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Life of Tom Horn : government scout and interpreter: a vindication
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Introduction / Dean Krakel
Preface / John C. Coble, Iron Mountain Ranch, Bosler, Wyoming, March 1, 1904
Horn's boyhood
Under Sieber's wing
Life among the Apaches
Prospector and interpreter
Meeting with Geronimo
Indian troubles
Pursuing the renegades
Soldiers against Chiricahuas
Clash with Mexicans
A perilous journey
"Tom Horn and his war dogs"
Before the investigating committee
Arrival of George Crook
"A man of war and a man of truth"
Geronimo's council
Chief of scouts
Ambush for the raiders
Another Chiricahua outbreak
No more bluff
Attack on Geronimo's camp
A Mexican attack
Surrender of the Chiricahuas
Cattle detective and other activities
Supplementary articles: Letters: [Ownbey to Horn; Horn to Coble; Horn to Chas. {Charles} Irwin; Horn to Ohnhaus; Horn to Coble {5 letters} ; Chas. {Charles} Horn to J. C. Coble] ; Miss Kimmell's statement ; "Life's railway to Heaven" ; Statement by Al Sieber ; Closing words by J. C. Coble.
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Preface / John C. Coble, Iron Mountain Ranch, Bosler, Wyoming, March 1, 1904
Horn's boyhood ; his dog, Shed ; Bennie, the model boy ; Horn leaves home for the West
Horn becomes mail and stage driver ; Night-rider, boss of quartermaster's herd, government interpreter ; Sieber kills Chugadeslona ; Sieber and Horn visit Pedro, chief of friendly Apaches
Micky [Mickey] Free, scout and guide ; Horn begins life among the Apaches ; The talking boy, a full-fledged Indian ; A lodge and housekeeper
Major Chaffee and first military Indian agency ; Pedro's "medicine" for bad Indians ; Horn out of a job ; Goes prospecting ; Tombstone, and why so called ; Indian troubles ; Interprets once more ; First appointment with Geronimo
Arrival at the hostile camp ; The council ; Geronimo in the height of his power, the "biggest chief, the best talker, and the biggest liar" ; Horn interprets at the big talk ; "not scared, but a little shaky" ; The Apache grievances ; Sieber's reply to Geronimo
Good-bye to Geronimo ; "Happy to meet you in battle as well as in council!" ; Escorting Indians back to reservation under difficulties ; Evading the customs ; Horn again out of employment ; Hires to a beef contractor ; Indian troubles brewing ; Major Chaffee superseded by civilian Tiffany ; "Something rotten in Denmark"
An Indian outbreak ; Death of Stirling ; Horn carries news of outbreak to Camp Thomas ; Pursuing the renegades ; "Six men killed in one minute" ; Horn's knowledge of Apache language saves the command
Wanted: more soldiers ; Sieber's "growl" ; Apparent mismanagement of Indian affairs ; A scout's duty ; Major Tupper wants "to get a lick at the Indians" ; Forty soldiers and twenty-five scouts against three hundred Chiricahua braves ; Over the line into Mexico ; Sieber locates hostile camp
A daylight surprise ; "and the fight is on!" ; Horn saves Sergeant Murray under a hot fire ; Casualties and booty ; Colonel Forsythe and reinforcements ; Indians clash with Fifth Mexican Regiment, Chihuahua Cavalry ; One hundred and sixty-seven killed, fifty-three captured ; Forsythe versus Garcia ; Horn interprets ; Armed force of Americans on Mexican territory ; Under arrest, the surprising behavior of the arrested ; Sieber's "general big kick" to department commander
Sieber, Horn, and Micky Free visit the White Mountain Indians ; Old Pedro's advice and prophecy ; The three scouts report for orders at Camp Apache ; "This is a trap; men will leave this post who will never return alive! But we must make the bluff" ; A perilous journey ; Betrayed by Dead Shot and Jim Dandy ; Ambush at Cibicu Canon ; Loss of leader ; Eleven wounded, deserted by Indian scouts ; Horn saves the command
