not seen again after entering the stronghold until
they crossed the line into Mexico, where they were pursued by United
States soldiers. After a long, stern chase Geronimo surrendered
himself and followers to General Miles, who brought them back to
Arizona. As prisoners they were all loaded into cars at Bowie and
taken to Florida. The general in command thought it best to take them
clear out of the country in order to put an effectual stop to their
marauding. Later they were removed to the Indian Territory where they
now live.

The rest of the Apaches remain in Arizona and live on the San Carlos
reservation on the Gila river where they are being inducted into
civilization. Since the disturbing element among them has been removed
there has been no more trouble. They seem to have settled down with a
sincere purpose to learn the white man's way and are quiet and
peaceable. They are laborers, farmers and stockmen and are making
rapid progress in their new life.

CHAPTER VII

A MODEL RANCH

Any one who has been in Arizona and failed to visit the Sierra Bonita
ranch missed seeing a model ranch. Henry C. Hooker, the owner of this
splendid property, was born in New England and is a typical Yankee, who
early emigrated west and has spent most of his life on the frontier.

He went to Arizona at the close of the Civil War and engaged in
contracting for the Government and furnishing supplies to the army. It
was before the days of railroads when all merchandise was hauled
overland in wagons and cattle were driven through on foot. He
outfitted at points in Texas and on the Rio Grande and drove his cattle
and wagons over hundreds of miles of desert road through a country that
was infested by hostile Indians.

Such a wild life was naturally full of adventures and involved much
hardship and danger. The venture, however, prospered and proved a
financial success, notwithstanding some losses in men killed, wagons
pillaged and cattle driven off and lost by bands of marauding Apaches.

In his travels he saw the advantages that Arizona offered as a grazing
country, which decided him to locate a ranch and engage in the range
cattle business.

The ranch derives its name from the Graham or Pinaleno mountains which
the Indians called the Sierra Bonita because of the many beautiful wild
flowers that grow there. It is twenty miles north of Willcox, a
thriving village on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and ten miles south
of