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of the Kiowa Indians, Medicine Wolf of the Cheyennes, Yellow Bear of the Arapahoes, Old Wolf of the Comanches, Manuelito of the*Navajos, Lolomai of the Hopis, Sahnni of the Zunls, Santiago and Manakaja of the Pueblos, and, last but by no means least, Geronimo of the Apaches. Some of these chieftains, notably Satanta, Medicine Wolf, Yellow Bear and Old Wolf were noted mainly for their careers as raiders against white settlements in the Southwest and more than once they left a trail of blood and fire in their wake. But the peer of them all in cunning and destructiveness was old Geronimo, or Go-Yath-Lay (“The Yawner”), as he was known among his own people. Among the whites, however, he was more commonly known as “the Apache Devil” and there are places in Arizona and New Mexico where the memory of his bloody deeds are still as fresh as though they had been perpetrated but yesterday. HUMOR IN DICTIONARY Webster’s dictionary is not usually looked upon as a volume in which one can find outstanding examples of humor. But in the biographical section of that ponderous tome there is one delicious bit of unconscious humor. For there is recorded this statement, “Geronimo an Apache Indian leader who flourished in the Southwest in the ’Bos.” Ask some of the old timers of the Southwest about this statement and they will admit ruefully that Geronimo did indeed “flourish” there at that time, that it took the combined efforts of some of the best Indian fighters in the American army to put an end to his activities and they succeeded only after a fearful loss in lives and property had been sustained by the settlers. Geronimo was born about 1534 near the Gila river in New Mexico not far from Fort Tulerosa, the son of Taklishim, a leader among the Chiricahua Apaches. In 3876, as a result of depredations committed in 'Sonora, which brought strong complaints from the Mexican government, the United States authorities decided to remove the Chiricahuas from the reservation which they occupied on the southern frontier to San Carlos, Ariz. Geronimo and several other of the younger leaders immediately fled into Mexico, but was arrested later when he returned with his band to Ojo Caliente, N. M. They were taken to San Carlos and there settled down as peaceful tillers of the soil for several years. Finally becoming discontented because the government would not help them irrigate their lands, Geronimo in 1882 led a raiding party into Sonora. Then followed a campaign under the direction of Gen. George Crook which resulted in the capture of Geronimo’s band in the Sierra Madre mountains. It was during this campaign that Capt. Emmett Crawford, one of the bravest and most successful Indian fighters of his time, lost his life when he was shot by irregular Mexican troops, who thought that the Indian scouts with him were hostiles. THEN BROKE LOCSE AGAIN For the next two years the Chiricahuas remained quietly at San Carlos, 6ut in 1884 trouble arose when the authorities attempted to stop the “home brewing” activities of the Apaches in making tiswin, the native intoxicant. As a result of this trouble Geronimo again jumped the reservation and bis band of hostiles instituted a reign of terror in southern Arizona and New Mexico as well as in Sonora and Chihuahua in old Mexico. Again General Crook proceeded against them with instructions to capture or destroy the chief and his followers. After a long, arduous campaign over the blazing deserts of the Southwest and among the rocky fastnesses of the mountains

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•HE recent announcement that, the Santa Fe railroad will put into service ten new library buffet cars, bearing the names of Indian chieftains as a method of perpetuating the history of the Southwest is an interesting example of the fact that time soon heals the wounds of the bitterest hatreds. Among the chiefs who are to be thus honored with what has been characterized as “rolling monuments” are Satanta

