Scouting for the Bluecoats: Navajo and Apache Scouts in the U.S. Army, 1873-1911
author: McPherson, Robert S.
source date: 2023
availability: rights_reserved

Documents the role of Native American scouts in the U.S. Army's campaigns in the Southwest, including Apache scouts recruited from the Warm Springs and Chiricahua bands. Covers their service at Fort Apache, Fort Bayard, and other posts, their motivations, and their treatment after the wars ended.