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title	:	Shadow of the Wolf : An Apache Tale
author	:	Plumlee, Harry James.
publisher	:	University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0806129050
print isbn13	:	9780806129051
ebook isbn13	:	9780585156033
language	:	English
subject	Indians of North America--Arizona--Wars--Fiction, Apache Indians--Wars--Fiction.
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	PS3566.L76S53 1997eb
ddc	:	813/.54
subject	:	Indians of North America--Arizona--Wars--Fiction, Apache Indians--Wars--Fiction.

Page i Shadow of the Wolf An Apache Tale By Harry James Plumlee UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS Norman and London

Page ii This is a work of fiction. Although some of the names, characters, places, and incidents are based on historical fact, their depiction is a product of the author's imagination. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Plumlee, Harry James, 1944 Shadow of the wolf: an Apache tale / by Harry James Plumlee. p. cm. ISBN: 0-8061-2905-0 (alk. paper) 1. Indians of North AmericaArizonaWarsFiction. 2. Apache IndiansWarsFiction. I. Title. PS3566.L76S563 1997 813'.54dc2096-34556 CIP Text design by Cathy Carney Imboden. Text is set in Baskerville. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. Copyright 1997 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Page v In loving memory of my mother, Clara Plumlee

Page vii Acknowledgments I am grateful to all of those who offered encouragement, suggestions on my manuscript, or editorial assistance. They include Tom Bone, Pam Bone, Travis Bone, Danielle Terrasi, and my wife, Valerie Ann Plumlee. Chapter epigraphs consisting of previously published copyrighted material are used by permission of the publishers. The epigraphs for chapters 2, 4, and 23 are from Western Apache Raiding and Warfare: From the Notes of Grenville Goodwin, edited by Keith H. Basso, copyright University of Arizona press, 1971; the epigraphs for chapters 5, 15, and 26 are from Apache Days and After, by Thomas Cruse, copyright Caxton Printers, 1941; the epigraph for chapter 6 is from With the Scouts and Cavalry at Fort Apache, by Col. H. B. Wharfield, copyright Arizona Historical Society, 1965; the epigraph for chapter 18 is from John Spring's Arizona, edited by A. M. Gustafson, copyright University of Arizona Press, 1966.

Page 2 Apacheria, circa 1870

Page 3 1 The Apache had few wants and cared for no luxuries. War was his business, his life, and victory his dream. To attack a Mexican camp or isolated village, he would gladly travel hundreds of miles, incurring every risk. John G. Bourke, General Crook in the Indian Country "It is good to kill Mexicans," considered Nakaidoklinni as he signaled to Sanchez to keep the horses quiet. The trap was nearly sprung, and once more parting the grama grass, he spied, with steadfast anticipation in his heart, on the dusty track below. A conducta. This was his third raid to Mexico and always before they had taken horses, cattle, or burros from isolated ranchos, happy to be given meat to take back to the gota. But now, a small conducta was wending its way, one hoofed step at a time, to the narrow passage where the white rocks constricted the canyon far below the crest of the hill. One, two, three burros reappeared from the obscuring mesquite, then three more, pushed by two Mexicans on horses, each leading a mule. Now the faint tink of the bell could be heard from the lead burro urging the others onward to the white rocks. Nakaidoklinni offered prayer using the special words of war language that he and Sanchez had learned. He prayed that the power of the warriors would be

Page 4 strong, and that killing the Mexicans would be like killing a deer or even a rabbit; but he was careful to ask this in a humble way because boastful pride or too much confidence must be guarded against when on a raid. The lead burro raised its shaggy gray head and picked up the pace, scenting the water flowing from the spring in the rocks. Its pack jounced unevenly in response to the jerky gait. There was something strange on the last Mexican, thought Nakaidoklinni. He saw a brown belt around his waist, and as he wondered what it might be, it disappeared behind the man and then moved again into view. So! He has a child with him. How old, he wondered. Is it a boy or a girl? It shouldn't be long until he would have the answer to his question. The last burro had splashed into the sandy basin at the foot of the rocks and was drinking thirstily from the cool, clear waters.

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