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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]
The Yavapai War, was an armed conflict in the United States from 1871 to 1875 against Yavapai and Western Apache bands of Arizona. It began in the aftermath of the Camp Grant Massacre , on April 28, 1871, in which nearly 150 Pinal and Aravaipa Apaches were massacred by O'odham warriors , Mexican settlers, and American settlers.
' 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]
Meanwhile, the second Apache unit rushed for the open gate of Fort Tucson but the advance was halted by cannon and musket fire from Captain Allande and four of his men, positioned on the bridge above the gate. The attack also failed due to Lieutenant Urrea's position, on the roof of his parapet topped house, which flanked the Apache attack ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
The Battle of Pima Butte, or the Battle of Maricopa Wells, was fought on September 1, 1857 at Pima Butte, Arizona near Maricopa Wells in the Sierra Estrella. Yuma, Mohave, Apache and Yavapai warriors attacked a Maricopa village named Secate in one of the largest battles in Arizona's history.