| Show DEATH OF GENERAL CUOOK OUR dispatches today contain an announcement of the sudden death in a hotel in Chicago of General George Crook the noted Indian fighter Tie was torn Sept 2S ItlZS near Dajton Ohio until graduated gradu-ated at West Point in 1S52 list tween that date and tho breaking outof the rebellion he served in several Indian campaigns in the Rocky Mountain region and on the Pacific Coast During 1SG2 ho held a command In the West Virginia campaign and wan brevell lieutenant colonel for meritorious service at Antletam Later hecrveu in Ten nesseeand VirginiaInMarcli ISCo he received the brevets of brigadier general and major general and for a short time prior to the surrender I ofLceatAppomattox he held the command of the Army of the Potomac Poto-mac From 1S6L to ISTJ he Wen I gaged most of tho time in Indian campaigns in Idaho and in the Latter Lat-ter year was transferred to Arizona where he met with remaikable success suc-cess in contests with Indian In 1SV3 he took command of the campaign cam-paign agaInst the Sioux and Cheyenne Chey-enne Indians in tho northwest where his usual success attended him In ISS2 he returned to Arizona which region ho has been engaged much of the time since In contests with Indians or in carrying out plans of tho government in respect to them Though famed as an Indian fighter fight-er General Crook was never charged with being cruel I or even unnecessarily harsh t dealing with the aborigines lie was Just with a decided leaning towards the humane hu-mane and has often made philanthropic philan-thropic recommendations to the Government respecting the welfare of the Indians He was a brave conscientious soldier and not a stain exists upon his lang and glorious ous record in the army during which he was promoted from rank to rank until lie reached that which ho held at his death major general The country will to shocked by the news of his BJddeu dVmi ewhIch causes to the army the lost of one of it ablest and noblest general |
