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portion bears an eagle with a tomahawk and a peace pipe in its claws. 

 A large sapphire is set in the end of the pommel, which is surrounded 

 by floral designs. The knuckle guard consists of a circular strip, 

 about which is entwined the United States flag and which terminates 

 at the pommel in the head of an Indian. The counterguard, which 

 is in one piece with the knuckle guard, consists of an eagle displayed 

 with three beaks which rise above the blade in the position of a 

 quillon. The wing on the obverse of the blade is inscribed " U. S." 

 The obverse of the scabbard is decorated with designs in relief show- 

 ing scenes connected with the expedition of General Miles against 

 the Apache Indians and their removal from the Southwest to 

 Florida. The reverse of the scabbard is inscribed in relief in script, 

 " Presented by the people of Arizona in grateful acknowledgment of 

 distinguished services in the capture and removal of Geronimo and 

 the hostile Apaches." The tip of the scabbard bears a relief portrait 

 of Geronimo. 



The recipient of this sword was born in Westminster, Mass., in 

 1839. On the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the volunteer 

 service as lieutenant in the Twenty-second Massachusetts Infantry 

 and was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Sixty-first N^ew York 

 Volunteers in 1862. He served during the peninsular campaign 

 and at the Battle of x^ntietam, and was made colonel of his regi- 

 ment in September of that year. Subsequently he served with the 

 Army of the Potomac to the close of the war and received the rank 

 of brevet brigadier general of Volunteers for gallantry at the Battle 

 of Chancellorsville. In 1865 he was made major general of Volun- 

 teers and in 1866 was made colonel of the Fortieth United States 

 Infantry. After the Civil War he took a prominent part in the 

 Indian wars and in 1875 defeated the Cheyennes, Kiowas, and 

 Comanches on the border of the Staked Plains. In 1878 he sub- 

 jugated the hostile Sioux and other Indians in Montana. He was 

 made brigadier general, United States Army, in 1880, and com- 

 manded the Department of the Columbia. In April, 1886, he was 

 transferred to Arizona and after a difficult campaign against the 

 Apaches under Geronimo and Natchez, he compelled these chiefs 

 to surrender. In 1890, he was promoted to the rank of major gen- 

 eral and in 1895 was made general in chief of the Army. He died 

 in Washington, D. C, in 1925. His sword was lent to the National 

 Museum in 1925 by Maj. Sherman Miles, United States Army. 



SWORD OWNED BY MAJ. GEN. JOHN R. BROOKE 



The third presentation sword ^^ of this period in the National 

 Museum collection was presented to Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke, 



"^ Length, 96 cm. Blade, 79.2 cm. long, 1.7 cm. wide. Inscribed " Horstmann, Phila- 

 delphia." PI. 26, fig. 8. 



