Lt. Charles Gatewood and His Apache Wars Memoir
Contributors: Louis Kraft (Editor)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: October 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780803227729
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American studies; Military - United States; Gatewood, Charles B.; Biography / Autobiography; United States - 19th Century/Old West; History; Military; North America; USA; Geronimo,; Native American; History / Native American; Apache Indians; United States - Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Wars, 1883-1886; 1829-1909; Diaries
Description: "Lt. Charles B. Gatewood (1853-1896), an educated Virginian, served in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry as the commander of Indian scouts. Gatewood was largely accepted by the Native peoples with whom he worked because of his efforts to understand their cultures. It was this connection that Gatewood formed with the Indians, and with Geronimo and Naiche in particular, that led to his involvement in the last Apache war and his work for Indian rights."

"Realizing that he had more experience dealing with Native peoples than other lieutenants serving on the frontier, Gatewood decided to record his experiences. Although he died before he completed his project, the work he left behind remains an important firsthand account of his life as a commander of Apache scouts and as a military commandant of the White Mountain Indian Reservation. Louis Kraft presents Gatewood's previously unpublished account, punctuating it with an introduction, additional text that fills in the gaps in Gatewood's narrative, detailed notes, and an epilogue."--Jacket.