Title: The Mescalero Apaches.
Authors: Sonnichsen, C. L. 1901-
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Year: 1958
Subjects: Apache Indians; Mescalero Indians
Abstract: Scholarly work tells the tragic story of the easternmost division of the Apaches.
Contents: After four centuries : an introduction -- The desert breed : the Apaches and their way of life -- Crucible of courage : Apache against Spaniard -- No hope for peace : the Americans take over -- Hunger and defeat : the Mescaleros give up -- We are men and braves : the Mescaleros against General Carleton -- Back to the wilds : the Mescaleros choose freedom -- Peace with dishonor : the Mescaleros settle down -- The bloody border : Victorio takes the warpath -- The army moves in : the disarming of the Mescaleros -- Peace at last : Victorio goes under -- Prisoners of war : the Apaches in exile -- In slow motion : fifty years of difficulty -- Better days : the Indians get a new deal -- Today and tomorrow : the Mescaleros face the future.