First in keeping with his profession, as a University Professor were going to have a pop quiz. One question pass fail. Here is the question. What do jeff chandler, charles bronson, rock hudson and the incredibleably blueeyed Burt Lancaster all have in common . I think i hear the answer and the answer is all these hollywood leading men played Apache Indian leaders in the movies. Jeff chandler played cochise. Hock hudson played taza, son of cochise. Bronson want chato and burt was the warrior, masai. For extra credit, answer this, what made these roles so attractive to these actors in could it be the epic nature of their struggle . Keep those questions in mind. Also keep those names in mind. Maybe not the faces. The people may reappear as paul hutton tells us about our war with the apache tribes. Americas longest. It all began with an apache raid and the kidnapping of an arizona ranchers boy in 1861 and lasted more than a quarter after century. The fighting only ended with the 1886 surre