Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1877-05-29 | Page 1 | The Indians as Soldiers

The Indians as Soldiers. New York, 28. The Sun says: Captain MatDonald, a wealthy resident resi-dent of tian Francisco, ia tuc roal author -of the proposal that the Indians shall bo employed as a military mili-tary organization lo be auxiHiary to the army. At his own expense he trained and drilled a company representing repre-senting the tribes on the Pacifio coast and it was his exhibition of their pro ficeency na soldiers that gave the war department its new theories in regard to the beet uses to which the Indian can bo put. An enthusiast with respect to the Indian soldiery has written to the secretary of the iuterior, embodying his views on tho subject.