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Cochise maintained his innocence and offered to look into the matter with other Apache groups, but the officer tried to arrest him. Cochise escaped by drawing a knife and slashing his way out of the tent, [3] but was shot at as he fled. [3] Bascom captured some of Cochise's relatives, who apparently were taken by surprise as Cochise escaped.
Cochise's subsequent war of vengeance, in the form of numerous raids and murders, was the beginning of the 25-year-long Apache Wars. This incident led to the awarding of the Medal of Honor that is chronologically for the earliest action, to Bernard J.D. Irwin; despite the medal being created during the Civil War, ex-post-facto awards for action ...
Cochise was unwilling to accept the Tularosa Valley as his reservation and home. In October 1872, Jeffords led General Oliver O. Howard to Cochise's Stronghold, believed to be China Meadow, in the Dragoon Mountains. Cochise demanded and got the Dragoon and Chiricahua Mountains as his reservation and Tom Jeffords as his agent. From 1872 to 1876 ...
When Cochise County was formed in February 1881, Behan was appointed as its first sheriff. Tombstone became the new county seat and the location of Behan's office. Sadie Marcus was his mistress, possibly as early as 1875 in Tip Top, Arizona, and certainly from 1880 until she found him in bed with another woman and kicked him out in mid-1881.
David Harris, an actor best known for his role as Cochise in The Warriors, died on Friday, Oct. 25, the New York Times reported. He was 75. The film and TV performer died of cancer in his New York ...
David Harris, the actor known for his role as Cochise in the 1979 cult classic “The Warriors,” has died. He was 75. Harris died Friday at his home in New York City after a battle with cancer ...
He took Cochise and his group of family members, including his wife and children, under arrest while under a white flag in the negotiating tent. [6] Angered, Cochise slashed his way from the tent and escaped. After further failed negotiations, Cochise took a member of the stage coach station hostage after an exchange of gunfire. [7]
David Harris broke out as an actor in the 1979 cult classic film. Actor David Harris, best known for his role as “Cochise” in the 1979 cult classic film “The Warriors” died on Friday at ...