Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-29
Thrilling Story of Tanning of Savage
Apache Followers of Dread Geronimo

the ants would eat tho flesh from
their skulls. Geronimo was Criri-
cahua
After crook had brought the In
dams In. iu 1853. they remained quiet
, FOR little while. hut la the winter
, of 1854 trouble once more arose over
the efforts of the government Ia pre-
vent the making ANA using uf tiswiu
bf these Indians ana Geronimo gath
cred together band OF the worst rem
cEadcs ana started out on q scri,s OF
raids
Again General Crook proceeded
against them, and IA August, 1856.
the entire hand. about three hundred
ana forty Ia number, Including Ger
onimo ana Nachl, the hereditary
| chief. surrendered 90 General Miles,
who had superseded Crook,
ON one raid the Apachcs travelled
moro than twelve hundred miles Ia
four weeks. raidcd the Apache rcacr-
walton. Killed many Indians and
thirty eight whites and rcturaod to
Mexico. although there was In tho
| field against them forty troops Of
cavalry and furty-thrco companies of
infantry. On one expedition into
Mexico after the hostilcs. Captain En-
Imctt Crawford, IN command. was
killed
General Miles IN his volume at
| Personal RccollectlonH. gives "a
vivid description OF the Apaches. He
says
The mountain iabyrinths of tha
Apaches may be- compared 10 the
| criminal dcns and slums OF London,
Ialthough on an Immensely greater
| scale. and the outlaws 10 be tracked
ana suhdued. for cunning strength
ana fcrocity have never been sur
passed in the annals of either savage
or civilized crime, a band Ut Indians
| that had roumod over thai country
for generations believed themselves to
bc masters aud uncomfortable, and
many uf the white people living IN
that country also believed u To be
impossible 90 run them down and
capture them"
General Miles put 10 test la actual
! warfare against the hosiilos, who
were adopts In signaling with fire
and smoke from one mountain 10 an
other. the little instrument known as
the holiostat he established sta
tions on mountain peaks. and thus
opened up line OF communication.
II was an idea which had much 10
do with solving the Apache problem.
General Miles found IN General
Luwton AN luuai soldier tu take up
the active campaign against the
Apachos. and Ia Leonard Wood, then
a captain In the medical corps. an
officer OF skill strength and courage.
lie asked Wood Co accompany Law
ton
| The picked hOdy of troops placed
under l.awton were splendldly Off
lcorcd and equipped. The Aphchot
were thon in their mountain retreat
In the Sierra Madros. where they
could have remained practically tndet-
Iinbcly. but instead of waiting Ia he
attacked. thoy began hostilitics them.
selves. committing all sorts of out
RACES IN northern Mexico.
There was q sharp engagement the
indians scattering, and subsequently,
ldlyiding into two bands. Numerous
attachments OF troops were kept con
aantly on the march against them
and performed unusual teats of hero
ISM
Juiy 10 Lawton's command sur
prlscd the camp OF Geronimo. but tbs
willy old chief escaped. together will
Nachi the hereditary chief, and th'
members Of the band. Lawton fol
lowed them up closely, and not Ions
Rfterward Geronimo asked FOR a con
ference.
The two fighters met, ana conclud
, ed plans for meeting with Mics
when Geronimo agreed 10 surrender
The Indians accompanied Lawtoni
/ command back toward the Cnite'