Cochise
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Cochise 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.
Bronze bust of imagined likeness of Cochise by Betty Butts, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Arizona
Dragoon Mountains in Southeastern Arizona, where Cochise hid with his warriors
Cochise Stronghold, Dragoon Mountains, southeastern Arizona
Chiricahua
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Chiricahua is a band of Apache Native Americans.
Ba-keitz-ogie (Yellow Coyote), U.S. Army Scout
Chiricahua National Monument entrance roadway
Chiricahua Apaches as they arrived at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania
Goyaałé (Geronimo), in native garb