Two years after the 1872 peace agreement with Cochise, the Apache chief died, and several hundred Chiricahuas were relocated to the San Carlos Indian Reservation. Geronimo and more than a hundred followers escaped the roundup and began a ten-year period of raiding and pillaging on both sides of the border. During that time, Fort Bowie served as the hub for military operations against the Chiricahuas. Arduous search-and-destroy missions into Mexico by regular troops and specially recruited Apache scouts gradually wore down Geronimo's band. The Chiricahuas' last surrender in September 1886 signaled the end of the nation's Indian wars. Fort Bowie then entered its final eight years in a more leisurely period, with cottonwood trees planted in 1885, kerosene street lamps lighting pathways between frame buildings, a tennis court on officers' row, and soldiers attending dances, playing baseball, hunting, and holding training maneuvers as fort life became more relaxed.