An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre:: an Account of the Expedition in Pursuit of the Chiricahua Apaches in Arizona, 1883
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The author of this book was a U.S. soldier in addition to being a well known and highly regarded author on the Apache Wars of the later nineteenth century-in which he was an active participant. He maintained an interest, respect for and in some measure an affection for the Apaches and he also made a serious study of and wrote notable works on their customs and culture. He is perhaps best known for his classic account of the Apache Wars, 'On the Border with Crook.' This small account was written prior to his larger and more expansive work. It originally appeared as a series of articles in the Boston published 'Outing Magazine.' Bourke decided to bring his earlier writings back into print in book form, at a time when the Apaches had once again taken the war trail, to provide the American public with context to then current events. This fascinating account, which centres on the events of the Spring of 1883, concerns Crook's pursuit of the Chiricahua Apaches who broke out of San Carlos reservation to raid through Arizona and Mexico before vanishing into the fastness of the Sierra Madre. Those with any interest or knowledge in this subject will find themselves familiarly introduced to the corps of Apache Scouts, Al Sieber (Zieber), the scout and interpreter, Crook, Gatewood, Chato and of course the renowned Geronimo, as well as other names long associated with this remarkable time in the history of the Apaches and Arizona.”-Print ed.
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An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre: - John G Bourke
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1
PREFACE. 5
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 6
AN APACHE CAMPAIGN. 7
I 7
II 25
III. 39
AN APACHE CAMPAIGN
img2.pngCAPT. JOHN. G. BOURKE
img3.pngAN APACHE CAMPAIGN
IN THE SIERRA MADRE.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION IN PURSUIT OF THE HOSTILE CHIRICAHUA APACHES IN THE SPRING OF 1883.
BY
JOHN G. BOURKE,
CAPTAIN THIRD CAVALRY, U.S. ARMY,
AUTHOR OF THE SNAKE DANCE OF THE MOQUIS.
ILLUSTRATED
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.
There is this difference to be noted, however; of the one hundred and twenty-five (125) fighting men brought back from the Sierra Madre, less than one-third have engaged in the present hostilities, from which fact an additional inference may be drawn both of the difficulties to be overcome in the repression of these disturbances and of the horrors which would surely have accumulated upon the heads of our citizens had the whole fighting force of this fierce band taken to the mountains.
One small party of eleven (11) hostile Chiricahuas, during the period from November 15th, 1885, to the present date, has killed twenty-one (21) friendly Apaches living in peace upon the reservation, and no less than twenty-five (25) white men, women, and children. This bloody raid has been conducted through a country filled with regular troops, militia, and rangers,
—and at a loss to the enemy, so far as can be shown, of only one man, whose head is now at Fort Apache.
JOHN G. BOURKE.
APACHE INDIAN AGENCY,
SAN CARLOS, ARIZONA,
December 15th, 1885.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CRAWFORD’S COLUMN MOVING TO THE FRONT
APACHE VILLAGE SCENE
APACHE WAR DANCE
APACHE INDIAN SCOUTS EXAMINING TRAILS BY NIGHT
APACHE AWL-CASES, TOBACCO BAGS, ETC.
APACHE AMBUSCADE
APACHE HEAD-DRESSES, SHOES, TOYS, ETC.
APACHE WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENTS
APACHE GIRL, WITH TYPICAL DRESS
APACHE WARFARE
APACHE BASKET-WORK
FIGHTING THE PRAIRIE FIRE
AN APACHE CAMPAIGN.
I
WITHIN the compass of this volume it is impossible to furnish a complete dissertation upon the Apache Indians or the causes which led up to the expedition about to be described. The object is simply to outline some of the difficulties attending the solution of the Indian question in the South-west and to make known the methods employed in conducting campaigns against savages in hostility. It is thought that the object desired can best be accomplished by submitting an unmutilated extract from the journal carefully kept during the whole period involved.
Much has necessarily been excluded, but without exception it has been to avoid repetition, or else to escape the introduction of information bearing upon the language, the religion, marriages, funeral ceremonies, etc., of this interesting race, which would increase the bulk of the manuscript, and, perhaps, detract from its value in the eyes of the general reader.
Ethnologically the Apache is classed with the Tinneh tribes, living close to the Yukon and Mackenzie rivers, within the Arctic circle. For centuries he has been preëminent over the more peaceful nations about him for courage, skill, and daring in war; cunning in deceiving and evading his enemies; ferocity in attack when skilfully-planned ambuscades have led an unwary foe into his clutches; cruelty and brutality to captives; patient endurance and fortitude under the greatest privations.
In peace he has commanded respect for keen-sighted intelligence, good fellowship, warmth of feeling for his friends, and impatience of wrong.
No Indian has more virtues and none has been more truly ferocious when aroused. He was the first of the native Americans to defeat in battle or outwit in diplomacy the all-conquering, smooth-tongued Spaniard, with whom and his Mexican-mongrel descendants he has waged cold-blooded, heart-sickening war since the days of Cortes. When the Spaniard had fire-arms and corselet of steel he was unable to push back this fierce, astute aborigine, provided simply with lance and bow. The past fifty years have seen the Apache provided with arms of precision, and, especially since the introduction of magazine breechloaders, the Mexican has not only ceased to be an intruder upon the Apache, but has trembled for the security of life and property in the squalid hamlets of the States of Chihuahua and Sonora.
In 1871 the War Department confided to General George Crook the task of whipping into submission all the bands of the Apache nation living in Arizona. How thoroughly that duty was accomplished is now a matter of history. But at the last moment one band—the Chiricahuas—was especially exempted from Crook’s jurisdiction. They were not attacked by troops, and for years led a Jack-in-the-box sort of an existence, now popping