The Prisoner of War Years (1886-1914)
In this section, we discuss some of the significant events and experiences that constitute Chiricahua Apache prisoner of war history. In 1886, the U. S. government sent five groups of Apaches from Arizona to Florida for incarceration. While in Florida, the government, without the cooperation or permission of parents and relatives, took Apache children to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 1887 and 1888, the military relocated Chiricahua prisoners from Florida to Mount Vernon Barracks outside Mobile, Alabama. In 1894, officials sent the POWs to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where the Apaches resided for about twenty years. Finally in 1913 and 1914, the War Department released surviving POWs, sending some to the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation in New Mexico and others to small farms in Oklahoma.
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- The Chiricahua Apaches become Prisoners of War (1886)
- Peace Negotiations (March 1886)
- Chirihuahua Sent to Fort Marion, FL (April 1886)
- Miles Negotiates Peace with Naiche and Geronimo (September 1886)
- San Carlos Chiricahuas Sent to Fort Marion, FL (Sept 1886)
- Naiche and Geronimo Sent East (Sept 1886)
- Naiche and Geronimo Sent to Fort Pickens, FL (Oct 1886)
- Mangas Sent to Fort Marion (Oct 1886)
- Apache Train Rides to Internment (1886)
- The Loco and Chatto Peace Delegation to Washington, DC (1886)
- Chiricahua Children POWs Sent to Carlisle Indian School, PA
- Chiricahuas at Fort Marion and Fort Pickens, FL (1886-1888)
- Mount Vernon Barracks, AL (1887-1904)
- Chiricahua Apaches at Fort Sill, OK (1894-1913)