The Geronimo Campaign
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 ceding
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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
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