 However, at that time, few Apaches were willing to join Crook so he was forced to recruit native Americans from various tribes across the Southwest.The majority of Crook's scouts were Apache, divided into two companies, but at first there were also Navajos, Pimas, Yaquis, Opatas, Papagos, Walapais, Yavapais, and Paiutes, as well as some Mexicans and Americans.General Crook allowed any captured Apache male to join his scouts, believing that ""the wilder the Apache was, the more he was likely to know the wiles and statagems of those still out in the mountains.