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Cochise (/ koʊˈtʃiːs / koh-CHEESS; Apache: Shi-ka-She or A-da-tli-chi, lit. 'having the quality/strength of an oak'; later K'uu-ch'ish or Cheis, lit. 'oak'; c. 1805 – June 8, 1874) was the Mexican leader of the Chiricahui local group of the Chokonen and principal nantan of the Chokonen band of a Chiricahua Apache.
Cochise College is a public, two-year institution that serves the residents of Cochise County from two campuses and four centers throughout Southern Arizona.
Apache chief Cochise (?‑1874) was a prominent leader of the Chiricahua Indians, feared for his settlement raids during the 1800s.
Cochise (died June 8, 1874, Chiricahua Apache Reservation, Arizona Territory, U.S.) was a Chiricahua Apache chief who led the Indians’ resistance to the white man’s incursions into the U.S. Southwest in the 1860s; the southeasternmost county of Arizona bears his name.
Cochise (ca. 1810–June 8, 1874), perhaps the most powerful Chiricahua Apache chief in recorded times, was an influential player in the history of the U.S. southwest.
Cochise led an Apache uprising against the United States government in Arizona territory in 1861 and kept fighting for 11 more years. The Union Army outnumbered and out-weaponed them in the Battle of Apache Pass, but Cochise and the Chiricahua were determined to keep their land.
Cochise was one of the Chiricahua’s most effective leaders during the time of the Apache Wars. He was the only one able to bring prolonged peace and freedom to his people, even if it did not last long after his death.
In 1872, Cochise agreed to a treaty that granted his tribe land in Arizona, and he remained there until his death two years later. Facts, information and articles about Cochise, a Native American Indian Chief from the Wild West.
Cochise County Launches User-Friendly Portal for Public Records Requests. Cochise County is pleased to announce the launch of a new, easy-to-use portal for submitting and tracking public records requests.
Cochise was one of the Apache Indian chiefs who resisted the invasion of both Americans and Mexicans to Apache lands. Cochise was born in the year 1804 and lived in the county of Chiricahua. Cochise's name meant having the qualities or the strength of oak.