico,
Arizona, western Texas and the states
OF chihuahua and Sonora in a state of
abiect terror that cannot be understood by a
person not on the ground at the time. Gen.
Crook began his campaign by holding an inter-
view with all the chiefs who we're on the fence
and could be induced TO hold
council with him. He explained to
to say how long the war should continue and
evil-disposed ones mar their DESTINY. They
saw the force Of his words and agreed to fur
nish scouts from among their young men to 90
out after the hostiles who were still on the war
path. The result is already part of history.
Less than a year he whipped every band of Ari-
iona Apaches into submission and put 5000 at
work for living. One of the fights in that
campaign which greatly broke their spirit was
known as the battle Of the Salt River
our Indian scouts and caught the
enemy at the earlierst dawn Of day. They
were confident OF the impregnabiiity of their
position and laughed at US. But We tumbled
rocks over the precipice and cleaned out the
whole party, killing 10 and taking IS captive.
1.-THE next campaign in which Crook took q
distinguished part was against the Sioux and
Cheyennes of the north. He kept his columns
moving against them. relieving one force
field for seventeen months. His marches
were made in the depth Of winter with the
mercury frozen solid in the bulb, and in the
heat Of summer when the thermometer
registered III, and in rains that were
forget the thrilling experiences. One cpl
sode will show the severity Of the campaign:
His command left Goose creek with half
rations of coffee, bacon and hardtack for Is
days, and remained out 60 days without
stantly, for 10 days the sun was not seen and
for IL DAYS the command had nothing to eat
but the fesh Of their horses. There was, how.
ever, plenty Of rain water.
During the campaigns against the Sioux
Gen. Crook met the enemy at the head of the
head of the Little Powder early in February,
'76, and on St. Patrick's day destroyed
the village OF Crazy Horse on Lower
Powder, having nightly skirmishes for Q week
afterward On June he fought the Sioux and
Cheyennes on the Tongue river, repelling their
fierce attack on his camp. On June IL he |
fought the whole force Of hostles, numbering
by their own statement 5000
From an Intimate Friend.
Few men knew Gen. Crook more intimately |
than Senator Manderson, and when the Sena- !
tor was asked BY Q STAl rsporter il he had anx.