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In what became known as the Bascom affair, three of the men killed were Cochise's brother and nephews, and Cochise gathered the Apache tribes and made war on the U.S. for vengeance, sparking the century-long conflict. [3] The first U.S. Army campaigns specifically against the Apache began in 1849. [4]
When Mexico became independent in 1821 the long-standing peace with the Apache began to fall apart. The number of soldiers at the frontier presidios was reduced, as was the budget for supporting the soldiers and the Apache. The key element leading to war was that, in 1831, the Mexican government cut off food rations to Apaches settled near ...
' oak '; c. 1805 – June 8, 1874) was the leader of the Chiricahui local group of the Chokonen and principal nantan of the Chokonen band of a Chiricahua Apache. A key war leader during the Apache Wars, he led an uprising that began in 1861 and persisted until a peace treaty was negotiated in 1872. Cochise County is named after him. [1]
Both were cited for "extreme courage and heroism" while under attack by hostile Apaches, on March 7, 1890. Sergeant Y. B. Rowdy, Troop A, of the Indian Scouts, was also decorated with the medal on the same date. [1] The last Apache raid into the United States occurred as late as 1924 when a band of natives stole some horses from Arizonan ...
The Apache scouts were furious after seeing their commander gunned down and returned fire on the Mexicans. For an hour the two sides skirmished until the Mexicans waved a white flag. The Americans had lost Captain Crawford, who died on January 18, and four men wounded including Tom Horn, who was shot in the arm.
An Apache nightmare: the battle at Cibecue Creek; Davis, Britton The Truth about Geronimo, New Haven: Yale Press 1929; Geronimo (edited by Barrett) Geronimo, His Own Story, New York: Ballantine Books, 1971; Kaywaykla, James (edited Eve Ball) In the Days of Victorio: Recollections of a Warm Springs Apache, Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970
The 2002 fire dealt a near-fatal blow to the eastern Arizona tribe's timber industry, but it has recovered in recent years. White Mountain Apache Tribe lost a lot in Rodeo-Chediski Fire, but has ...
There are several events involving the Apache known as Apache War, the Apache Wars, or Apache Campaign: Apache–Mexico Wars (1600s–1915) Apache Wars (1849–1924) Jicarilla War (1849–1855) Chiricahua Wars (1851–1886) Chiricahua War (1860–1873) Yavapai War (1871–1875) Apache Campaign (1873) Renegade Period (1879–1924) Victorio's War ...