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RISE, FALL AND STRUGGLE
BACK OF THE MESCALEROS
After 340 years of hit-and-run warfare
against the White Man (300 years
against the Spaniards, 40 against the
Americans), the Mescalero Apaches
were crushed. Roots of the struggle
need little review: a people who regarded
plundering as legitimate occupation
could not exist alongside the
new breed of Southwestern invaders,
white men who, although they often
breached the cede of honor of their
own race in dealing with the Indians,
nevertheless regarded the Apaches as
revengeful savages.
C. L. Sonnichsen, English professor
at Texas Western College, El Paso,
traces the rise, fall and painful struggle
back now being attempted by the
tribesmen, in a new book, The Mescalero
Apaches. Prof. Sonnichsen is
a long-time friend of the American
Indian, and he writes about the New
Mexico or Eastern Apaches from their
point of view—but his picture is not
a distorted one, and the Apaches'
enemies get a fair hearing. The Mescaleros,
as free as the roaming game
bands they hunted, made up their rules
of warfare as they went along. Make
no mistake, they were cruel and barbarous
fighters.
Sonnichsen devotes many pages to
the Mescaleros' current problems.
While economically they are better off
than they were 30 years ago, they still
are in a precarious position and in
many ways have not bridged the gap
between yesterday and today. However,
the situation is hopeful.
Published by University of Oklahoma
Press; illustrated; index; 303
pages; $5.75.
BETTY LINDSAY WRITES
DESERT GARDENING GUIDE
When Betty Lindsay moved to the
high desert country of Joshua Tree,
California, from the low desert Coachella
Valley, it soon became apparent
"DESERT GARDENING"
By BETTY M. LINDSAY. 12 chapters
Includes how to grow flowers, trees,
native plants, etc. Also, advice on landscaping
a desert cabin.
Only $1.00 postage and tax paid
P.O. Box 268 Joshua Tree, California
to her that she would have to alter her
gardening techniques. The climate and
soil conditions were unique to her wide
experience, and there was little available
information from which she could
learn. Thus, she literally started from
scratch — and in order that future
newcomers would have someone to
turn to for gardening information, she
kept careful notes.
So well received were Mrs. Lindsay's
tips and hints on her gardening
successes and failures, she decided to
put the information in book form. The
result is A Practical Guide to Desert
Gardening — a check list of plants
suitable for high desert growing which
should contribute, in time, to the
beautification of many Mojave homes.
Despite the cold print, Mrs. Lindsay's
narrative remains a warm neighborly
chat.
Printed by Desert Printers, Inc.,
Palm Desert, Calif.; paper cover; 28
pages; $1.
BLACK CANYON HIGHWAY
SUBJECT OF NEW GUIDE
A new guide book that reveals little
known beauty spots in Arizona recently
has been compiled by Benjamin J.
Kimbler, engineer and journalist who
has spent many of his years in the
Land of the Saguaro.
This guide is devoted mainly to the
comparatively new Black Canyon highway
from Phoenix to Flagstaff. Titled
Highway of Canyons, the well illustrated
booklet describes the scenic
route north by way of Montezuma
Castle and Oak Creek Canyon to
Flagstaff, and thence north past Sunset
Crater and Marble Canyon to the
North Rim of Grand Canyon.
There are many interesting sidetrips
along the route—some of them
to ghost towns and Indian ruins. All
this part of Arizona is "Indian Country"
although the highway described
in the book does not actually enter an
Indian reservation until it crosses into
the domain of the Navajo northeast of
Flagstaff.
Published by The Roadrunner Publishing
Co., Modesto, California.
Paperbound, 48 pages, lithographed.
$1.00, or by mail $1.25.
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