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a truce was made in March, 1886, followed by a conference at which the terms of surrender of the Apaches were agreed upon. But Geronimo and his followers again fled into the Sierra Madres and General Crook, worn out by his exertions and feeling keenly the Implied criticism by his superiors of his failure to conquer the Apaches, asked to be relieved of his command in that department. His successor was Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who as colonel of the Fifth infantry had made a brilliant record as an Indian tighter against the tribes of the southern plains in 1874-75, the Sioux ami Cheyennes in । 1876-77, mid Chief Joseph’s Nez I’trees in 1577. As a result of the energetic campaign of Miles and his subordinates, who took the trail of the Apaches and followed it with the relentlessness of bloodhounds. Geronimo wtts finally brought to bay and forced to surrender. This took place in August. 1886. and the captive Apaches, numbering about 346, headed by Geronimo and Naiche, or Natchez, were sent as prisoners of war first to Florida, then to Alai*ma and finally to Ft. Sill, Okla, where Geronimo died February 17, 1909. GATEWOOD’S SERVICES IGNORED For several years there has been some dispute as to who had the best clhim to the honor of bringing about the surrender of Geronimo. Some interesting light is thrown on this subject in a book, “Trailing Geronimo,” published recently by the Gem Publishing Co. of I .os Angeles. It Is written by Anton Mazzanovich, a veteran of the Apache campaigns, and edited by E. A. Brininstool, a well-known frontier historian. The author of this book declares that “all the credit for bringing Geronimo in for the last time belongs to Lieut. Charles B. Gatewood, notwithstanding the fact that others were cited, or received medal* from this government purporting to be for service received in connection with the surrender of Geronimo in the fait of ISB6. or for inducing Geronimo to meet General Miles at Skeleton canyon, Arizona, for the purpose of surrendering , . . Lieutenant Gatewood, to my knowledge, was never given the credit for the part he so courageously played In inducing Geronimo to meet General Miles at Skeleton canyon. In Miles’ ’Personal Recollections’ the barest mention possible is made of Lieutenant Gatewood's name and no credit whatever is given him for his daring and courageous act, nor does Miles make any mention that Gatewood’s influence with Geronimo wr s the one strong point which prevailed in inducing the Apache chief to surrender.” In his chapter dealing with the surrender Mazzanovich says: GATEWOOD CARRIES MESSAGE In July, 1886, General Miles decided to send a message to Geronimo and Natchez, if possible, demanding their surrender and promising removal to some place in the East, together with their families, but stipulating that their final disposition would have to be approved by the President of the United States. By reason of his long and varied experience with the Chiricahua and Warm Spring tribes of Apaches and of his personal acquaintance with Geronimo, Natchez and every member of their band, Lieut. Charles B. Gatewood of the Sixth cavalry was chosen to conduct the expedition. Two friendly Chiricahua £couts, Martine and Ka-teah, were coached in the contents of this message and assigned to Gatewood’s party. George Wratton was designated as interpreter, as was Frank Huston, packer, Later “Tex” Whaley, a rancher, was hired as courier. Miles instructed Gatewood not to go near the hostiles with less than 25 soldiers as escort. He was also given unlimited authority to call upon any of the several commands, then in the field, for his escort. . . . However, in every instance none of th? commands encountered could spare 25 men. Gatewood therefore cor,tinned along without an escort. . . Nothing definite was known as to the location of the hostiles, so the command headed for Lawton's column (Capt. W. H. Lawton, later a general and killed in the Philippines, to whom Miles gave most of the credit for the capture of Gerpn’mo), known to be operating several hundred miles down in Old Mexico. . . . The third week in August definite news'was received that Ge-

appeared to be one of the few acute infectious diseases accurately isolated in ancient Greece. Bubonic plague was undoubtedly a disease of established antiquity. The pestilence which attacked the Philistines after their capture of the ark was thought to have been plague. Those who did not die were advised to make offerings of five golden representations of their tumors and of five golden mice. The

appearance of plague had been recognized in tlte Third century B. C. In Egypt, Libya and Syria malaria was proved to have been very prevalent, in Greece from the Fourth century B. C., and in Italy from about 200 B. C. One investigator had come to the conclusion that six of the twenty-four sultans from 1290 to 1695 were victims of arthritis. Much able argument had been brought to prove that the sweating sickness was really influenza, added Sir Humphrey Rolieson. Append!

