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# Once They Moved Like The Wind : Cochise, Geronimo, And The Apache Wars

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Eye opener
  

*by S***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2024*

This book is so heartbreaking that I cried through the entire reading of the book.  Everyone needs to know the history of the Native American Indians and how wrong they were treated.  I strongly believe this book should be put in the public school curriculum for children to learn in high school history.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Objective, Insightful and Entertaining Book from Cochise to Geronimo
  

*by D***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2007*

This is a fascinating and well written account of the Apache and their war against whites and Mexico from the 1860's to their total loss of freedom that ends with Geronimo and his final band's surrender and incarceration. Roberts writes in a very readable and flowing style providing insights and first hand quotes from both sides of the conflicts. He also gives you both sides of any controversy, particularly letting the reader know the veracity of individuals with conflicting statements, which is very refreshing. Roberts is able to clearly differentiate between the different tribes that were identified generically as Apache and he presents a fascinating history involving the many chiefs that led their people during the conflict. The author covers extraordinary well the different chiefs and their roles, such as the great Cochise (Chokonen), Mangas Colorado (Chihenne), Victoria (Chihenne), Juh (Nednhi), Nana (Chihenne) and of course the infamous warrior Geronimo (Bedonkohe). The biographies and retelling of events are so descriptive and thorough that you get a genuine feel for the main characters, the conditions of the mountains and deserts and the people, white, Mexican and Indian. The first chapter starts with Lt. Bascom's ill-fated effort to retrieve a child by holding hostages from the wrong tribe, Cochise's, which sets up a violent war against the whites and a distrust that lasts for decades. That, among several failures such as consolidating reservations and the killing of a medicine man (similar to the killing of Sitting Bull just a few years later), substantiates the Apache distrust of whites. The brutality between parties is evenly told by Roberts as women and children suffer during American and Mexican attacks on Apache villages while the violence towards whites, particularly Mexicans who the Apache loathe, is hard to fathom particularly towards the isolated ranchers and their young children. And the killing and torture is in extreme brutal fashion fueling hatred and fear among the Arizona population. One Apache explains the violence as emanating from a deep hated associated with the violent deaths of their own people by their enemies. Perhaps the best example of this is by when a chief eats lunch with his best white friend and then calmly executes him after dinner demonstrating his severance from trusting whites. Besides the Apache, Roberts covers the agents from the successful but slighted Jeffords to the young egocentric Clum called "strutting turkey" by the Apache to the various Generals that tried their hand in subduing the "renegade Apache", Stoneman, Howard, Crook and Miles. The eccentric Crook is most successful utilizing Apache scouts to go deep into the mountains of the difficult and isolated Sierre Madre to track Geronimo but he is finally undermined publicly by Geronimo's frequent escapes and changes of heart. Thankfully, Roberts recognizes the role of Lt. Gatewood who finally brings Geronimo's band in as the self centered General Miles provides Gatewood no record of accomplishment. At the end, Roberts provides details on the Chirichua's long imprisonment and isolation and Geronimo's post capture history, he with withstood numerous bullets living to an amazing 85. This is the best book on the Apache fight for independence, it is an exciting book to read and one of my all time favorites.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Well Balanced Narrative
  

*by R***A on Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2009*

David Robert's account of the final stages of the Apache Wars in Arizona, New Mexico and Northern Mexico presents the history in very balance and even handed manner detailing atrocities on both sides. The small bands of Apaches led by leaders like Cochise , Geronimo and Nana fought a remarkable guerilla style war against obviously much better equipped and larger forces and their  story is well documented given that many of the participants survived well into the 20th century.The Apache's superior knowledge of the landscape and the ability to find places of refuge deep in the mountains  enabled them to hold out against significant odds yet the narrative has a sense of inevitability about it as their numbers dwindle and both the US and Mexican government continue to apply greater resources to the effort.In the end Robert's book indicates the importance of a handful of Apache leaders who through force of character inspired a relatively small number of followers to persevere and fight on. At times the often cruel and sometimes idiotic behavior of the army might have inspired them alone but his point of view is that without these individuals this history may have played out very differently.

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