How did American Indians view Gen. George Crook, who fought so many of them during the Indian Wars?
Paul Gordon
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
General William Tecumseh Sherman called Gen. George Crook the “greatest Indian-fighter and manager the army of the United States ever had,” Crook’s aide John Gregory Bourke remembered. Indians also highly regarded Crook, both as a warrior and a peacemaker.
Crook was a brilliant strategist, whose knowledge of individual tribes improved his cha
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