ad surrendered, and
the last hereditary chief of the hostile Apaches hesitated to
place himself in the hands of the palefaces...."

Continuing his report, General Howard says:

" ... I believed at first from official reports that the surrender
was unconditional, except that the troops themselves would not kill
the hostiles. Now, from General Miles's dispatches and from his
annual report, forwarded on the 21st instant by mail, the
conditions are plain: First, that the lives of all the Indians
should be spared. Second, that they should be sent to Fort Marion,
Florida, where their tribe, including their families, had already
been ordered...."

D. S. Stanley, Brigadier General, telegraphs from San Antonio, Texas,
October 22, 1886, as follows:

" ... Geronimo and Naiche requested an interview with me when they
first ascertained that they were to leave here, and in talking to
them, I told them the exact disposition that was to be made of
them. They regarded the separation of themselves from their
families as a violation of the terms of their treaty of surrender,
by which they had been guaranteed, in the most positive manner
conceivable to their minds, that they should be united with their
families at Fort Marion.

"There were present at the talk they had with me Major J. P.
Wright, surgeon, United States Army; Captain J. G. Ballance, acting
Judge-advocate, United States Army; George Wratton,[42] the
interpreter; Naiche, and Geronimo.

"The Indians were separated from their families at this place; the
women, children, and the two scouts were placed in a separate car
before they left.

"In an interview with me they stated the following incident, which
they regard as an essential part of their treaty of surrender, and
which took place at Skeleton Canon before they had, as a band, made
up their minds to surrender, and before any of them, except perhaps
Geronimo, had given up their arms, and when they were still fully
able to escape and defend themselves.

"General Miles said to them: 'You go with me to Fort Bowie and at a
certain time you will go to see your relatives in Florida.' After
they went to Fort Bowie he reassured them that they would see their
relatives in Florida in four and a half or five days.

"While at Skeleton Canon Ge