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The Black Legend
Doug Hocking
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George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars
出版Rowman & Littlefield, 2018-10-01
主題History / Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasBiography & Autobiography / MilitaryHistory / Military / United StatesHistory / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
ISBN14930344649781493034468
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HSVnDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.