The fort fired upon, "this meant war" ; Horn sent to White Mountains and returns with sixty of Pedro's picked braves ; "Tom Horn and his war dogs" on the renegades' trail ; Indian atrocities ; Chaffee, Sieber, and Kehoe join the chase ; "Tired but full of fight" ; At bay in Chevlon's Canon ; Blocking the only exit ; A deadly trap ; Heavy storm stops fight ; "Major Chaffee too wet and cold to swear!" ; A bear story
Horn "gets" four bad Indians wanted at Camp Apache ; Horn is "threatened" with government medal for bravery ; "I did nothing very great" ; The medal still wanting ; Sieber and Horn before investigation committee ; Border justice to horse-thieves dealt under Horn's directions ; Unexpected interruption by department commander and department inspector ; A row and reconciliation ; A clever Indian trick
Orders to report at Camp Apache, Camp Verde, and Fort Whipple ; Sieber and "Sieber's boy" enjoy a fine trip ; General George A. Crook superseded General Wilcox as department commander ; More depredations ; Sieber and Horn, "an armed force, " invade Mexico ; Red-taped, long-drawn, elaborate investigation ; Governmental "censure" ; General Crook arrives ; Big Indian council ; United States-Mexican treaty ; Sieber and Horn revisit Tombstone ; A too warm welcome
Indian troubles begin in earnest ; "Peaches" and Horn as "talk carriers" ; Geronimo would have a "peace talk" ; General Crook goes to meet Geronimo ; Smuggler versus custom guards ; "Not honest, but honorable" ; Geronimo's hostages and camp ; Horn must interpret ; An Indian's tribute to Horn's tutor (Sieber): "the old mad white man, a man of war and a man of truth"
Synopsis of General Crook's speech in Geronimo's council ; "It must be war or peace!" ; Deep impression made by General Crook ; What will Geronimo do? Sieber and Horn summoned as advisors to the tribe council; the only white man admitted ; "Take your knife, Tom; stand while you interpret, forget that you may not live one minute, and think only of the talk" ; The war chief speaks ; Etiquette of an Indian council ; The eloquent silence of the Red Man ; Sieber's advice, "words of wisdom and truth"
Geronimo answers General Crook ; The red commander outwits the white commander, and the government is made accessory to theft ; Horn becomes chief of scouts to succeed Sieber ; Tribute to Sieber ; Twenty-five Apache scouts enlisted; Micky Free as first sergeant ; Their "military" appearance ; An Apache "outfit" ; Xmas [Christmas] dinner at Camp Apache ; Gatewood's troubles with Geronimo's people ; Horn orders Chiricahuas counted at sunrise and sunset ; Joins his scouts at Camp Thomas
After the raiders ; Apache smoke signals ; Apache humor ; Horn gathers his scattered scouts and is joined by twenty troopers (Lieutenant Wilder) and a dozen cowboys ; In ambush for the raiders ; "You must obey me; I will cut the throat of the man who does not do as I say!" ; The five-minutes' fight. Not a foe to tell the story
Horn wins the approval of both Burke and Sieber ; A breathing spell ; Visiting the big ranches ; Back to Camp Apache ; The Chiricahuas becoming restless ; The verge of another outbreak ; Intercepting more Apache raiders ; A surprise and a scatterment ; A "big, healthy, greasy squaw treed" ; Brandy as a persuader to telling tales ; Geronimo and entire tribe break out again ; The Mexican rendezvous ; Planning to thwart the renegades
No more bluff, but real old business ; Civilizing Geronimo a hopeless task ; General Crook arrives ; Preparations for war ; A side-trip scrimmage ; Danger and Irish wit, guns and tongues ; Sergeant Nolan and the Indian "ladies" ; Plan of campaign ; Chiricahua band bent on vengeance, raid up to White Mountain camp ; Halzay "loses his head" ; Horn and ten scouts "hit the trail" ; The language of a cold trail: tracks, side trails, smell of roasting muscal, shadows of campfires ten miles ahead ; "We had located the main camp at last!" ; Sending for Captain Crawford and the troops
Forces divided into four groups under Crawford, Maus, Shipp, and Horn ; Attack upon Geronimo's camp ; Complete rout ; A "Sieber bluff" ; Horn captures Nana ; The old chief's "growl" ; Geronimo sends a messenger; he would talk ; Chiricahua squaws as mourners ; Much needed rest
