R N logo tit AM dab 0 mu A c Z A F tl 4 r 21 ia 9 1 U 10 y r le N 4 vj V 71 A anz im I 1 mir 4 64 6 by vz X 4 1 V t v by elmo SCOTT WATSON PHE recent aDno announcement that the santa fe railroad will put pot into service ten new library buffet cars hearing bearing the names ot of indian chieftains as a method of perpetuating the history of the 10 southwest t Is an interesting example I 1 1 of the fact that thai time soon heals ithe wounds of the bitter eit est fintress hatreds hat fint reds among the chiefs who are tobe thus honored with what has been characterized as rolling monuments are satanta Sa tanta of the alowa Ind indians lans medicine wolf of the Cheye iines yellow D nr ot of the wolf bf f tile the of the nava jos ofsha of the Sant santiago lago and ana manakaja of the pueblos nad and last but by balio no means least geronemo Geron of the I 1 apaches some of these chieftains notably satanta Sa tanta medicine wolf yellow bear and old walf were noted mainly i for their careers as aalders jal raiders ders 6 against alast white settlements in the southwest and more than tha nonce once they left a trail of blood and eirean fire in their wake but the peer of them till all in cunning and ti veness was I 1 old or go uk lay the yawner as he was known among his own people among the whites however he be was wag more commonly known as athe the apache adach e devil and there are places in arizona and new 31 exico where the memory of ills his bloody deeds are still as fresh as though they had been per pet rated hul but oster yesterday day HUMOR IN dictionary websters dictionary Is not usually looked upon upon as a volume at la ili which otte can can ind find outstanding of humor but in thea blo section of 61 that ponderous torne tome there Is one one bit of unconscious humor arnor for there Is recorded tills this statement ta an apache indian lender wray waft nourished flourished in the southwest in the 11 mia ask some of the old timers of bf the ilia ab southwest th west about this statement and abe they y will admit ruefully that geronimo Geron did indeed flourish there at that time that it took the combined combined efforts of orsome some odthe of the beu best indian figh fighters teis in ih th the e Amer american amerlean leap airily amy to put an end to ills his fiet iMle s ala they succeeded only after n fearful loss in lives and property had been sus talked by the sett settlers lere der was born 1 about ia 1834 14 near the gila river in new Blex mexico ica not for far from froin fort Tu lerosa sn the son a leader among the charlca hua bun apaches in 1870 oz a result of depredations edn committed in sonora which brought strong comp 1 front the ale mexican allean 90 government the states atts authorities decided to remove the th chirl con i u fro feln i 1 the th e reser which they occupied on tile the frontier to sari ad carlos ariz geron lma ands and beveral averal te veral other of the younger leaders immediately fled into mexico but war oaf arrested later when laiq h returned with his big hand band to catrette ca CaT rente e N it the they y were taken to san Car carlos losand and there settled dowty dowry as peaceful tiller of the soil coir several years finally beconi DIC discontented because the government would not no help belp them irrigate their kaposi geranimo in 1882 led a raiding 9 party Alito arito sonora seora then chan followed a campaign under the direction of geu geri george crook resulted in the capture of geron ain mos g hand a nd tn in t the he sierra libria madre fadre S mountains it I 1 was during fai Is e ahat hat 6 F amme m m iff tc rawford crawford one ond of 91 aba bravest and most success ful indian fighters of ahli time lost hi when he wat wa fedot fiker by irregular troops who thought that mhd indian scouts with him were host boRt iler lles THEN BROKE LOOSE AGAIN for the next two years th the e re q quietly at san carlos carloa but sn 1884 crose when the authorities attempted to in stol the home brewing of the apaches in jill king fi aho native intoxicant aaa of till this ti tafou bri again reser refer fotion and instituted a helgi tf of herfor arror in southern arizona arizonna ananew and New mexico aai aln donth sonora sonth aad chihuahua ua 6 old mexico A alln alj jj A general crook pro CAd ded against thern them to lo capture cop ture or destroy lie he ahlet 1 I ebli after a long arduous ram 00 the blazing deserts of aliff southwest 1111 ii gil V pg the rocky fi acs of tile the mountains mount alii ijo gillA g I 1 PS P S a thee stute was made in march 1880 1686 fo followed wed by a conference at which the terms of s surrender ur render of 0 the apaches were agreed upon but geronemo Geron and his ble followers again fled into tile the sierra flerra Madr f feg and general crook worn out by ills exer lions Iton annd and feeling keenly tile the implied criticism by hill hi I 1 I 1 superiors per I 1 or s of his failure to conquer ic Ap c 8 ds asked ked to be liell