A first-person account into the end of the Indian Wars by an aide present at the final meetings with Cochise. A detailed foreward covers the Bascom Affair and the ensuing years of bloodshed but the descriptive passages of CPT Sladen share the culture of the military of the period and of the everyday Apache, illiciting nuances of a cultural understanding that, had it been present 12 years before, might have prevented the atrocities committed by both sides.

Includes map of the Route Taken by Howard-Sladen Expedition to Find Cochise.