Book Reviews and Notices : The Indians of the Southwest: A Century of Development Under the United States. By EDWARD EVERETT DALE. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Published in co-operation with the Huntington Library, San Marino, Cal. 1949. Pp. xvi, 283. $4.00.)

• Author: C. Gregory Crampton
• Published date: 01 March 1951
• Date: 01 March 1951
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295100400151
• Subject Matter: Articles

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The reader will be struck by the author’s obvious bias in favor of
his subject. In fact, this might well be considered a major criticism of
the work. Brant is so completely wrapped up in portraying Madison in
the best possible light that he fails to give proper credit to other great
men who played such vital roles in this important formative period of
our national history. His phraseology leaves the impression that Madison’s
ideas were right, while those of his opponents were wrong. He implies
acceptance of the Virginia (Madison’s) plan at the Constitutional Con-
vention and the rejection of the New Jersey plan, whereas a comparison
of those plans with the Constitution will disclose the obvious fact that
numerous ideas from both plans were adopted, as well as discarded.
Madison was, no doubt, the most valuable man at the Constitutional
Convention and many ideas presented by him ultimately went into the
Constitution; however, more of his suggestions were rejected than ac-
cepted.
This is not to imply that the book is without merit. It is a worthy
contribution to the vast literature of the post-Revolutionary era. Students
of American history and political science will find here a multitude of
important facts presented in a very interesting manner. The volume is
adequately annotated and indexed.
DAVID E. MILLER.
University of Utah.
The Indians of the Southwest: A Century of Development Under the
United States. By EDWARD EVERETT DALE. (Norman: University of
Oklahoma Press. Published in co-operation with the Huntington
Library, San Marino, Cal. 1949. Pp. xvi, 283. $4.00.)
This is another important book by an eminent historian of the South.
west, and it is certain to become a standard reference in its field.
Professor Dale has written the history of a century of federal relations
with the Indians living in the territory acquired from Mexico in 1848 and
1853; or, precisely, the Indian population of southern and central Cali-
fornia, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and...