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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465750603321

Autore

Faulk Odie B

Titolo

The Geronimo campaign [[electronic resource] /] / Odie B. Faulk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

0-19-802005-8

1-4237-3844-6

0-19-500544-9

0-19-992350-7

1-280-44357-X

1-60129-937-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

973/.04972

B

Soggetti

Apache Indians

Apache Indians - Wars, 1883-1886

Apache Indians - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1969 by Oxford University Press"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography:  p. 229-235 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; I The Apaches; II The Army; III Causes of the Outbreak; IV In Pursuit, May 1885-December 1885; V In Pursuit, December 1885-March 1886; VI Miles's Campaign to Conquer; VII Geronimo's Final Surrender; VIII The Betrayal of the Apaches; IX The Fight for Glory; X Geronimo's Triumph; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The surrender of the great Apache leader Geronimo to U.S Army Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood in August of 1886 brought to an end a struggle that had begun in the early years of the century, and had figured prominently in the western campaign of the Civil War. The words addressed by Gatewood to Geronimo as they met along the banks of Mexico's Bavispe River echoed those spoken in many such a meeting between victorious American commander and vanquished Native American. ""Accept these terms or fight it out to the bitter end,""



said Gatewood. The terms were forced relocation to Florida and the cedi