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The Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars

The Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars

Hocking, Doug

Paperback

Military BiographiesNative American HistoryRegional: Southwest

ISBN10: 1493063790
ISBN13: 9781493063796
Publisher: Two Dot Books
Published: Sep 1 2022
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
In 1861, war between the United States and the Chiricahua seemed inevitable. The Apache band lived on a heavily traveled Emigrant and Overland Mail Trail and routinely raided it, organized by their leader, the prudent, not friendly Cochise. When a young boy was kidnapped from his stepfather's ranch, Lieutenant George Bascom confronted Cochise even though there was no proof that the Chiricahua were responsible. After a series of missteps, Cochise exacted a short-lived revenge. Despite modern accounts based on spurious evidence, Bascom's performance in a difficult situation was admirable. This book examines the legend and provides a new analysis of Bascom's and Cochise's behavior, putting it in the larger context of the Indian Wars that followed the American Civil War.

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