An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre

Description

19th century account written by an American about the Apache. Among all the Native American tribes| the Spanish| Mexicans| and Americans learned the hard way that the warriors of the Apache were among the fiercest in North America. Based in the Southwest| the Apache fought all three in Mexico and the American Southwest| engaging in seasonal raids for so many centuries that the Apache struck fear into the hearts of all their neighbors.
Given the group’s reputation| it’s fitting that they are inextricably associated with one of their most famous leaders| Geronimo. Descendants of people killed by “hostile” Apache certainly considered warriors like Geronimo to be murderers and thieves whose cultures and societies held no redeeming values| and even today| many Americans associate the name Geronimo with a war cry. The name Geronimo actually came about because of a battle he fought against the Mexicans.
From the preface:
“THE recent outbreak of a fraction of the Chiricahua Apaches| and the frightful atrocities which have marked their trail through Arizona| Sonora| New Mexico| and Chihuahua| has attracted renewed attention to these brave but bloodthirsty aborigines and to the country exposed to their ravages.
The contents of this book| which originally appeared in a serial form in the Outing Magazine of Boston| represent the details of the expedition led by General Crook to the Sierra Madre| Mexico| in 1883; but| as the present military operations are conducted by the same commander| against the same enemy| and upon the same field of action| a perusal of these pages will| it is confidently believed| place before the reader a better knowledge of the general situation than any article which is likely soon to appear.”