New this month from the University of Nebraska Press: Lt. Charles Gatewood & His Apache Wars Memoir by Charles B. Gatewood, edited and with additional text by Louis Kraft.

Lt. Charles B. Gatewood (1853–1896), an educated Virginian, served in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry as the commander of Indian scouts. Gatewood was largely accepted by the Native peoples with whom he worked because of his efforts to understand their cultures. It was this connection that Gatewood formed with the Indians, and with Geronimo and Naiche in particular, that led to his involvement in the last Apache war and his work for Indian rights.

Realizing that he had more experience dealing with Native peoples than other lieutenants serving on the frontier, Gatewood decided to record his experiences. Although he died before he completed his project, the work he left behind remains an important firsthand account of his life as a commander of Apache scouts and as a military commandant of the White Mountain Indian Reservation.

This week’s installment of Tuesday Trivia is about the Apache Indians. Ready?

1. The word “Apachean” describes Indian groups language and culture are similar to that of the Apache. Name another major Apachean Native American group.

2. Which notable Apache leader claimed to have telepathic powers and to be able to survive gunshots?

3. Apache lore portrayed which animal as a trickster?

4. True or false: Some Apache groups lived in teepees.

5. Some nomadic Apache, particularly those who lived in the Great Plains, used dogs to pull their possessions from place to place. In 1541, one Spanish conquistador referred to the Apache as “dog nomads.” Who was it?

6. True or false: Dime Novels often portrayed the Apache as aggressive warriors.

7. Many modern day Apache reside in cities. Which Midwestern city has a particularly large Apache population? (Hint: it’s in Oklahoma.)

8. The Apache Wars of the 1850s occurred after white men began arriving in the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona. What brought them there?

How did you do readers? Want to learn more about the Apache? Read Lt. Charles Gatewood & His Apache Wars Memoir, and be sure to check back tomorrow for the answers!