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made tlio name of Apaclie so widely known. They had 

 robbed the Mexican settlements for many years before 

 the American occupation. When later they were 

 deprived of their native lands and placed on a reserva- 

 tion, they fled to Mexico w^here they lived by plundering 

 on either side of the international boundary line. 

 Their most noted chiefs were Magnas Coloradas, Whoa, 

 Cochise, and Geronimo. The last named with a larger 

 part of his band surrendered to General Miles in 1886. 

 They were taken with their families as prisoners of war 

 to Florida. After less than a year they were removed 

 to Alabama and finally were given a place on a reserva- 

 tion at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Arrangements are now 

 being made for the return of their descendants to their 

 western homes. 



The name San Carlos has been applied to the Apache 

 bands gathered on a reservation of that name. They 

 formerly lived on the San Carlos River, on the Gila 

 River near the mouth of the San Carlos, on Arivaipa 

 Creek which flows into the San Pedro, a southern 

 tributary of the Gila, and about certain springs west of 

 the town of Globe, Arizona. 



On the White River, which is one of the main tribu- 

 taries of the Salt River, were a number of bands of 

 Apache quite similar in all respects to those last men- 

 tioned. These have often been called the Coyotero 

 because they were looked upon as wild, but are now 

 generally spoken of as the White Mountain Apache. 



The Salt River receives a considerable tributary from 

 the north called Tonto Creek. Near the head of this 



