Don’t get me started on the outrageous injustices done to the Chiricahua Apaches by the Federal bureaucracy, Congress and the U.S. Army after Geronimo surrendered. The best Western for my money is The Searchers. The 1956 John Ford film is, I think, an insightful portrayal of the courage and price paid by settlers with nerves of steel trying to survive and make a place for thems


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