The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-11
Gen. Nelson 4. Miles.

The s'Personal Recollections o
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, publiihed b,
Werner Company Of Chicago, is -:
new book and full of interest. Tc
the charm of a personal narrative
emipating from so distinguished a
source is added a chronicle of string
events embracing the widest possible
field of adventure, admirably illus.
trated by the graphic sketches OF
! Frederic Remington and other COM
petent artists, both pen and pencil
portraying with vivid strokes one of
the most momeDtus ephocs in Amer
lean history, involving no smaller
an issue than the settlement and civ
ilizatlon of the great West.
The book opens with thoughtful
retrospect of colonial life and charac-
ter and the youthful impress made
upon the author by a rerusal of New
England history.
The almost lnvaribly hostile atti-
tude of the Indians toward the white
settlers is traced from the earliest ne
riod Of American colonization, and
the gradual occupation of the far
West consequent to explorati ton and
aquistlon of new territory, together
with the vicissitudes of frontier life
and the incredible hardships to which
pioneer en:igrants were subjected
these and innumerable minor incidents
of the period are narrated with the
fervcr and versilnilitudc of an actor
III the drama of national progress.
Probably to most readers the i'm
portance of these valuable reminis-
cences will center in the six years of
Indian campaigns in which the writer
was actively engaged. The territory
covered by military operations ex
tended from the region of the yellow |
stone to Texas. and the scenes enact
I'd on the huge battle field are de-
'cribed with grim fidelity to fact.
The hazardous exploits performed,
he intense sufferings from cold and
langer, and the heroic conduct of the
roops throughout warfare in which
he Indians implacable battered and
nsatiable thirst for vengeance were
constantly displayed, are narrated at
ength and inspire the reader with
lternate admiration and horror.
Gen. Miles story is by no means
United to this theme. He writes
graphically of the closing scenes of
he Civil War, and that last, awful
ampaign.
There is feeling, as we'll as a dis
Eliminating account of the Custer
,assacre, and pathetic visit to the =
;enc of that depIorable calamity.
n another portion of the work the
ourney across the plains to Califor-
ia is delightfully."- described, incIud-
lg notes Of Mormonism and many
lgaging details by the way. ,
Even remote Alaska and its unique
eop!e receive recognition in Gen.
lies extended recollections, the :
line original thought and observa :
on being here as elsewhere discern 4
lie.
1t should be added that the au-
or's style is lucid and free from
iectation, commencing itself to Sc.
1us readers and excelIenlly adapted
the demands of a work of this ma
re. One can but note, too, tn
ignamity eyinced toward General s.
lies comrades in arms, manifested .-
general orders and reports. I
Altogether, it is safe to say that /
: volume will deservedly claim at Z
ltion and grateful perusal from
,se who are interested in the Ma
MS welfare. "
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