ri nlmo was near Fronterns Gatewood, with his piu.y, left Mwton'ii command and, traveling light, pushed on to Frunterna, making over seventy miles that day over very rough country. At Fronteras Gatewood had some difficulty with the Mexican comma ndnnte, who tried to prevent him from following Geronimo, claiming that he himself was entitled to first chance nt inducing Geronimo to surrender. By n clever ruse Gatewood eluded him and continu' d on at a rapid pace, first having Borrowed some soldiers from Lieutenant Wilder's command. which was at Fronteri*. . . . As he ndvanced the trail contfliued to grow fresh'r nnd near the big bend of the Bivaspe river, Sonora, M. xico, the two Indian scouts, Martine and K»teah. located Gcronitm s camp, which they entered and delivered Miles' message. Geronimo sent back word that he would talk with Gatewoi d only. Natehec added the assurance that he would be safe In coming to a conference, provided Gatewoods party did not start trouble. It being too late that day to do anything. Gatewood's party made camp. That night Lawton's scouts under Lieut. IL A. Brown, joined the party. ENTERS HOSTILE CAMP At daylight Geronimo sent word that Brown and his outfit as will as any other troops that might have arrived during the night, must stay within the limit of Gatewood's « amp, while Gatewood went ahead several miles to the conference. This was agreed to and Gatewood entered the h‘>stlh camp with his two Indian scouts, the two interpreters and one or two of Wilder's troopers. After much handshaking all around nnd the usti::l salutations, which included a request from the Indians for smokes and drinks, the council got down to real business. G< ronimo gave Gatewood to understand that they certainly would not surrender on any such terms and give up the whole Southwest to a race of intruders, but tha^ he and his band would fight to the last ditch! Things began to assume a very serious aspect, as the Apaches had worked themscß« s into a state of high excitement, and the least overt .act would have precipitated a fight. But Lieutenant Gatewood was a keen, sagacious and diplomatic officer and thoroughly understood the Apache character. He then “played his trump card ” which was tiie informallot. that all the peaceful Chiricahuas, including all the relatives of Geronimo, Natchez and most of the band, had already been sent to Florida. This was indeed a complete surprise, and a most paralyzing blow to Geronimo, and resulted in reopening the entire pow-wow, the matter being discussed pro and eon at considerable length. In fact, Geronimo v anted t > talk all night, but Gatewood flatly refused. He and his men must have some sleep. At last Geronimo said he w>uld give Gatewood his final decision in the morning; so the lieutenant returned to his own camp. In the meantime Lawton had arrived In camp and was Informed of all that had taken place at the conference. In the morning the picket passed the word that Lieutenant Gatewood was wanted by Geronimo. The lieutenant went out several hundred yards and met Geronimo and Natchez, where he was forced to go over a full and complete description of General Miles. At its conclusion Geronimo agreed to meet Miles at Skeleton canyon, Arizona, and surrender; but first stipulated certain conditions to govern on their march to United States soil, namely: that the Indians should be allowed to retain their arms and have the privilege of the soldiers' camps, and that Gatewood should personally accompany them. Gatewood agreed to this, subject to the approval of Captain Lawton. Lawton agreed to all these arranagements, and the rest of the hostile A.paches came in close to the camp of the soldiers. START FOR THE BORDER The next day the entire outfit started for the border. En route the Indians on several occasions became suspicious of the good faith of the troops and became ready at almost any moment to stampede for the hills. Gatewood, however, reassured them, and after considerable difficulty the Apaches were calmed, mainly because of their faith in the integrity of Lieutenant Gatewood. In about eleven days they arrived at the rendezvous in Skeleton canyon. Miles, however, was slow in making his appearance. Natchez was yet suspicious and Miles’ delay caused great anxiety lest negotiations fall through after all. Natchez made his camp several miles out in the mountains and refused to come in with the others. Finally Gatewood, at Geronimo’s suggestion, went with the chief to Natchez’ camp, where together they finally persuaded him to come in and meet General Miles. Miles reaffirmed the terms of surrender, just as they had been delivered by Gatewood, whereupon Geronimo turned and complimented him highly upon having told the exact truth. The formal surrender was then accomplished and Geronimo and Natchez accompanied General Miles in his ambulance to Fort Bowie. The rest of Geronimo’s people traveled to Bowie in one day, a distance of 89 miles, while the command under Lawton occupied three days.

