Once they moved like the wind : Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache wars

Roberts, David 1943-2021 (Author).

Summary: Of the many tales of conflict and warfare between the U.S. government and the Indian tribes, perhaps none is more dramatic or revealing than the story of the Apache wars. Those wars were the final episode in the U.S. government's subjugation of the indigenous peoples; the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 effectively ended the Indian wars. As Anglo settlers moved into the Southwest in the mid-1800s, skirmishes with the Indians intensified. The Apaches were the most feared of the Southwestern tribes, both by Anglos and by other Indians. Under the leadership of the charismatic Cochise, the various Apache groups unified in opposition to settlers and to U.S. Army patrols. Although soldiers lured Cochise into a trap through trickery, he quickly escaped and was never recaptured.

Record details

ISBN: 0671702211
ISBN: 9780671702212
ISBN: 0671885561
ISBN: 9780671885564
Physical Description: print
368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. I. Cochise's Will. 1. Cut the tent ; 2. The black pot ; 3. Torture ; 4. The unknown Cochise ; 5. 1871 ; 6. The General on muleback ; 7. This is the man ; 8. Geronimo ascendant ; 9. The end of Cochise -- pt. II. Geronimo's Power ; 10. Turkey gobbler ; 11. Geronimo in irons ; 12. Victorio ; 13. The dreamer ;.14. In the stronghold ; 15. The tan wolf charges ; 16. Turkey Creek ; 17. Canyon of the funnels ; 18. Canyon of the skeletons.