“It should not be expected that an Indian who has lived as a barbarian all his life will become an angel the moment he comes on a reservation and promises to behave himself, or that he has that strict sense of honor which a person should have who has had the advantage of civilization all his life, and the benefit of a moral training and character which has been transmitted to him through a long line of ancestors. It requires constant watching and knowledge of their character to keep them from going wrong. They are children in ignorance, not in innocence. I do not wish to be understood as in the least palliating their crimes, but I wish to say a word to stem the torrent of invective and abuse which has almost universally been indulged in against the whole Apache race.... Greed and avarice on the part of the whites――in other words, the almighty dollar――is at the bottom of nine-tenths of all our Indian trouble.” GENERAL GEORGE CROOK CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. JIMMIE DUNN IS BADLY FOOLED 21 II. JIMMIE LEARNS TO BE APACHE 34 III. THE RED-HEAD TURNS UP 43 IV. THE CANVAS SUIT MAN 53 V. JIMMIE REPORTS FOR DUTY 65 VI. THE PEACE COMMISSION TRIES 77 VII. JIMMIE TAKES A LESSON 85 VIII. THE ONE-ARMED GENERAL TRIES 98 IX. THE HORRID DEED OF CHUNTZ 113 X. ON THE TRAIL WITH THE PACK-TRAIN 119 XI. IN THE STRONGHOLD OF COCHISE 129 XII. GENERAL CROOK RIDES AGAIN 140 XIII. HUNTING THE YAVAPAI 152 XIV. THE BATTLE OF THE CAVE 165 XV. JIMMIE IS A VETERAN 178 XVI. THE GENERAL PLANS WELL 185 XVII. BAD WORK AFOOT 194 XVIII. “CLUKE” GOES AWAY 203 XIX. JIMMIE SENDS THE ALARM 211 XX. THE GRAY FOX RETURNS 221 XXI. TO THE STRONGHOLD OF GERONIMO 228 XXII. WAR OR PEACE? 237 XXIII. GERONIMO PLAYS SMART 246 XXIV. PACK-MASTER JIMMIE MEETS A SURPRISE 254 XXV. ON THE JOB WITH CAPTAIN CRAWFORD 262 XXVI. FOES OR FRIENDS? 273 XXVII. THE WORST ENEMY OF ALL 286 XXVIII. THE END OF THE TRAIL 298 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE “Get Down, Get Down!” They Ordered, Furiously, in Apache _Frontispiece_ General George Crook 13 Had the First Volley Killed Anybody? Didn’t Look So 61 It was the Piercing-eyed Geronimo! 131