The Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars Preschool and agendas of American evangelicals

and agendas of American evangelicals

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The Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars Preschool and agendas of American evangelicalsIn 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