, 1890-10-09
4 READABLE BOOK
Ati a Il
A Review of Mrs. Cust.s,,
Latest Work.
" FOLLOWING The GUIDOE
The Leading characteristics OF IN,
Book Touched Upon in
Pleasant Manner. 1'

"Following the Guidon,n has in.
been issued. Typographlcally It
all that can he desired In a bobt
and 1t contains many illustration,
1t engages the readers interest
once and holds 1t until the last pau
Is reached. ll,
The dedication, ITO one who bo
followed the guidon into that reolr
where the war-drum throbs no lonyo
and the battle.fiags are furled y
fitting introduction to a wor
which, while giving an account
an Indian campaign and summq
camp OF the Seventh cavalry. ia
fact an added tribute to the brayer
of him who is the .well-known her
of "Boots and Saddles" and "Tenl
ing on the Plains, +" In the preface
the author has seen fit to acauaIr
the reader with the musical repuli
tions of army life, in order that /
becoming en- rapport with the stor,
he may feel how perfectly natural
Is to awaken ut 'reveille" aud to n
tire In n snow-bank, or under A
"An tent, as the case may be at Ii
sounding of "taps."
Tho description of the long an
perilous march into the Indian lei
ritory for the purpose of recoveriD
the white captives, and of Dllnishin
the indians who had been commi
ting depredations on the plains du
Ing the summer months, not onl
affords an excellent study OF mil
tary tactics, but IL 80 human an
realistic I'm detail that the read,
hbecomes Intimately acquainted wi,
the brave men Whose varied cha
acteristics are eN,iibitett III inunya
episode both tragic aud dmisfng
Asa narrative of adventure th
school boy will tlndSsthc account,
exciting IA u neyel. while the sto,
hns the merit of true history, Ina
much us IL seemingly makes litt
attempt at drawing conclusions, an
neither delineates the soldier as
triiled machine, u scapegoat nor
solemn faced umrtyr dying for h
country, but reports character as
appears under manifold circun
stances, and with equal vividne
describes the hunger and exposu
of the winters march, the battle
the Washita, with all its horrors
| war, and the amenities and anus
ment of IA slow mule racen durir
camp life. trt'tsiIts.- a.
We are shown that the soldiers
the Seventh cavalry, under the cor
mand of General Custer, were me
who stood with statue-like hrmne
during the severity of roll.call
jrill but kept up IL fusllade of "
elsewhere that they had tend
hearts beating underneath son
golden charm or next the picture
face of u sweetheart, yet nerves
steel in the presence Of the enemy
that they could charge unerring
in battle yet possibly might becon
so entirely done uph with eXclt
mcnt called Quicksilver that th,
could scarcely load or fire when
range of Il gigantic elk with II 'cha
factory" on his head, or at sight
u tree Weighted down with wi
| turkeys. s
The Interpretation Of the phras
Leading the pelican" which becan
Il synonym for the arrest which
often bcfell the conyivial soldier,
an explanation which reminds ol
that the army on the frontier n
only guarded the construction Of q
great Pacific railways and compel,
the Indian to make peace, but al
was an aid to science, the pelican
ferred to having been captured by
scout and scntby General Custer
the Audubon society Of Detroit.
| After the battle of the Washit
the scene protr,Iyed of the coInmat
awaiting with breathless lnterestt
arrival of IA detachment whit
brought into camp two wbi
women, IL one of the most atlectil
portions Of the book, and the auth
says, "Thc soldiers who recently.
fearless silence, buried u belovcdof
Ger, now wept over the. two captiv
whose young faces were worn ai
haggard by exposure and the Ter
ble insults of their Indian caploI
too dreadful 10 be 0hronicled here
In accompanying Mrs. Custer
/ the corral of Indian prisoners
Fort Hays the reader Will becor
50 fully informed regarding y
saya"ery, tho curiosity, the trlgt
| full q Jpearance of the women, Y
awiui practices of the tribe, and
dog-like shbmIsslvcness when co
quered as not to long for O moree
tended acquaintance with indi
character.
The greater portion of Mrs. z,
ter's book, "Follow the Guidon,"
I given to description OF the r.
manent camp of the Seventh caval
on Big creek, near Fort Hays,
the summer of 80, and tells he
their tents were pitched, how IN
hunted buffalo ana entertain
strangers, how ran the cure
of their social life Of
wilderness, how frontier hou'
keeping nourlshed amid diflicultit
how they saw the comic side oil m
cry while their spirits rose abo
I food and storm and catastropD
how they breathed the pure air
the plains and enjoyed the heal
aud happiness Of iout-of-door u
and with regret left the scene of su
varied and thrilling experiences o.
saw with sadness only the works
u deserted camp. '
The book 10 written. in an emu
tanning and sparkling style, WIN
vein of humor running through
and with many pathetic see.
tenderly and.syInpatheticaly CIV,
and altogether, in q well-rouhu
picture, creates such II perfect
vironment of military life with
lights and shndes, evil intluehe