relieved eved of lifs hs command com roand in that department 1 ills his bucce successor wa was s gen nelson A fifee allies wh who 0 as colonel of the fifth infantry had madea made a brilliant record as mn ian indian fighter against the tribes of the southern plains piling in 1874 75 the sioux and cann es in 1876 77 and chief josephs nez perces in 1877 As a result of bf the energetic campaign of miles AllIeS and his subordinates wha took the trail of tho the apaches and followed it with the relentlessness relentless nees of bloodhounds geronemo was finally brought to boy and forced to surrender do i r this took place in august 1880 and the captive Apac apaches bes numbering about SAO headed by gai geronemo Geron and balche or natchez were sent as aa prisoners of war ivar first tc florida then to alabama andela and finally i liy io to ft sill okla where geronemo Geron mo died february 17 1009 SERVICES IGNORED for several yeara there has been some dispute as to who had the best claim to the honor hondr of bringing about the surrender of geronemo Geron Gero ulmo some interesting light Is 3 thrown on this subject la in a book boob trailing geronimo published recently by the geni gem publishing co of los angeles it Is ratie written n by anton a veteran of the apache campaigns and edited by E A brininstool sto 61 a W well eli known frontier historian the author of this boot book declares that all the credit for bringing geronemo Geron mo tn in for the be lost last time belongs to charles B gatewood notwithstanding the fact that others were cited or received medals from this government go eminent purporting to be for sert lea fee received tu in connection with the surrender of geronimo Geron in the fall of 1880 or for inducing geronemo Geron Gero ulmo to meet general miles tit at skeleton canyon ArI arizona for the purpose of surrendering lieutenant gatewood to my knowl knowledge was never glen given the credit tor for the part he so BO courageously played in inducing Geron geronimo to meet general miles at skeleton canyon in miles personal recollections ifie he barest mention possible Is maae made of lie lieutenant utenart Gate woods name nad and no credit whatever Is given him for hla his daring und and courageous act nor does bhea make any mention that gatewood Gate wooda I 1 pl influence with geronimo lero nimo was the one strong which prevailed in indue arg in g the apache chief to surrender in hla his chap ter dealing daeng with the surrender Hazzan orich says GATEWOOD CARRIES MESSAGE in july general central allies decided to lo r tend erd a message to and natchez Nat chei it if possible de surrender find and promising removal to some place in thi the east together with their families but that their final disposition would have to be b approved by the president oi of the united states bv reason of his hii loric lone and varied experience with tha and warm spring of apachee and of his personal acquaintance with geronimo Geron matthey and every member ine niber of their band aleut charles B gatewood gatewo d of the flieth cavalry wat war chosen to conduct the expedition two friendly ChItica chiricahua lium scouts martane and ka teah werf coached coa clied in the contents of this message and as to 0 o Gate woods party george bratton wits wa designated as interpreter ats R was frank huston packer later chiley yh iley a mr rancher icher was hired us biou aler miles Cate gatewood wood not to so go beai near tbt tl bostil hoft es with less than n 2 25 soldiers nold ler no as escort ile he was wan also unlimited authority to call upon uny any ozithe ozithe reveral evera commands then in the field toy toi his hie escort however in every jn instance a t ncr none of the commando commanda com manda panda encountered could ab men gatewood Gatewo ort therefore contin continued tied along without an mothlane definite wass was knon as an to the location of the ho hostiles host stiles lles go 80 the command headed for lawtonw lawtons law tons ton u column capt W 7 it II tawton lawton later a general end and killed in the philippines to whom mclea gave mot of the credit for the capture of known to be opera operating several hundred miles down tn old mexico via third week in august definite newa was waa rec received elved that ge ck F Fro gatewood with his hl doninio was near ron teras party left lawtonw Law tona command and traveling light pushed 0 on to fronteras malting mailing over sevet seventy ity miles that day over very rough country at fron terao deraa gatewood had som difficulty with the mexican c commandants comm omm andante who tried to prevent him from following geronimo claiming that he himself was wa entitled to first chance at inducing geronemo Geron Geror olmo to fu rr ender by a 9 clever ruse gatewood eluded him and continued on ata rapid pace borer borrowed 0 rowed crowed bodib from hey tenant wild Wl s cc com M roand which was a Front fronteras erds ad aa head he indi ad vinced the trail continued