Arizona silver belt., 1897-11-11
ANTONIO APACHE.
A Chiricahua Indian Who Hao Made Remarkable Progress in Acquir- ing an Education Preparing
 for Harvard,

Globe has had as visitor this week
 person to whom more tlsn ordinary interest attapheg He ia Antonio
 Apache, a faG-blooded Chiricahua h.
 dian, and a grandson of the lnte ,'s-
 douhtablo chief, Ccchise. Antonio
 Apache ia not stranger to Globe,
 having been here in 1892, when, com
 missioned by Prof. Putnam, of far
 ward, he visited among the various Indian tribes in the southwest, secur-
 ing ethrological exhibits for the
 Worlds Fair. and during the contin-
 uance of the fair he was retained as al,
 assistant in the department of anthro-
 pology under Prof. Putnam.
 On his former visit here we were struck by his nuency of speech and
 the wide range of subjects of which
 he had more than passing krowl- edge. The gulf separating Linn from the untutored savage appeared so great as to make Antonio an interest ing study, and to immeasurably en- large one'o ideas of tho possibilities of the Indians education and advance ment.
 The interest with which he then in- spired us made us the more desirous of renewing tho acquaintance after an interval of sufficient length to render deductions possible as to whether his education was really thorough and progressive or merely superficial and evanescent. We are gratiiied to have our first impression confirmed. We found Antonio Apache had grown in both physical and mental stature. He is about feet inches in height, weighs 2l5 pounds, and his physical development is perfect. His age is 24 years. Mentally he is better equipped than the great majority of educated white men; his mind is retontive and we'll poised, and his carriage and ad- dress are easy and pleasing.
 When but child Antonio Apache was captured with others of the Chiri- cahua band, in the Chiricahua noun tains, Cochise county, Arizona, by troops operating under Gen, Howerd. This was m 1879. He was sent to Fortress Monroe, Va, where he re- mained few years and then ran away. Going to Maryland he found on a farm and oppor- tunity to attend country school. Working his way north he reached Philadelphia, where he entered large for the manufacture of fancy leather goods and learned the trade thoroughly, From Philadelphia he went to New York and thence to Boston, all the tune emp'oying his spare moments in study, and having made influential friends who noted his fondness for books, his opportuni- ties grew. In 1890 Prof Putnam be- came interested in him and gave him in various capacities.
 At the close of the Worlds Fair he was engaged in the Field Columbian Museum, at Chicago, and in its behalf made several trips through the South and Southwest. During the opera tions of the Federal troops against the Bannock Indians young Apa"he was placed charge of the scouts by Gen and served with honor and During this period he also essayed newspaper correspond ence, many of his letters having been i published in Eastern and Western papsrs.
 Antonio Apaohe's present intention is to prepare himself under the in- struction of private tutor to enter the Harvard law school where he ex- poets to take q full course in the law, and having this in view he has re- gently refused tempting offers of em- 
 His visit to Arizona at this time is in the interest of the government, and upon his return East, within a few days, he will take with him to Carlisle, Pa, a number of Indian children for instruction in the government school at that place.