Life Among the Apaches: Classic History of Native American Life

John C. Cremony’s first encounter with the Indians of the Southwest took place in the early 1850s as he accompanied John R. Bartlett’s boundary commission surveying the United States–Mexican border. Ten years later, as an officer of the California Volunteers, he reestablished his acquaintance, particularly with the Apaches. He became fluent in the Apache language, and published the first dictionary of their language as a tool for the US Army, a feat never achieved by any other white American before him. His account of the experiences, published in 1868, quickly became an indispensable source on Apache beliefs, tribal life, and fighting tactics.

Life Among the Apaches offers a detailed look into the daily life of the Apaches, making it an essential text on Native American culture and a truly important anthropological work. While the original purpose was to induce more effective military suppression of the Apaches, it also contains the fast-paced action and excitement of a novel, as well as the authenticity of an ethnographic and historical document. Skyhorse Publishing and our Arcade imprint are proud to offer a broad range of books for readers interested in history, including topics such as World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, and the old West. Although not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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