lso told them 'that Fort Marion
is not a very large place, and is not probably large enough for
all, and that probably in six months or so you will be put in a
larger place, where you can do better.' He told them the same thing
when they took their departure in the cars from Fort Bowie.

"The idea that they had of the treaty of surrender given in this
letter is forwarded at their desire, and, while not desiring to
comment on the matter, I feel compelled to say that my knowledge of
the Indian character, and the experience I have had with Indians of
all kinds, and the corroborating circumstances and facts that have
been brought to my notice in this particular case, convince me that
the foregoing statement of Naiche and Geronimo is substantially
correct."

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Extract from the annual report (1886) of the Division of the Pacific,
commanded by Major General O. O. Howard, U. S. Army.

"HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC,
PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
September 17, 1886.

"ADJUTANT GENERAL,
U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.:

"GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report upon
military operations and the condition of the Division of the
Pacific for the information of the Lieutenant General, and to make
some suggestions for his consideration:

* * * * *

"On the 17th of May, 1885, a party of about fifty of the Chiricahua
prisoners, headed by Geronimo, Naiche, and other chiefs, escaped
from the White Mountain Reserve, in Arizona, and entered upon a
career of murder and robbery unparalleled in the history of Indian
raids.

"Since then, and up to the time of my assuming command of this
division, they had been pursued by troops with varying success.

"After the assassination of Captain Crawford, on January 11, by the
Mexicans, the hostiles asked for a 'talk,' and finally had a
conference on March 25, 26, and 27, with General Crook, in the
Canon of Los Embudos, 25 miles south of San Bernardino, Mexico, on
which latter date it was arranged that they should be conducted by
Lieutenant Manus, with his battalion of scouts, to Fort Bowie,
Ariz.

"The march commenced on the morning of March 28 and proceeded until
the night of the 29th, when, becoming excited with fears of
possible pu