Apache Warrior (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: David C. Cooke
- First Published: 1963
- Time of Work: 1837–1863
- Setting: Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico
- Principal Characters: Mangus Colorado, Cochise, Geronimo, Cuchillo Negro, Don Santiago, James Johnson, General Stephen W. Kearny, John R. Bartlett, General Carasco, Colonel West
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Betrayal, Native Americans or American Indians, War, Armies, Massacres, Biography
- Locales: Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico
Form and Content
Apache Warrior combines under one cover a biography of Mangus Colorado from 1837 to 1863, a brief history of the Apache War of that time, and a record of the ambiguous, often treacherous treatment of Native Americans by whites. David C. Cooke points out that the Mimbreno Apaches were rarely the true aggressors in their war with the white settlers who entered their lands. For example, the conflict begins when Don Santiago, the mayor of Santa Rita, invites Mangus Colorado and his tribespeople to a fiesta. This feast turns into a horror story when American...
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