Description
Ingstad traveled to Canada, where he lived as a trapper for four years with the Chipewyan Indians. The Chipewyans told him tales about people from their tribe who traveled south, never to return. He decided to go south to find the descendants of his Chipewyan friends and determine if they had similar stories. In 1936 Ingstad arrived in the White Mountains and worked as a cowboy with the Apaches. His hunch about the Apaches' northern origins was confirmed by their stories, but the elders also told him about another group of Apaches who had fled from the reservation and were living in the Sierra Madres in Mexico. Ingstad launched an expedition on horseback to find these "lost" people, hoping to record more tales of their possible northern origin but also to document traditions and knowledge that might have been lost among the Apaches living on the reservation.
Through Ingstad's keen and observant eyes, we catch unforgettable glimpses of the landscape and inhabitants of the southwestern borderlands as he and his Apache companions, including one of Geronimo's warriors, embark on a dangerous quest to find the elusive Sierra Madre Apaches. The Apache Indians is a powerful echo of a past that has now become a myth.
Tells the story of the Norwegian explorer Helge Ingstad's sojourn among the Apaches near the White Mountain Reservation in Arizona and his epic journey to locate the "lost" group of their brethren in the Sierra Madres in the 1930s
About the Author
After practicing law for four years, then selling his practice for "fear of becoming rich," Helge Ingstad (1899-2001) became a self-taught ethnographer, historian, and world-renowned explorer. He is the author of the best-selling Land of Feast and Famine and coauthor (with Anne Stine Ingstad) of The Viking Discovery of America: The Excavation of a Norse Settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Benedicte Ingstad is the daughter of Helge Ingstad. Thomas J. Nevins is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Virginia.
Reviews
"Drawn from his journals, this is a very personal, detailed, and engaging text that tells of his search for Apache who reportedly moved south from the White Mountains of Arizona to escape reservation life. Ingstad has interesting insights into both native and Mexican cultures that make this book worthwhile... Recommended for public and academic libraries."-Library Journal Library Journal "If you like true tales about intrepid adventurers whose curiosity and lack of fear continually put them in the middle of rough-and-tumble scenarios, read this one."-Lee Allen, Tucson Weekly -- Lee Allen Tucson Weekly "Ingstad never found the lost Apaches, but he did write a wonderful book... now available in English for the first time... It's a beautifully told story."-Martin Naparsteck, Salt Lake Tribune -- Martin Naparsteck Salt Lake Tribune "Ingstad set out in 1936 to investigate the stories he had heard whispered about wild Apaches who roamed the Sierra Madre... While Ingstad's long journey and fascinating adventures did not turn up any wild Indians, the story is an amazing chronicle."-Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza, Chronicle of the Old West -- Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza Chronicle of the Old West "Well worth the read, particularly since his entourage included two contemporary Apaches, one of whom was formerly a warrior with Geronimo."-H. Henrietta Stockel, Journal of the West -- H. Henrietta Stockel Journal of the West
Book Information
ISBN 9780803271852
Author Helge Ingstad
Format Paperback
Page Count 188
Imprint Bison Books
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
