The word Apache almost immediately leads you to think of ambush, raiding, warfare, and ferocity. The Apache Indians are most widely known, and feared, for their raids and warfare. For almost 300 years the Apaches have struck terror in the hearts of all their enemies, including the troops of the Spanish, the Mexicans, the United States, and many other Indian tribes.

Yet the Apaches, in spite of their reputation as killers and torturers, were just as human as most of the people in the world today. As it has been said, "The primitive Apache was a true nomad, a wandering child of nature, whose birthright was a craving for the warpath with courage and endurance probably exceeded by no other people and with cunning beyond reckoning. Although his character is a strong mixture of courage and ferocity, the Apache is gentle and affectionate toward those with his own flesh...