The sun., 1916-10-15
SOME NEW BOOKS.
The SiouN Indian who Went Ia Dart.
mouth College.

more widely known by his adopted
name. Or. charles A. Eastman. wrote
his first book. Indian Boyhood.
which long ago ran through many
editions IN English and other IAN
guages. Now he produces q second
volume Of photographed chapters
entitled From the Deep Woods TO GU
tli-dtion Little. Brown and Company.
which carries the story Of his life
through youth and early manhod down
to mature years of the present.
Like it's predecessor. this new vol
ume il "A remarkable historical record
in that 1t tells not only tie author
personal experiences during an event.
fnl career. but because no other hu-
man being now living could 50 s'r!k-
inely Interpret the viewpoint from
which the North American ltdian mas
regarded contact with white men DUR
ne the past half century. In his
aspect the later book, like the earlier.
IL Of singular Importance to every
one who pays serious attention to the
history Of this country. As Tor the
General reader who has zest for a
life story we'll told and dealing with
dramatic situstions, From the Deep
rr,..A- 30 ci,u,,,t,on' f,,l,y meets in
s.ut--,. oxpoct.tions
ne Eastman tells how he was sent
.. .choo, n, the aye OF Is and Of
~. oxnor,epcea there. his tourney to
va.,,, C,,,.yc where he remained
,hr.a vears and then was transferred
o. ,ho nrenarntory DEPARTMENT of
w. 1,oliope. and how. during n sum-
49, vacation at his home in Dakota,
n. AI,rod 7. Riggs su%pcrintendent
:, ,h, s,,toe ,y,ncy told him Of
o,,oa insti,utinn in the East called
Mart mouth College. which had been
,o,nJod originally as n school for In
dian youth. As n result of this young
ohivesa started for New Hampshire.
.nd a, The advice of President Bartlett
nj made further prepare
,,or n, Eip,hall Union Academy be-
fore .n,erinr as a freshman. Tho
chopter devoted To college life in the
rast Is all too brief. The author
mentions IN n single sentence that
there he met Matthew Arnold, hut
sa,,s tn add that this was at n re-.
ception given hy President Bartlett.
and tho, the principal reason Arnold
had journeyed far up into New Hamp-
shire was because he wanted to sec
n real Indian of the far Northwest
who had spent his childhood and youth
aIuid aboriginal conditions. Many n
fellow classman Of Ohiyesa's recalls
how anylously Matthew Arnold kept
looking at the door that evening while
students passed before him foT a word
of greeting while the great English
critic awaited the appearance of a
painted chief clad in council robes,
wearing n war bonnet OF eagies
feathers and carrying Il tomahawk.
And OF Arnold's complete amazemeh'
when was introduced TO him "A me
looking young mai clad irrepfoach'
ably in evening dress whom he later
Identified as the warrior.
Owing probably to innate mudest!
DIR. Eastman also fails to mention ina
never To be forgotten cane rush be-
tween his freshman class ana the
sophoincres. when he and his fellows
stripped tn the waist and covered
with oil. fought such a battle AS Han
over. n. H.. never saw before ant
never has since, and of mat dramatic
moment when n piercing
ran out above the din and CONFUSION
while a dusky, powerful inquire viii
blazing black eyes and streaming biacl
hair plunged through the mob o'
fighting students gripping the pre-
cious cane ana bolted down College
street with four husky sophomore
cllnging TO his back and shoulders
Yet while the author fails to recoun
Interesting incidents OF this nature n
treats In full OF really important mat
tiers occurring after he had been grad
uated from Dartmouth, finished HI
medical course at Boston tniversit!
! and was back among his peop.e at INT
Z Pine Ridge Indian Agency serving a
: physician and surgeon Not long afte
he commenced to practise there tn
ghost dance war occurred, probabl!
the last indian war that the Cnite'
States Government ever will be con
q cerned with. DR.. Eastman's detaile'
record of this unfortunate outbrea
doubtless will arouse discussion. for HI
throws upon 1t n light that is ne'
and surprising. certainly to the aver
age reader. But this is no more In
teresting than the definite picture h
draws of wrongs committed by India'
agents and by powerful politicians a
Washington whom he fought in late
years to keep them from despoilinl
his peop.e Of the lands and propert,
they had managed to retain.
When practising at the Pin Ridg
agency DR.. Eastman there met Elain
GOodale, the Massachusetts, poet, whof