The Apaches were particularly resistant to reservation life, and from 1881
to 1886, chief Geronimo led the Apaches in a series of raids on American
settlers in the Southwest.  In 1886, General George Crook tracked down
Geronimo and his band at the Canyon de los Embudos in the Sierra Madre
Mountains.  The general persuaded the Apaches to meet with him in a
conference which took place from March 25 to March 27.  In the course of
the negotiating, Crook convinced Geronimo to end the raids and agree to a
conditional surrender, whereby the Apaches would accept reservation life
if they could be reunited with their families who were being held prisoner
in Florida.  Soon after the conference Geronimo escaped, and Crook was
replaced by General Nelson Miles.  Geronimo is second from the left, Crook
second from the right.