Cochise, Chiricahua Apache Chief

Edwin R Sweeney

ISBN 10: 0806123370 / ISBN 13: 9780806123370

Edité par Univ of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1991

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Clean, tight-bound 8vo, 501pp. Cochise (1824-1874) was the hereditary and war chief of the Apache Indians of Arizona. Book contains great photos of Mangas Coloradas, Victorio, George Crook and Cochise's sons, Taza and Naiche -- and many of the elements of the Chiricahua Apache wars, but is missing photos of Cochise. The photos shown here are from another source and may be Cochise, but may not. He was known as the Apache Napoleon and was one of the most skilled and elusive opponents of the whites' who were trying to take over of the Apache lands. This is an excellent history, but leans on the Army side of the war. No surprise there.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Cochise, Chiricahua Apache Chief
• Éditeur: Univ of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
• Date de parution: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0806123370
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780806123370
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First edition.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: missing
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Native American Indians

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Synopsis

When it acquired New Mexico and Arizona, the United States inherited the territory of a people who had been a thorn in the side of Mexico since 1821 and Spain before that. Known collectively as Apaches, these Indians lived in diverse, widely scattered groups with many names - Mescaleros, Chiricahuas, and Jicarillas, to name but three. Much has been written about them and their leaders, such as Geronimo, Juh, Nana, Victorio and Mangas Coloradas, but no one wrote extensively about the greatest leader of them all: Cochise. Now, however, Edwin R Sweeney has remedied this deficiency with his biography. Cochise, a Chiricahua, was said to be the most resourceful, most brutal, most feared Apache. He and his warriors raided in both Mexico and the United States, crossing the border both ways to obtain sanctuary after raids for cattle, horse, and other livestock. Once only he was captured and imprisoned; on the day he was freed he vowed never to be taken again. From that day he gave no quarter and asked none. Always at the head of his warriors in battle, he led a charmed life, being wounded several times but always surviving. In 1861, when his brother was executed by Americans at Apache Pass, Cochise declared war. He fought relentlessly for a decade, and then only in the face of overwhelming military superiority did he agree to a peace and accept the reservation. Nevertheless, even though he was blamed for virtually every subsequent Apache depredation in Arizona and New Mexico, he faithfully kept that peace until his death in 1874.