The Apache Devil

DURING the years when the last wild Indians were fighting a savage and resourceful fight under the leadership of Chief Geronimo against the cooperating military forces of the United States and Mexico, Black Bear, an adopted son of Geronimo, killed so many people on both sides of the border that the survivors called him the Apache Devil. Thousands of white people scattered far and wide through a country of tough mountains knew that on the warpath this fierce young Apache war chief sported blue war paint, with a broad streak of white across his face, above and below his eyes. The reason many people had seen the design of war-paint of the Apache Devil and had been let live to tell others about it was this: Unlike nearly all other Apache warriors, Black Bear refused to kill women and children. However, many white people who knew Black Bear in peace times, during temporary armistices, as an intelligent and friendly Indian, did not know he was the mysterious Apache Devil. The most important of these people, in the opinion of Black Bear, was Wichita the daughter of a rancher. Though the young war chief hated white men intensely, against his and in spite of all his pride as an Apache noble, he loved this white girl. And she almost hated herself for loving him. This book contains the magazine text.