Cochise (/ koʊˈtʃiːs / koh-CHEESS; Apache: Shi-ka-She or A-da-tli-chi, lit. 'having the quality/strength of an oak'; later K'uu-ch'ish or Cheis, lit. '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.

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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.

Nov 9, 2009 · Little is known about the early life of Apache chief Cochise (?-1874), but he was a prominent leader of the Chiricahuas and feared for his settlement raids during the 1800s. He was arrested and...

Cochise was one of the Chiricahua’s most effective leaders during the time of the Apache Wars. He was the only one able to bring prolonged peace and freedom to his people, even if it did not last long after his death.

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May 17, 2019 · Cochise led an Apache uprising against the United States government in Arizona territory in 1861 and kept fighting for 11 more years. The Union Army outnumbered and out-weaponed them in the Battle of Apache Pass, but Cochise and the Chiricahua were determined to …

Sep 26, 2018 · Cochise (ca. 1810–June 8, 1874), perhaps the most powerful Chiricahua Apache chief in recorded times, was an influential player in the history of the U.S. southwest.

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Though his son-in-law Cochise had long resisted fighting Americans, in 1861 he too, was betrayed by white men and turned against them.