For the next few years, generals directed unsuccessful operations against Geronimo and his so-called renegades. In 1886, General Nelson Miles decided the only way to secure peace was to remove all ...

In 1886, the same year the Chiricahua leader Geronimo surrendered and the Apache Wars ended, Emma, a 32-year-old Swedish immigrant, purchased a two-room cabin. (This building would evolve over time, ...

ends with the proud Chiricahua Apaches on a reservation, where they are soon joined by the captured renegade Geronimo, who is all it takes to light the firecracker's fuse ...