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Cochise
Apache chief
Quick Facts
- Died:
- June 8, 1874, Chiricahua Apache Reservation, Arizona Territory, U.S.
- On the Web:
- Grace Dee May Museum and Library - Cochise: The Life of the Legendary Apache Chief (Nov. 28, 2024)
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. Nothing is known of Cochise’s birth or early life. His people remained at peace with white settlers through the 1850s, even working as woodcutters at the Apache Pass stagecoach station. Trouble began in 1861, when a raiding party drove off cattle belonging to a white rancher and abducted the child of a ranch hand. An inexperienced U.S. Army officer ...(100 of 359 words)