Life Among the Apaches Classic Reprint John Carey Cremony 9781332020621 Books
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Those who may favor the succeeding pages with their perusal, must not expect any attempt at fine writing or glowing description. The author's intention is, to furnish a plain, unvarnished tale of actual occurrences and facts illustrative of the various tribes of Indians occupying that vast region which extends from the Colorado river on the west, to the settlements of Texas on the east, and from Taos in New Mexico to Durango in the Mexican Republic.
In the front rank of the tribes, occupying the region included within the limits mentioned, stands the great Apache race, and next are the Comanches. The former of these will engage most of the author's attention for very many and obvious reasons. It is believed that the book will contain a large amount of valuable information, to be derived from no other source extant, and it will be the author's endeavor to place it before his readers in a manner which will engage their attention. Nothing not strictly true will be admitted into its pages, and if some of the incidents narrated be found of a thrilling character, the reader will experience satisfaction in knowing that they are not the results of imaginative picturing. Whenever a personal adventure is narrated, it will be found to illustrate some particular phase of character; none are recounted which do not convey information.
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Life Among the Apaches Classic Reprint John Carey Cremony 9781332020621 Books
Great first hand account of early days in the Old West. If you like this book you will also want to read the following similar books:1.My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting (1905)
2 Journal of a Trapper Or Nine Years Residence among the Rocky Mountains Between the years of 1834 and 1843 (1921)
3 Three Years Among the Comanches: The Narrative of Nelson Lee, the Texas Ranger, Containing a Detailed Account of His Captivity Among the Indians, His Singular Escape ...(1859)
4 My Life as an Indian: The Story of a Red Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the Blackfeet (1907)
5 The Old North Trail: Or, Life, Legends and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians (1910)
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Life Among the Apaches Classic Reprint John Carey Cremony 9781332020621 Books Reviews
Cremony's autobiography of his life in the American Southwest is a fun and fascinating read.
I would caution readers who are looking for strict history that this probably ain't that. Cremony has been described by at least one historian as a serial tale teller, and if you read "Life Among the Apaches" you will likely agree. Some of this is just too fantastic to be believed.
Nevertheless, Cremony did explore Apache territory following the Mexican-American War and he was a Union officer in the War Between the States. He did live in this place during that time, so his observations, however stretched they are with truth, are still interesting and worthwhile for students of the American Southwest.
It was nice and long with a lot of interesting information. Cremony went through a lot of adventures and some would say he exaggerated some of them. I know he had a tremendous vocabulary and he was a newspaperman by trade outside of his military career. However, he names the names and dates and circumstances, so not too terribly much would be contrived. His intimate knowledge of Apache traditions, attitudes, and cunning could have only come from his close association with these "savages" as he repeatedly calls them. I know from other literature which is not ruled by political correctness, that the "noble savage" was far from noble, and that he was thieving, deceitful, selfish and murderous. Many Indian tribes did not fall into these categories, but the Apache did. Cremony explains this at length, and he advises against trying to convert those people to anything other than that to which they were raised from infancy. He insisted that you could never drop your guard when with them at any time. He gives almost grudging praise to them in many areas, including hunting, resiliency, stealth, and connivance. He states that the women were not highly regarded within the tribe, but that they were very virtuous. In contrast, he says the Navajo branch of the Apache tribe had women of very loose virtue, even to the point of being "wanton". He ends this book by declaring that the corrupt political appointees who act as Indian Agents are as pathetic as the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C. He states they all are without any knowledge of the Indian people, and are just employed as political hacks looking to line their own pockets. Truly, things have not changed within our government for well over a century and a half. He and his detachment of "California Volunteers" eventually left Fort Sumner, New Mexico and quit the entire escapade of relocating and managing the Apache. He writes that he learned the Apaches took off from the reservation after they left. He leaves the reader with the feeling that the Indians were well treated but were just an insolent and ungrateful lot. In some ways I suppose he was entirely correct. However, I have also read elsewhere that only a short time later, General Sherman was sent to that area to check on the condition of the Navajo who were still on their part of the reservation, in that they may have been treated badly. Sherman did, in fact, determine that the Navajo were being treated cruelly. They asked if they could return to the homeland in what is now the "Four Corners" area, and he consented through a treaty. As any American history buff of the west would know, the Apache kept on with their raids for some time in Arizona and New Mexico. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, but you might need a dictionary upon occasion to look up a couple of the author's words, and, of course, you have to sort out the dated sentence structure. It is still an easy read and very, very, educational while also being entertaining.
This is an unforgettable autobiographical history, well written in an engaging format. The author was uniquely positioned in history, both in time and geographically, just after the Mexican American war in the early to mid 1800s, and in the extreme south of the US, along the Mexican Border Area. He participated in the survey of some of the new border, and held varying roles, including representing the US Government in interacting with varying "Native American Tribes" including Apache Tribes near the border. He was very observant, and articulate in expressing what he saw in his various roles. The "Noble Red Man" image of the Apache Tribes, is tempered by his descriptions of their innate characteristics of deception, merciless viciousness toward victims, and tendency to steal anything not nailed down, including from each other. According to him, the Apache in that part of North America, lived solely from what they stole from others, or hunted in the area. They were in effect, Land Pirates. They excelled in battle, and had no peer in small group tactics and camouflage. He described an incident in which an old man, told him he could hide, where he could not find him. They were standing in an open sandy area, with only a couple of small bushes. He walked away for a few paces, and when he turned, there was no one there. He walked over and around the area repeatedly, finally giving up, and the elderly Apache, stood up, from near one of the bushes, where he had embedded himself within the 10 seconds or so when not in sight. I highly recommend this book, both for quality of material, and writing style.
Great first hand account of early days in the Old West. If you like this book you will also want to read the following similar books
1.My Sixty Years on the Plains Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting (1905)
2 Journal of a Trapper Or Nine Years Residence among the Rocky Mountains Between the years of 1834 and 1843 (1921)
3 Three Years Among the Comanches The Narrative of Nelson Lee, the Texas Ranger, Containing a Detailed Account of His Captivity Among the Indians, His Singular Escape ...(1859)
4 My Life as an Indian The Story of a Red Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the Blackfeet (1907)
5 The Old North Trail Or, Life, Legends and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians (1910)
6 Life Among the Apaches (1868)
7 On the Border with CROOK (1891)
8 Twenty Years Before the Mast with the more thrilling scenes and incidents while circumnavigating the globe under the command of the late Admiral Charles Wilkes 1838-1842 (1896)
9 The Evolution of a State or Recollections of old Texas days (1900)
10 The Vigilantes of Montana, Or, Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains Being a Correct and Impartial Narrative of the Chase, Trial, Capture, and Execution of Henry Plummer's Road Agent Band ...
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