This carefully researched book by a professor of history at
Oklahoma State University tells the bitter story of the Arizona:
Apaches, robbed Systematically by the powerful "Tucson Ring" of
profiteers, and their resistance under the fighting chief Geronimo.
Called "one of the greatest Americans who ever lived" by General
Crook, who fought him, admired him, and was demoted by General
Nelson Miles for treating him squarely, Geronimo led a handful of
Apache warriors on scattered raids from Arizona to Mexico,
terrorizing settlers and pursued by a troop of army-recruited
Apache scouts and 5000 swearing and exhausted soldiers.
Surrendering in 1886 to Lt. Gatewood of Miles' staff, the only
white man he trusted, Geronimo agreed to terms that included two
years' internment for himself, and his warriors as prisoners of
war. Miles, who claimed all credit for the surrender and refused
Gatewood an earned promotion to a captaincy, at once broke these
terms, shipping the Apaches, including the Scouts who had fought
them, to Florida, where they were imprisoned for years at hard
labor as criminals. Transferred in 1894 to Ft. Sill. Okla. they
were permitted to farm and raise cattle, but Geronimo turned
showman at World's Fairs, selling his photograph and signature; he
died in 1909. The fighting cry of American paratroopers in World
War II Was "Geronimo1." Admittedly and authoritatively biased in
Geronimo's favor, this book is a must for all students of the
American Southwest and for all libraries of Western Americana.
(Kirkus Reviews)
On August 25 1886, the Apache chief, Geronimo, surrendered to the US army, ending a long and bloody struggle. This fascinating book draws on fresh evidence to examine the ironies, dangers, and vicissitudes of that campaign. Based on the papers collected by Lt. Charles B. Gatewood - the one white man Geronimo trusted - including depositions from old soldiers and scouts, official documents, articles, letters, and photographs, the book shows that it was essentially a war no one won - the Apaches (like the Sioux, Comanche, and Nez Perce before them), losing their land and lifestyle, the Americans losing all that the tribes might have contributed to the union and more than a measure of national self-respect.
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