Ride with the Apaches

In Killer of Witches: The Life and Times of Yellow Boy, Mescalero Apache author W. Michael Farmer describes the plight of the Mescalero Apaches of the 1860s as experienced by a boy whose people escape cruel imprisonment at the Bosque Redondo reservation. Their village is later decimated by Sangre del Diablo, a terrifying attacker whose head is painted to resemble a skull. In a dream, the young warrior, Yellow Boy, is gifted with the power to kill Diablo, known as “the Witch.” Yellow Boy enco