Apache Voices

by Robinson, Sherry

• ISBN13: 9780826321633
• ISBN10: 0826321631
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

In the 1940s and 1950s, long before historians fully accepted oral tradition as a source, Eve Ball (1890-1984) was taking down verbatim the accounts of Apache elders who had survived the army's campaigns against them in the last century. These oral histories offer new versions -- from Warm Springs, Chiricahua, Mescalero, and Lipan Apache -- of events previously known only through descriptions left by non-Indians. A high school and college teacher, Ball moved to Ruidoso, New Mexico, in 1942. After winning their confidence, Ball would ultimately interview sixty-seven Apache people.

Author Biography

Sherry Robinson is a journalist and freelance writer living in Albuquerque.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	ix
INTRODUCTION	xi
PART I. THE WARM SPRINGS, CHIRICAHUAS, AND NEDNHIS	1	(112)
1. Lozen	3	(14)
2. Tres Castillos	17	(10)
3. Captives	27	(8)
4. Geronimo and the Arroyo Fight	35	(10)
5. Streeter	45	(4)
6. Geronimo's Surrender	49	(6)
7. Geronimo and Naiche	55	(6)
8. The Impostors	61	(4)
9. Eskiminzin	65	(14)
10. The Apache Kid	79	(8)
11. Massai	87	(14)
12. Gordo and Juh	101	(8)
13. Gold and Treasure	109	(4)
PART II. THE MESCALEROS AND LIPANS	113	(50)
14. Cadette	115	(6)
15. Bosque Redondo	121	(4)
16. The Mescalero Reservation	125	(6)
17. The Apaches and Comanches	131	(8)
18. Comanche Stories	139	(6)
19. Victorio and the Mescaleros	145	(8)
20. The Battle of Round Mountain	153	(6)
21. Billy The Kid	159	(4)
PART III. THE APACHE WAY	163	(38)
22. The Apache General Store	165	(12)
23. The Apache Pharmacy	177	(4)
24. Medicine Men and Women	181	(6)
25. Weapons and Warfare	187	(8)
26. Bear Tales and Other Animal Stories	195	(6)
PART IV. EVE BALL	201	(20)
27. Eve Ball	203	(18)
NOTES	221	(34)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	255	(6)
INDEX	261