General Orders No. 14. Headquarters Department Of Arizona, Prescott, April 9, 1873

BREVET MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE CROOK

Publication: 1873, Prescott

First Edition. Disbound. 4pp. A lengthy commendation by Crook of the service of the men under his command. He lists each individual battle between his men and the hostile Apaches that occurred between December, 1872 and March 1873, and recognizes, in each, individuals conspicuous for their gallant actions. "In the face of obstacles heretofore considered insurmountable, encountering rigorous cold in the mountains, followed in quick succession by the intense heat and arid waste of the desert, not infrequently at the dire extremities for want of water to quench their prolonged thirst; and when their animals were stricken by pestilence or the country became too rough to be traversed by them, they left them and carrying on their own backs such meagre supplies as they might, they persistently followed on, and plunging unexpectedly into chosen positions in lava beds, cave and canyons, they have outwitted and beaten the wiliest of foes with slight loss, comparatively, to themselves, and finally closed an Indian war that has been waged since the days of Cortez." Mild vertical crease, else in clean, fine condition. Signed in manuscript by Aide-de-Camp, John G. Bourke (soldier, ethnologist, and future author of his varied Indian wars experiences). Rare and important for it's record of individual bravery in multiple and identified actions.

Inventory Number: 52665