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Secretary of War Weeks: "A pension was granted to a survivor of the ill-fated command of General Custer. He is Shuh-Shee-Absh, a Crow Indian, who was an Indian Scout for the General at the time of the massacre of June...
Only bald-headed men were allowed outdoors today in Blanding, Utah, due to the fact that the Piute Indians are on the warpath again. Apparently these far-Western towns are still in grave danger of the redskin. Men of Custer's type must be found at once...
There is but one thing better than destroying an ideal, and that is making one. The assassination of the "Custer" legend is one of the best. In spite of the inconsistencies of the argument, we who dislike the sentimental and saccrime pretensions of patriotism, become overjoyed at this ruthless iconoclasm of tradition's pet. Yet had it better not have lived? Was it not a tale to fire small boys' imagination? Ideals are so easily dispelled. Whenever some hardy spirit tries to plant one in CRIMSON'S fertile rows, a savage hand plucks the puny thing from the ground...
...clock, by the Hon. Arthur K. Peck. Mr. Peck is a traveller of note in both Europe and America and has made a desirable reputation as a lecturer on places of interest in the western parts of the United States. This evening he will describe a visit to Custer's battlefield, the Sioux and Crow Indian reservations, horse-back trips with the cow-boys, explorations in the Bad Lands, digging fossil remains of pre-historic monsters, and many adventures unusual in accounts of travel in the Indian country. Among the interesting events he will mention are a journey into...
...Germany." Another series is begun by Rev. Dr. Wheatley's article on "The Jews in New York." In connection with this the Jewish Question is briefly treated of by an unknown writer. The feature of the number is an article by Capt. E. S. Godfrey, one of General Custer's troop commanders, on the massacre of the Little Big Horn, "Custer's Last Battle." The author advances a new theory with regard to Custer's movements. The article is followed by a critical review of the campaign by Gen. Fry. Dr. Wier Mitchell has his second instalment of Characteristics...