This is generally considered the end Process_end of the Apache Wars , although conflicts Hostile_encounter continued between citizens and Apaches .

The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 had opened Openness the territory to Americans , and the sudden growth Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of settlement and investment proved Coming_to_believe a source of great enmity Quarreling between local Apaches and the American newcomers .