Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Chapter 1 An Overview of the Black Legend of Cochise and Lieutenant Bascom 1
Chapter 2 George Nicholas Bascom 30
Chapter 3 Richard S. Ewell, the Occupation of Arizona, and the Founding of Fort Buchanan 48
Chapter 4 The Settlements of Arizona 71
Chapter 5 Life at Fort Buchanan 98
Chapter 6 Cochise and the Overland Mail 117
Chapter 7 Apache Fight for Survival 133
Chapter 8 The Raid on Johnny Ward's Ranch 143
Chapter 9 Negotiating with Cochise 161
Chapter 10 Life Surrounded by Five Hundred Apaches 177
Chapter 11 Surgeon Irwin Earns First Medal of Honor 184
Chapter 12 The Cavalry Arrives 191
Chapter 13 Cochise's Revenge 203
Chapter 14 Aftermath 221
Chapter 15 Conclusions: Why War Came 247
Chapter 16 Conclusions: Bascom Exonerated 255
Appendices
Appendix A Company C, 7th Regiment of U.S. Infantry, February 1861 268
Appendix B Sergeant Daniel Robinsons Wagon Train 272
Appendix C Others at Apache Pass 274
Appendix D Increased Commitment to Guard the Overland Mail 277
Appendix E Biographical Index 280
Appendix F The Arizona Wagon Train 295
Appendix G Military Correspondence 298
Appendix H Apache Accounts 306
Maps
Apache Band Regions in the Gadsden Purchase (ca. 1861) 316
Overland Mail Station Route 317
Apache Pass 318
Endnotes 319
Bibliography 354
Index 363
About the Author 375
