The Washington herald., 1910-06-11

though often misearrying efforts Of the
government to combat the counter influ-
ences of the scalawags and the thieves
from whom the Indian got his first ideas
OF the white mans principles.
The battle of the Little Big Horn occu-
pies several chapters IN MY Friend the
Indian" Col. Mclaughlin was intimately
acquainted with Gen. Custer and Chief
Gall, Of the Hunkpapa Sioux, the big
figures Of that tragedy. He declares that
Gen. Custer was not the dashing devil
nlay-care. hard-riding. and fast-f1ghting
mOTnted soldier that the rOmancers have
made him out He WAS a careful, pains
taking man and officer. devoted 10 his
profession Of arms, and properly appre-
ciating the tools he had 10 work with"
An interesting feature Of the story Of
this battle and its causes and conse-
Quences Is Mrs Spotted Horn Bulls
View OF the Custer Tragedy" being the
Indian iewpoint-somethIng, perhaps.
never before having been so wildly and
accurately related. The Death OF Sit
ting Bull" is another interesting page out
OF history as are also The Mastery
Retreat OF Joseph and His Nez Perces"
and The Unwhipped Utes."
The Utes, by the way. were the last
tribe TO give the government any serious
trouble that necessitated the calling out
Of United States troops This was when,
on account Of dissatisfaction over the
allotment of lands on the Uintah reser-
walton. they left the reservation and
started north, presumably for Canada.
The alarm Of the settlers over their line
OF march during the fall Of 1906 some
times approached the panic stage. but
eventually. after a bloOdless but exas-
perating campaign, the Utes were paci-
fed and returned 10 their lands. Col
Mclaughlin, with all his failures IN deal
ing with the Indians, deprecates the fact
that the Utes are unwhipped Indians,
and he claims that they have never fully
felt the white mans power and must
necessarily be an element of doubt In
the future In the successful assimilation
OF the race.
Col. Mclaughlin IS a familiar figure
in Washington, where he has many Off
cial and personal friends. He never
makes any enemies; his personality is
magnetic and winning. With the white
man and the red he is always honest
and straightforward His figure is a lit
tie bent now, but the soldierly bearing is
still evident, and his silvery hair and
distinguished appearance make IL a sim
pie matter to single him out when he is
the center OF a knot Of government off,
Gals who are listening TO his counsel,
He Is often seen plotting visiting Indian
chiefs and headmen about the city, and
even the laconic red man IS apt to wax
enthusiastic when the coloneTs name is
mentioned.
Among the most recent issues from the
press OF John Lane Co., New York, are
The Story OF Bayard," by A. @. An
drews; Memories of Sixty Years." by
Oscar Browning, NJ. A; Insect Won
derland." by Constance NJ. Foote; Half
IN Earnest" a novel by Muriel Hind;
Robert Dodsley. Poet, Publisher. and
Playwright" by Ralph straus; Walks
and People in Tuscany by Sir Francis
Vane: Royal Lovers" by Helene
Vacaresco, and Famous Blue Stockings, -
by Ethel Holt Wheeler. This last book
Is an attempt TO reconstruct the salons
Of Mrs. Montagu. Mrs. Thrale. and Mrs.
Vesey and to present a group OF their
famous guests. among them Fanny
Burney. Mrs. Delaney Elizabeth Carter.
and Hannah Moore.
The story OF the camera man who stood
in a fragile motor boat with the battle
ship Connecticut bearing down on him at
full speed and who only escaped destruc-
ton by fraction Of a minute is fairly
well known, but even this is hardly as
perilous as facing an onrushing, infurf-
ated rhinoceros twelve yards away, or
to be honored with a call from three lions
at once with only one or two cartridges in
the magazine OF ones rife. Yet these
were the experiences OF Mr.. A. Radcliffe
Dugmore, F. r. G. S. who in Camera
IN the African Wilds" tells
about these things and displays the
which rewarded his pluck.
The book IS one Of the latest issues OF
Doubleday, Page and Co., New York.
Mr.. F. Berkeley Smith. whose latest
book, The Village of Vagabonds,r
Page and Co. have just
brought out, has a weakness IN his ad-
ventures after fiction material for cheap
shows. A friend of his says that the
"legit" has no attractions for him. but
that he VIII make huge efforts to get
with the performers and mana
gers IN a country one-Ting circus or a
dime museum. His experiences with
these people have given him anecdotes
OF the road by the score and have fur
nished most Of the material for his latest
book.
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