The early years -- Little wars -- Turbulent times -- Galeana avenged -- Chokonen activities 1849-56 -- Double treachery in Mexico -- Apache Pass -- Cut the tent : the Bascom affair at Apache Pass -- ...

Second Lt. George Bascom was "a fine looking fellow" and a gentleman, a white settler of Arizona recalled, "but he was unfortunately a fool." After all, Bascom's decision in 1861 to take hostage ...

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Deep into the territory of the great Apache chief, Cochise, the demoted Civil War general, Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday, reports for duty as a commanding officer at the remote U.S. cavalry outpost ...

In February 1861, the twelve-year-old son of Arizona rancher John Ward was kidnapped by Apaches. Ward followed their trail and reported the incident to patrols at Fort Buchanan, blaming a band of ...