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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07380.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | Annual Report of Brigadier General George Cook, U.S. Army. Commanding Department of Arizona. |
| Date | 1883 |
| Author | Crook, George (1829-1890) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Signed by Crook's acting aide-de-camp S. Roberts. Reports on his expedition to the Sierra Madre Mountains to locate Geronimo and his warrior band. He faults the government for their unfair treatment of the Indians and the United States government and others' habitual promise-breaking. Records a litany of wrongs that Crook posits as the reason for the Indians deep hatred of white society. Recommends dividing the Apache reservation into individual plots and extending the rights of citizenship to the Indians. In May 1883, Crook caught up with Geronimo and convinced him to return to the reservation. |
| Subjects | American West Military History American Indian History Westward Expansion Government and Civics Suffrage Immigration and Migration |
| People | Crook, George (1828-1890) Roberts, S. (fl. 1883) |
| Place written | Arizona |
| Theme | Native Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Library of Congress lists George Crook's dates as 1829-1890, but other list his birth year as 1828. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | An Apache campaign in the Sierra Madre: An account of the expedition in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883 |