Deseret Evening News | 1892-03-31 | Page 6 | Indian Courage

Indian Courase. Tho annals of no country can show any snvago foo so fonuidablo for his numlsrs to tralueil regnlir troops of tlio whlto raco as tho Auierlcanlndlan. Tho tules of tlio st-ny rrWlllon, rrplcto ns thoy nro with heroia achleiements of lliillehsolillirs, read like nbsurd fairy tslos to Indian fighters of our army. Tho spictAcle, ri ponied again and itgaln, of a scorn or so of theso l.nelUhmeu riJing throtlsh as many thousands of opiwlag sepoys, dlselpllnnl nnd thoroughly thor-oughly tupptlcd with tho liest of firearms, fire-arms, woul I bo a very noul ono to tlioso accustomed to tho temper of tho sat ago of our own continent. J IIudCnptA!nJack,orJosei h.orUcrnn i imo, with such warriors as they led, been the sort of foes to attack tlio ling. Usll power in India, thu hhtoryof Delhi ' ondl.ueknow would have Iweu writitii In far darker character- on tho p.iir i of I Lngllsli history, belf rt llant, intelllgunt, herco In battle, Inlinltablo liorseint n, nrmedwlth tho molcni ride, our own Indiana hate often waged aucccssfu', lmttlewlth regular troops nusurpnsyl in quaht) an 1 far outnumbi ring tlnm. It is donbtfnl if eitn tho Cossack or Arab can bo compared with them la partisan warfare -Harper's Weekl),