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Tells the tragic story of Osceola, Tecumseh, and Cochise, three great Indian leaders who fought for their people's freedom and their right to live on the land in Florida, the Midwest, and the Western Plains.

An account of the last years of the free Apaches. Provides a description of the reservations, where the Apaches were deceived and abused by the United States government and its agents, while at the same time acknowledging reliable contemporary sources that reported on the Apaches' cruelty.

The life of Geronimo, who led many attacks on settlers and soldiers in Mexico and the Southwestern states.

In February 1861, the twelve-year-old son of Arizona rancher John Ward was kidnapped by Apaches. Ward followed their trail and reported the incident to patrols at Fort Buchanan, blaming a band of Chiricahuas led by the infamous warrior Cochise. What followed that precipitous encounter would ignite a Southwestern frontier war between the Chiricahuas and the US Army that would last twenty-five years. In the days following the initial melee, innocent passersby -- Apache, white, and Mexican -- would be taken as hostages on both sides, and almost all of them would be brutally slaughtered.

A biography of the Apache chief who rose to leadership through the ranks and led one of the last great Indian uprisings in the nineteenth century.

Examines the life and career of the noted Apache warrior chief.

A biography of Cochise, the Chiricahua leader, focusing on his involvement in the Indian Wars and subsequent peace negotiations.

Presents the lives and struggles of four great Indian chiefs of the Chiricahua, Apache, and Sioux tribes.