Life Among the Apaches by John C Cremony
John C. Cremony's first encounter with the Indians of the Southwest occurred in the early 1850s, when he accompanied John R. Bartlett's boundary commission surveying the United States-Mexican border. Some ten years later, as an officer of the California Volunteers, he renewed his acquaintance, particularly with the Apaches, whom he came to know as few white Americans before him had. Cremony's account of his experiences, published in 1868, quickly became, and remains today, a basic source on Apache beliefs, tribal life, and fighting tactics. Although its original purpose was to induce more effective military suppression of the Apaches, it has all the fast-paced action and excitement of a novel and the authenticity of an ethnographic and historical document.
"Like most frontiersmen of the mid-nineteenth century, John CCremony looked on Indians as unredeemable savages. But he knew Apaches first hand and was a keen and highly literate observer. For all its ethnocentrism, his narrative remains unsurpassed for accuracy and vivid detail among contemporary views of the Apaches. In the literature of the American West Life among the Apaches endures as a classic."—Robert M. Utley
John C. Cremony was an American newspaperman who also served as a lieutenant in the Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry. He fought in the Mexican-American War, the American Civil War, and the Apache Wars. He died in 1872 in San Francisco, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803263123 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803263120 |
| Title | Life Among the Apaches |
| Author | John C Cremony |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 1983-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 322 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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