Cañon de los Embudos photographs, March 1886.

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Cañon de los Embudos photographs, March 1886.

Nineteen photographs of seventeen different scenes, taken by C.S. Fly, and documenting the final days of negotiation of the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 at the Cañon de los Embudos in Mexico near the Arizona border. The images include views of Geronimo, Chief Naiche, Nana, Gen. George Crook, Charles M. Strauss, John Bourke, Tom Horn, Al Sieber, Santiago McKinn, and Apache men, women and children. Scenes include Geronimo and Naiche, and their Chiricahua Apache followers in camp and negotiating with General George Crook.

.75 linear ft. (1 box)

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Geronimo, 1829-1909

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Geronimo, also known as Goyaałé, also known as The One Who Yawns'; born in Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico, June 1829 – died, Fort Sill, Oklahoma February 17, 1909), prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands—the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi—to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahu...

Strauss, Charles Moses, 1840-1892

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Born in New York in 1840, Charles Moses Strauss was a public servant and merchant. In time, he became a successful businessman in both Boston, Mass., and Memphis, Tenn.; and, as a member of the Democratic Party, held various offices. He married Julia Kauffman, a pianist, in 1868. In 1880, he moved to Tucson, Ariz., and, once there, entered the mercantile firm of Louis Zeckendorf and Company. He quickly gained a reputation for action and his ethical values. In 1883, he was elected mayor of Tucson...

Bourke, John Gregory, 1846-1896

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John Gregory Bourke was a United States Army officer and ethnologist. After serving in the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War, Bourke attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1869. While serving in the 3rd Cavalry he studied customs of American Indians of the Southwest and published works on Indian ethnology. The Garza War, 1891-1892, was a rebellion against Mexican president Porfirio Díaz by Mexicans living in Texas led by Catarino Garza. Bourke participated in ef...

McKinn, Santiago

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Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901

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C.S. Fly (1849-1901) was a photographer in the American West. From the description of C.S. Fly photographs of Geronimo, circa 1880s-1890s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 228078986 Photographer, arrived in Tombstone, Arizona in 1879 and established a photographic studio, Fly's Photography Gallery, on Fremont Street. From the description of Fly photograph collection, ca. 1881-1895. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat r...

Sieber, Alb.

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Apache Scout; born in 1844, became Chief of Scouts under Gen. Crook about 1871-1872 and served until the early 1880s. Albert Sieber died in 1907 in Globe, Ariz. From the description of Sieber papers, 1888-1907. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 39358210 ...

Naiche, approximately 1857-1921

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Horn, Tom, 1860-1903

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Crook, George, 1829-1890

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Crook was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Matthews Crook on a farm near Taylorsville, Montgomery County, Ohio (near Dayton). Nominated to the United States Military Academy by Congressman Robert Schenck, he graduated in 1852, ranking near the bottom of his class. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. infantry as brevet second lieutenant, serving in California, 1852–61. He served in Oregon and northern California, alternately protecting or fighting against several Native American tribes. He commanded t...