THE SIERRA MADRE CAMPAIGN AND THE CHIRICAHUAS—CHATO’S 452 RAID—CROOK’S EXPEDITION OF FORTY-SIX WHITE MEN AND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE INDIAN SCOUTS—THE SURPRISE OF THE APACHE STRONGHOLD—THE “TOMBSTONE TOUGHS”—THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CHIRICAHUAS—HOW INDIANS WILL WORK IF ENCOURAGED—GIVING THE FRANCHISE TO INDIANS; CROOK’S VIEWS—THE CRAWFORD COURT OF INQUIRY—KA-E-TEN-NA’S ARREST ORDERED BY MAJOR BARBER —TROUBLE ARISES BETWEEN THE WAR AND INTERIOR DEPARTMENTS—CROOK ASKS TO BE RELIEVED FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INDIAN AFFAIRS—SOME OF THE CHIRICAHUAS RETURN TO THE WAR-PATH. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST GERONIMO—THE CROPS RAISED BY THE 465 APACHES—THE PURSUIT OF THE HOSTILES—THE HARD WORK OF THE TROOPS—EFFICIENT AND FAITHFUL SERVICE OF THE CHIRICAHUA SCOUTS—WAR DANCES AND SPIRIT DANCES—CAPTAIN CRAWFORD KILLED—A VISIT TO THE HOSTILE STRONGHOLD—A “NERVY” PHOTOGRAPHER—A WHITE BOY CAPTIVE AMONG THE APACHES—ALCHISE’S AND KA-E-TEN-NA’S GOOD WORK—GERONIMO SURRENDERS TO CROOK. CHAPTER XXIX. THE EFFECTS OF BAD WHISKEY UPON SAVAGE INDIANS—THE WRETCH 480 TRIBOLLET—SOME OF THE CHIRICAHUAS SLIP AWAY FROM MAUS DURING A RAINY NIGHT—THE BURIAL OF CAPTAIN CRAWFORD—CROOK’S TERMS DISAPPROVED IN WASHINGTON—CROOK ASKS TO BE RELIEVED FROM COMMAND IN ARIZONA—GERONIMO INDUCED TO COME IN BY THE CHIRICAHUA AMBASSADORS, KI-E-TA AND MARTINEZ—TREACHERY SHOWN IN THE TREATMENT OF THE WELL-BEHAVED MEMBERS OF THE CHIRICAHUA APACHE BAND. CHAPTER XXX. CROOK’S CLOSING YEARS—HE AVERTS A WAR WITH THE UTES—A MEMBER 486 OF THE COMMISSION WHICH SECURED A CESSION OF ELEVEN MILLIONS OF ACRES FROM THE SIOUX—HIS INTEREST IN GAME LAWS—HIS DEATH—WHAT THE APACHES DID—WHAT RED CLOUD SAID—HIS FUNERAL IN CHICAGO—BURIAL IN OAKLAND, MARYLAND—RE-INTERMENT IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY, VIRGINIA. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. GENERAL GEORGE CROOK _Frontispiece_ AN APACHE RANCHERIA _Face page_ 48 SPOTTED TAIL 96 SHARP NOSE 192 GENERAL CROOK AND THE FRIENDLY APACHE, ALCHISE 240 CHATO 304 CONFERENCE BETWEEN GENERAL CROOK AND GERONIMO 416 [Illustration: GRAVE OF CRAZY HORSE—“THE EBB-TIDE OF OUR INDIAN WARS.”] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK CHAPTER I.