Unwarranted attack by Mexicans under Corredor ; "For God's sake, Chief, can't you stop them?" ; The death of Captain Emmet Crawford ; Lieutenant Maus in command ; thirty-seven killed, fifteen wounded ; Horn as truce-bearer ; "If I am harmed, my Apache scouts will kill every mother's son of you!" ; A Mexican trick ; Coming to terms ; Chihuahua would talk ; Dissatisfaction among Geronimo's followers ; Burial of Crawford ; Horn's reputation increased ; Lieutenant Maus lauds his chief of scouts
Maus and Horn report to General Crook at Bowie ; Surrender of Chihuahua ; Geronimo returns to warpath ; Crook superseded by Miles as department commander ; Horn reduced from chief of scouts to interpreter ; He resigns and goes to mining ; Horn recalled by personal letter from Miles ; Miles will not do business through a civilian ; Geronimo will not do business through a soldier ; Horn leaves camp ; Dispatch from Miles to Horn: "Make your own arrangements for me to meet Geronimo" ; Horn persuades the renegade chief to a second interview ; Geronimo surrenders ; Remarkable feat of Wasse ; The scouts disbanded ; Horn returns to mining
The Rustlers' War [Graham-Tewksbury Feud] ; Horn called as a mediator ; Becomes deputy sheriff of Yavapai County [William Owen "Bucky" O'Neill] ; Outbreak of "Apache Kid" ; Toga's heart split in two ; Sieber, one against eleven ; "Apache Kid's" surrender ; He kills guards and escapes ; Roping contest among cowboys ; Horn breaks record ; Horn goes to Denver to work for Pinkerton National Detective Agency ; A train robbery case ; Horn captures "Peg Leg" Watson ; Horn and Stewart run down Joe M'Coy [McCoy?] ; Horn quits the Pinkertons and goes to work for the Swan Land and Cattle Company of Wyoming ; Life story continued in yellow journals
Letters: Ownbey to Horn; Horn to Coble; Horn to Chas. [Charles] Irwin; Horn to Ohnhaus; Horn to Coble [5 letters] ; Chas. [Charles] Horn to J. C. Coble ; Miss Kimmell's statement ; "Life's railway to Heaven" ; Statement by Al Sieber ; Closing words by J. C. Coble.
Illustrations: Tom Horn
Horn's birthplace
Tom Horn's father
Tom Horn's mother
Fort Bowie
General George Crook
General Lawton
Geronimo
E. W.
one of Horn's favorite horses ; Stag hound, a favorite at Bosler Ranch
Glendolene Myrtle Kimmell
Letter from Governor Chatterton
Charles and Frank Irwin
John C. Coble.
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Subjects
Subjects
Apache Indians
Apache Indians -- Wars, 1883-1886
Biography, Individual
Crook, George
Crook, George, -- 1829-1890
Free, Mickey
Free, Mickey, -- 1847-1914
Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona
Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Geronimo
Geronimo, -- 1829-1909
Horn, Tom
Horn, Tom, -- 1860-1903
Horn, Tom, -- 1860-1903 -- Correspondence
Pedro
Pedro, -- Apache chief, -- approximately 1835-1885
Scouts (Reconnaissance)
Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- Southwest, New -- Biography
Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
Scouts and scouting
Scouts and scouting -- Southwest, New -- Biography
Sieber, Al
Wars, 1883-1886
Apache Indians -- Wars, 1883-1886
Biography, Individual
Crook, George
Crook, George, -- 1829-1890
Free, Mickey
Free, Mickey, -- 1847-1914
Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona
Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Geronimo
Geronimo, -- 1829-1909
Horn, Tom
Horn, Tom, -- 1860-1903
Horn, Tom, -- 1860-1903 -- Correspondence
Pedro
Pedro, -- Apache chief, -- approximately 1835-1885
Scouts (Reconnaissance)
Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- Southwest, New -- Biography
Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
Scouts and scouting
Scouts and scouting -- Southwest, New -- Biography
Sieber, Al
Wars, 1883-1886
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9780806110448
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