Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan mika wuya na Geronimo a 1886, babu buƙatar buƙatun Apache don haka an rage adadin su zuwa mutum hamsin kawai a 1891. A shekara ta 1915 guda ashirin da huɗu ne kawai suka rage. Koyaya, bayan harin Pancho Villa a kan Columbus, New Mexico, a watan Maris 1916, Janar John J. Pershing an umurce shi da ya ba da umarnin
tafiyar hukuntawa zuwa Mexico don kama ko kashe Villa. Pershing ya ba da izinin shiga sabbin 'yan leƙen asirin Apache goma sha bakwai, wanda ya haifar da mutum talatin da tara. Pancho Villa da 'yan tawayensa suna aiki a Chihuahua lokacin da Pershing ya jagoranci sojojinsa a kan iyakar kasa da kasa. An raba 'yan leken asirin zuwa rukuni biyu. Rukunin farko ya shiga Mexico daga Fort Huachuca, Arizona, don shiga tare da Sojojin Buffalo Sojoji na 10, yayin da rukuni na biyu ya tashi daga Fort Apache, don shiga cikin Sojojin Sojoji na 11. Koyaya, a lokacin da 'yan leken asirin suka isa Chihuahua, Mexico, tuni Pershing ya dakatar da farautar Villa, saboda rashin nasara a yakin Carrizal, wanda Amurkawa suka yi yaƙi da sojojin gwamnatin Mexico, da aka sani da Carrancistas. Ba a ci gaba da farautar ba kuma bayan haka Pershing ya fara mamaye arewacin Chihuahua, sannan kuma ya janye zuwa Amurka, a karkashin umarnin Shugaba Wilson.