The Apache tribe was the last to surrender to government control in the
1880s.  Under the leadership of Mangus Colorado, his son-in-law Cochise
and later the famous Geronimo, the Apaches fiercely resisted domination. 
The Apaches, traditionally a nomadic people, faced a particularly
difficult adjustment when settling down to life on the reservation. 
During the final years of the Apache wars, uprising on the San Carlos
reservation in Arizona occurred frequently, and Geronimo and his followers
tried to escaped three times.  The years around the turn of the century
were an especially bleak time for Native Americans: hunger, poverty, and
despair characterized daily life on the reservation.  Shown above are
Apaches measuring cloth rations given to them by the federal government.