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Apache Scouts
The American Army had used
Indians as guides ever since its
inception, but they were em-
ployed as civilians. It was not until
an Act of Congress in July 1866 that
Indians were actually enlisted and be-
came an official unit of the U.S.
Army. Brig. Gen. George Crook
made extensive use of Apache scouts
in Arizona territory to track down
Apache renegades. Crook would
emphasize their worth in his official
“I cannot too strongly assert
that there has never been any success
in operations against these Indians,
unless Indian scouts were used. These
Chiricahua scouts...were of more
value in hunting down and compel-ling the surrender of the renegades
than all other troops...combined. The
use of Indian scouts was dictated by
the soundest of military policy.”
Indians as guides ever since its
inception, but they were em-
ployed as civilians. It was not until
an Act of Congress in July 1866 that
Indians were actually enlisted and be-
came an official unit of the U.S.
Army. Brig. Gen. George Crook
made extensive use of Apache scouts
in Arizona territory to track down
Apache renegades. Crook would
emphasize their worth in his official
“I cannot too strongly assert
that there has never been any success
in operations against these Indians,
unless Indian scouts were used. These
Chiricahua scouts...were of more
value in hunting down and compel-ling the surrender of the renegades
than all other troops...combined. The
use of Indian scouts was dictated by
the soundest of military policy.”
22 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 16, 2012
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