What is the Bascom Affair? David Salge Queen Creek, Arizona The Bascom Affair is a great example of arrogance, miscalculation and underestimating the will of an enemy. It occurred at Arizona’s Apache Pass in 1861 when an officer accused Apache Chief Cochise of kidnapping 12-year-old Felix Ward on Sonoita Creek. Cochise denied that his Apaches kidnapped the boy. But Lt. George N. Bascom did not believe him, so soldiers took Cochise and several of his family members prisoner. Cochise later escap
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