ONCE THEY MOVED LIKE THE WIND: COCHISE, GERONIMO, - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook ONCE THEY MOVED LIKE THE WIND: COCHISE, GERONIMO, write by David Roberts. This book was released on 2011-01-11. ONCE THEY MOVED LIKE THE WIND: COCHISE, GERONIMO, available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the westward settlement, for more than twenty years Apache tribes eluded both US and Mexican armies, and by 1886 an estimated 9,000 armed men were in pursuit. Roberts (Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative) presents a moving account of the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest. He portrays the great Apache leaders—Cochise, Nana, Juh, Geronimo, the woman warrior Lozen—and U.S. generals George Crock and Nelson Miles. Drawing on contemporary American and Mexican sources, he weaves a somber story of treachery and misunderstanding. After Geronimo's surrender in 1886, the Apaches were sent to Florida, then to Alabama where many succumbed to malaria, tuberculosis and malnutrition and finally in 1894 to Oklahoma, remaining prisoners of war until 1913. The book is history at its most engrossing. —Publishers Weekly
Once They Moved Like The Wind
Once They Moved Like The Wind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Once They Moved Like The Wind write by David Roberts. This book was released on 1994-07-19. Once They Moved Like The Wind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recounts the days of the Indian wars when the U.S. Cavalry repeatedly tried to subdue the great warriors led by Cochise and, later, Geronimo.
Once They Moved Like the Wind
Once They Moved Like the Wind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Once They Moved Like the Wind write by David Roberts. This book was released on 1998. Once They Moved Like the Wind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Of the many tales of conflict and warfare between the UK Government and the Indian tribes, perhaps none is more dramatic or revealing than the story of the Apache wars. Those wars were the final episode in the US government's subjugation of the indigenous peoples; the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 effectively ended the Indian wars. Once They Moved Liked the Wind is the epic story of the battles between the Apaches and the US Army for land and freedom. The larger-than-life characters of Cochise, Geronimo and General Cook move dramatically through these pages, illuminating the history behind the Apache wars.
A Newer World
A Newer World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Newer World write by David Roberts. This book was released on 2002-01-10. A Newer World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In A Newer World, David Roberts serves as a guide through John C. Frémont's and Kit Carson's adventures through unknown American territory to achieve manifest destiny. Between 1842 and 1854 John C. Frémont, renowned as the nineteenth century's greatest explorer, and Kit Carson, the legendary scout and Indian fighter, boldly ventured into untamed territory to fulfill America's "manifest destiny." Drawing on little-known primary sources, as well as his own travels through the lands Frémont and Carson explored, David Roberts recreates their expeditions, second in significance only to those of Lewis and Clark. A Newer World is a harrowing narrative of hardship and adventure and a poignant reminder of the cultural tragedy that westward expansion inflicted on the Native American.
Cochise
Cochise - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cochise write by Edwin R. Sweeney. This book was released on 2012-11-21. Cochise available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When it acquired New Mexico and Arizona, the United States inherited the territory of a people who had been a thorn in side of Mexico since 1821 and Spain before that. Known collectively as Apaches, these Indians lived in diverse, widely scattered groups with many names—Mescaleros, Chiricahuas, and Jicarillas, to name but three. Much has been written about them and their leaders, such as Geronimo, Juh, Nana, Victorio, and Mangas Coloradas, but no one wrote extensively about the greatest leader of them all: Cochise. Now, however, Edwin R. Sweeney has remedied this deficiency with his definitive biography. Cochise, a Chiricahua, was said to be the most resourceful, most brutal, most feared Apache. He and his warriors raided in both Mexico and the United States, crossing the border both ways to obtain sanctuary after raids for cattle, horses, and other livestock. Once only he was captured and imprisoned; on the day he was freed he vowed never to be taken again. From that day he gave no quarter and asked none. Always at the head of his warriors in battle, he led a charmed life, being wounded several times but always surviving. In 1861, when his brother was executed by Americans at Apache Pass, Cochise declared war. He fought relentlessly for a decade, and then only in the face of overwhelming military superiority did he agree to a peace and accept the reservation. Nevertheless, even though he was blamed for virtually every subsequent Apache depredation in Arizona and New Mexico, he faithfully kept that peace until his death in 1874. Sweeney has traced Cochise’s activities in exhaustive detail in both United States and Mexican Archives. We are not likely to learn more about Cochise than he has given us. His biography will stand as the major source for all that is yet to be written on Cochise.
