The Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars Australian & Oceanian Literature The covers in this series

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The Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars Australian & Oceanian Literature The covers in this seriesIn 1861, war between the United States and the Chiricahua seemed inevitable. The Apache band lived on a heavily traveled Emigrant and Overland Mail Trail and routinely raided it, organized by their leader, the prudent, not friendly Cochise. When a young boy was kidnapped from his stepfathers ranch, Lieutenant George Bascom confronted Cochise even though there was no proof that the Chiricahua were responsible. After a series of missteps, Cochise