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This is the story of Watson Mithlo, Chiricahua Apache, his family,
and his life. Watson's story embodies the life of the Chiricahua
Apache people, who in 1886 were forced into exile to Fort Marion,
Florida, by the US government and considered prisoners of war until
1914. This story tells Watson's lived history as the Chiricahua
were relocated from Arizona to Florida to Alabama and finally to
Fort Sill, Oklahoma. But this is also a story of Harry Mithlo,
Watson's son, and Conger Beasley, Harry's friend. It is a story of
telling a story. The three voices that serve as our
narrators--Watson, Harry, and Conger--all contribute information
and emotions, caught up in a kind of ongoing, never-ending,
simultaneous present. This story is a composite, a mosaic, a song.
It is imbued with oral tradition, Apache medicine, and the dance of
the Chiricahua Mountain Spirits. Through Watson, Harry, and Conger,
one man's life becomes a circle, blending history with the sacred
in the telling of a distinctly Native story.
-- 1991 Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Achievement
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