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ESCAPE FROM AN ANGRY SHE-BEAR—CATCHING NEBRASKA HORSE-THIEVES—"DOC"
MIDDLETON'S GANG. 424


CHAPTER XXVI.

CROOK RE-ASSIGNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA—ALL THE APACHES
ON THE WAR-PATH—LIEUTENANTS MORGAN AND CONVERSE WOUNDED—CAPTAIN
HENTIG KILLED—CROOK GOES ALONE TO SEE THE HOSTILES—CONFERENCES
WITH THE APACHES—WHAT THE ARIZONA GRAND JURY
SAID OF AN INDIAN AGENT—CONDITION OF AFFAIRS AT THE SAN CARLOS
AGENCY—WHISKEY SOLD TO THE CHIRICAHUA APACHES—APACHE TRIALS
BY JURY—ARIZONA IN 1882—PHŒNIX, PRESCOTT, AND TUCSON—INDIAN
SCHOOLS. 433


CHAPTER XXVII.

THE SIERRA MADRE CAMPAIGN AND THE CHIRICAHUAS—CHATO'S RAID—CROOK'S
EXPEDITION OF FORTY-SIX WHITE MEN AND ONE HUNDRED
AND NINETY-THREE INDIAN SCOUTS—THE SURPRISE OF THE APACHE
STRONGHOLD—THE "TOMBSTONE TOUGHS"—THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
CHIRICAHUAS—HOW INDIANS WILL WORK IF ENCOURAGED—GIVING THE
FRANCHISE TO INDIANS; CROOK'S VIEWS—THE CRAWFORD COURT OF
INQUIRY—KA-E-TEN-NA'S ARREST ORDERED BY MAJOR BARBER —TROUBLE
ARISES BETWEEN THE WAR AND INTERIOR DEPARTMENTS—CROOK
ASKS TO BE RELIEVED FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INDIAN
AFFAIRS—SOME OF THE CHIRICAHUAS RETURN TO THE WAR-PATH. 452


CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST GERONIMO—THE CROPS RAISED BY THE APACHES—THE
PURSUIT OF THE HOSTILES—THE HARD WORK OF THE TROOPS—EFFICIENT
AND FAITHFUL SERVICE OF THE CHIRICAHUA SCOUTS—WAR
DANCES AND SPIRIT DANCES—CAPTAIN CRAWFORD KILLED—A VISIT TO
THE HOSTILE STRONGHOLD—A "NERVY" PHOTOGRAPHER—A WHITE
BOY CAPTIVE AMONG THE APACHES—ALCHISE'S AND KA-E-TEN-NA'S
GOOD WORK—GERONIMO SURRENDERS TO CROOK. 465


CHAPTER XXIX.

THE EFFECTS OF BAD WHISKEY UPON SAVAGE INDIANS—THE WRETCH TRIBOLLET—SOME
OF THE CHIRICAHUAS SLIP AWAY FROM MAUS DURING A RAINY
NIGHT—THE BURIAL OF CAPTAIN CRAWFORD—CROOK'S TERMS DISAPPROVED
IN WASHINGTON—CROOK ASKS TO BE RELIEVED FROM COMMAND
IN ARIZONA—GERONIMO INDUCED TO COME IN BY THE CHIRICAHUA
AMBASSADORS, KI-E-TA AND MARTINEZ—TREACHERY SHOWN IN THE
TREATMENT OF THE WELL-BEHAVED MEMBERS OF THE CHIRICAHUA
APACHE BAND. 480