to grow fresher and near the big bl bend of the r river ive r sonora So noraj mexico the two indian scouts mattene and ka ica teah located geronimos Geron lmos camp which they entered and delivered miles message Geron geronemo sent cent back word that he would talk with gatewood only natchez Nat chess added the assurance that he would be sate safe in coming to a conference provided Gate wooda woods party didiot did not start atari trouble it bet being ng too la late te that tha t day to do anything Gate wooda party made camp that night lawtonw Lawton lit scouts under IL A brown joined the party ENTERS HOSTILE CAMP at daylight geronimo Geron sent word that brown and his outfit as aa well as any other troops that might have arrived during the night must stay atay within the limit of Gate woods camp while gatewood went ahead several miles to the conference this was agreed to a and gatewood entered the hostile cams camp with his tX two indian nd an scouts the two interpreters Interpret era and one or two of Wil wilders deri troopers troop eis after much handshaking all around and the usual salutations which included a request from the indiana for smokes and drinks the council got down to real business geronemo Geron mo gave garew gatewood to understand that they certainly would not surrender on any such euch terms and give up the whole southwest to a race of intruders but that he be and hla his band would fight to the last las t ditch things began to assume a very serious aspects aspect as an the apaches had worked th themselves least Ta selves into a tate state of high excitement and the least overt act would have prec precipitated a fight but lieutenant gatewood was a keen sagacious and diplomatic officer and thoroughly understood the th apache character lie then played his bis trump card which was waa the information that all the peaceful al I 1 including cl all the relatives of geronemo Geron mo natchez and roost most of the band had already been sent to florida this was and indeed ed a complete surprise and a most paralyzing blow to geronimo Geron and resulted in reopening the entire powwow pow wow the matter being dla dis cussed pro and con at considerable length in tact fact geronimo Geron wanted to talk all night hilt but gatewood flatly refused lie ile and his men must have morne fleen at last geronemo Geron mo sald bald he would give gatewood his bis final decision in the morning so BO the lieu tenant returned to his own camp in the meantime lawton had haintl arrived ived in camp and was informed of all that had taken place at the conference in the morning the picket passed the word that lieutenant gatewood was wanted by heronimo Cero nimo the lieutenant went out several hund hundred red yards and met geronimo Cero nimo and Nat natthew Natch ci where he be was forced to go over a full and complete description of general miles at its lt conclusion geronimo Geron agreed to meet miles at skeleton Sk canyon arizona and surrender but first stipulated certain conditions conditi ont to fo govern on their march to 10 united states eoll naT namely nathely that the indians should be allowed to retain their arms and have the privilege of the told sold lera lerie camps and that gatewood should personally accompany themi them gatewood agreed to this subject to the approval of captain lawton lawton agreed to all these arranaga merits ments and the rest of the hostile apaches camp cam in close to the camp of the soldiers START FOR THE BORDER thu the next day the entire outfit started for the border en route the indiana on several occasions became suspicious auspicious of the good faith of the troops and became ready at almost any moment to pede for or the hills gatewood Gatewo 3 cd however reassured them and after considerable difficulty the apaches apache were calmed mainly because of their faith in tb the integrity of lieutenant gatewood in about eleven days they arrived at the in skeleton canY canyon con miles allies however was wa slow in malting making hla his appearance natchez was yet suspicious and milts delay caused great arri anxiety lety test leat negotiations fall fah through after all natchez mad his hip camp jeleal je several Veal miles out in the moun fairia and refused to come in with tho the others other finally Catt wood at geronomo Geron suggestion ug went with the thief ahle f to natchez Cat lez camp where io together caber they finally persuaded him to come in and meet general MUCH billes allies e d the he terms of surrender just JUB as aa they lind bad been delivered deliver cd by Gate gatewood whereupon geronima turned and complimented him hi ehly upon having told the truth the formal surrender was then than accomplished and geronimo Geron and at atchel chei accompanied general aielts 9 in his ambulance to fort dowle bowle th the e rest of geronemo Geron peo people 1 I I 1 lie tied to powie in one day a distance of seli while th the 0 com command mand under lawton occupied days day t