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Careful Planting Aids Vegetables — Four Important Points to Keep in Mind in Moving Young Seedlings. — Checking the growth of vegetables Oy careless methods of transplanting means a poor growth and yield. Glenn O. Randall, extension horticulturist for the North Carolina State College of Agriculture, gives four Important points to keep in mind when moving the young vegetable seedlings from the plant bed to the open garden or field. He states, first, that the gardener must not disturb the roots any more than is possible; second, the seedbed should be soaked shortly before the plants are moved; third, the soil should be thoroughly prepared to receive the little plants, and, fourth, delicate plants should l»e hardened off before planted in the open field. Don’t Disturb Roots. “In order not to disturb the roots, the gardener should take up a good ( ball of earth with each plant as this will prevent breaking of the rootlets. ’ ) says .Mr. Randall. “Wetting the seed ' bed before removing the plants will j allow them to withstand the loss of । moisture in the field If roots are prevented by a lumpy or poorly prepared soil from taking hold and adjusting themselves as rapidly as they should, the plants will grow off slowly. It is ! often impossible to firm the soil 1 around the plants because of poor soil j preparation. Hardening Plants. “Hardening the plants to tie transferred from a hot bed or cold frame is j the process of gradually exposing the young plants to the weather. This is done by first ventilating the bed for a few hours during the warmer part ! of the day ami then gradually removing the cover entirely. This helps the plants to withstand the cool weather ! and also helps them to withstand the hot weather when finally trans^ planted.’’ .Mr. Randall states that the observance of these simple precautions will aid the gardener to b«‘ more successful with his work and will result in his securing better and more vigorous growth as well as better yields. Poultry Shipping Rules Effective Jan. 1, 1929 Revision of e\pn*< regulations relative to shipping coops for poultry will be made effective on January 1. 11*211. These new regulations provide that shipping ecMips must be large enough to prevent overcrowding and top of each coop must be covered by slats i not more than one Inch apart, or by wire screen containing meshes not to exceed one inch in size. Charges will be based upon the gross weight of coop and contests at the time of shipment. Any coop which, with Its contestr, exceeds 150 pounds in weight, will not be accepted. It was proposed that these regulations would be made effective at once, but through the efforts of Harrison F. Jones, secretary. National Poultry, Rutter and Egg association, the express company was urged to withhold the new classification in order that shippers might have time to become conversant with the rules before they were made effective. Considerable loss has been experienced in the past through the crushing of heads of birds. This will be prevented in the new coops with the slats of the tops closer together. Horses Increase Out of every dollar spent by housewives of Chicago and New York for bread, milk, ice. coal, or ice cream, from S to 62 cents goes for delivery ot the product, according to Regis Lefebure, Horse Association of America. There are more horse, being used on delivery wagons now than formerly because the horse is cheaper. In Chicago horses have been increased 524 head by 15 milk distributors during the past 2>o years. >0♦0*0♦0•••0O••• 00-«-0-»0-*0-»-0*Q x Agricultural Hints o . o o ' -o- O-.-O .-C .7 The main object of cultivation is to control weeds. * • • The rapid rise in the popularity of sweet clover has been nothing short of phenomenal. » • • Cement-asbestos shingles can be nailed directly over the existing wooden ones on a roof. * * • Planting seed corn only an inch be low the surface in heavy soil has pro duced double corn yields in northern i • Wisconsin. Sweet clover seeded in small grain . j and plowed under the following । spring for corn will increase corn I yields from 10 to “0 bushels. i Nine times out of ten cheap seed ; | is priced low because it contains much dirt or weed seeds, or it has a low germination. One of the most profitable farm , crops today is alfalfa, made possible । with limestone. Are you fixing to en i joy some of the prosperity? i i Recent tests have shown that a ■ , large amount of feeding value of any > | hay crop, and particularly alfalfa, ’ | depends upon the way it is cured I The hay should be handled as little

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