Lt. Charles Gatewood & His Apache Wars Memoir

324 Pages·2005·2.81 MB·English

by  Charles B. Gatewood

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1 ©2005byLouisKraft
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1 Contents
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6 ListofIllustrations viii
7 Acknowledgments ix
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prologue
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SlowFadetoOblivion 159
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1 Illustrations
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3.PortraitofGeronimo(1913) xxxii
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15.Asst.SurgeonLeonardWoodatFortHuachuca,Arizona 137
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1 Acknowledgments
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6 IntheacknowledgmentstoGatewood&Geronimo(2000),Iwrotethata
7 conversationIhadwithRuthKantorCohenandAaronCohen(Guidon
8 Books,Scottsdale,Arizona)in1995“initiatedasearchthatcontinuesto
9 this day (and most likely will never end).”As it turns out, they were
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22 projectbecamerealitywhenBruceDingus,directorofpublications,and
23 Riva Dean,former archives director,of theArizona Historical Society [-9], (1)
24 inTucsongraciouslyallowedmetogatherGatewood’swritingandas-
25 sembleitintoareadabledocument.Astheprojectmovedtowardcom-
26 pletion,archivesdirectorDeborahSheltonandphotographerHeather
27 Dominickhaveplayedkeyroles.Brucehasalsobeenverysupportiveof
28 myGatewoodandApacheresearchandhasdoneeverythingpossibleto
29 helpme,includingsupportingmyeffortstospeakonthesubject.
30 StaffmembersattheArizonaHistoricalSocietyinTucsonhavealways
31 beenveryhelpful,assistingwithqueriesviamail,phone,orinperson.
32 MyassociationwiththembeganinMay1995andcontinuestothisday.
33 SpecialthanksgotolibrarianDebbieNewmanandformerphotolibrar-
34 ianSusanSheehan.
35 GaylePiotrowski,aresearcherfromTucson,foundinformationabout
36 Gatewood’schildrenandanumberof thepeopleinvolvedinthelieu-
37 tenant’scivildifficulties.Hereffortshaveplayedalargeroleinmycon-
38 tinuedunderstandingofGatewood’slife.JohnR.Johnson,agenealogist