"An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre" by John Gregory Bourke is a chronicle from the late 1800s that tells of General Crook's military journey into the Sierra Madre, chasing the Chiricahua Apaches to resolve conflicts born of mistreatment. From the perspective of someone who was there, the book reveals how complicated things got when the American military dealt with Native Americans. It starts by explaining the growing unrest and how violence broke out, pushing the military into action. The author talks about why the Chiricahua people were angry, focusing on how they were treated on reservations by people in charge. The expedition aims to take down the Apache's base, with the author acknowledging the challenges of maintaining any kind of balance between tribes and the American military. As well as the sheer size and scope of the Sierra Madre mountains.
An 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 Gregory Bourke
Amidst rising tensions and outbreaks of violence, a military expedition ventures into a harsh and unforgiving mountain range to confront a tribe fighting for their rights.
Summary
About the AuthorJohn Gregory Bourke was a captain in the United States Army and a prolific diarist and Reconstruction Era author; he wrote several books about the American Old West, including ethnologies of its indigenous peoples. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while a cavalryman in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Based on his service during the war, his commander nominated him to West Point, where he graduated in 1869, leading to service as an Army officer until his death.
John Gregory Bourke was a captain in the United States Army and a prolific diarist and Reconstruction Era author; he wrote several books about the American Old West, including ethnologies of its indigenous peoples. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while a cavalryman in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Based on his service during the war, his commander nominated him to West Point, where he graduated in 1869, leading to service as an Army officer until his death.
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))
By John Gregory Bourke
Tonio, Son of the Sierras: A Story of the Apache War
By Charles King
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757
By James Fenimore Cooper
On the Border with Crook
By John Gregory Bourke
General Crook and the Fighting Apaches Treating Also of the Part Borne by Jimmie Dunn in the days, 1871-1886, When With Soldiers and Pack-trains and Indian Scouts, but Employing the Stronger Weapons of Kindness, Firmness and Honesty, the Gray Fox Worked Hard to the End That the White Men and the Red Men in the Southwest as in the Northwest Might Better Understand One Another
By Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
The dread Apache: That early-day scourge of the Southwest
By Merrill Pingree Freeman
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
On the Border with Crook
By John Gregory Bourke
Scatalogic Rites of All Nations A dissertation upon the employment of excrementitious remedial agents in religion, therapeutics, divination, witchcraft, love-philters, etc., in all parts of the globe
By John Gregory Bourke
The urine dance of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico
By John Gregory Bourke
An 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 Gregory Bourke
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))
By John Gregory Bourke
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses
By United States. Presidents
Cambridge Neighbors (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)
By William Dean Howells
Secrets of the Late Rebellion, Now Revealed for the First Time
By Jacob R. Freese
The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians
By Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Debts hopeful and desperate : $b Financing the Plymouth Colony
By Ruth A. McIntyre
The Human Drift
By Jack London