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On the Border with Crook

Chapter 1: ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK
By John Gregory Bourke
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The narrator, a cavalry captain and long-time aide to General George Crook, recalls life on the American frontier through sketches of daily camp routine, scouting expeditions, and military campaigns against Apache bands. The account blends battlefield episodes and ambushes with portraits of frontier towns, local characters, and Mexican and Native peoples, describing Apache customs, food, medicine, and methods of warfare. It traces Crook's practical leadership, tactics, and efforts to manage and civilize defeated tribes, set against vivid landscapes from desert river camps to mountain plateaus. Anecdotes, reflections, and practical detail convey the hardships, alliances, and controversies of border service.

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Title: On the Border with Crook

Author: John Gregory Bourke

Release date: July 18, 2021 [eBook #65863]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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GENERAL GEORGE CROOK.

ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK

BY
JOHN G. BOURKE
CAPTAIN THIRD CAVALRY, U. S. A.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1891
Copyright, 1891, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Press of J. J. Little & Co.
Astor Place, New York
TO FRANCIS PARKMAN,

whose learned and graceful pen has illustrated the History, Traditions, Wonders and Resources of the Great West, this volume,—descriptive of the trials and tribulations, hopes and fears of brave officers and enlisted men of the regular Army, who did so much to conquer and develop the empire beyond the Missouri,—is affectionately inscribed by his admirer and friend,

JOHN G. BOURKE.
Omaha, Nebraska,
August 12, 1891.