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The lifestyle of the Apache <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In their prime, the Apache people were mainly farmers, hunters, and semi-permanent settlers living off the land. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were known to farm the corn, beans, and squash seasonally, but they also supplemented this with meat from hunting and mescal, fruits, nuts, and berries from foraging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buffalo hunting was common among the Apache Indian tribes, often trading meat and hides for farm produce and other goods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the Apache warriors are often remembered the most, the Apache people were mostly peaceful until tensions with settlers escalated during the 1800s<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They had established trade networks with neighboring tribes and had a thriving, familial society that valued hard work, good manners and caring for the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Apache people had a strong military presence that helped them maintain the peace, keeping Spanish, Mexican, and Pueblo invaders at bay and protecting their territory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As encounters with American, Mexican, and Spanish settlers became more frequent, many Apache tribes became nomadic, living off the land and relying more heavily on buffalo and deer. They would eat primarily buffalo meat and use buffalo hides for clothing and tents<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Apache people were some of the first Native Americans who learned to ride horses<\/a>, acquiring Spanish horses from trading with the Pueblo people in the 1600s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They utilized them for hunting, traveling, and carrying loads. Apache Indians were very skilled riders, with children as young as 5<\/a> beginning to learn how to ride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While these skills helped outride the Spanish in combat, the main use for horses was hunting buffalo. Riding on horseback allowed hunters to kill buffalo more effectively without putting themselves in as much danger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n During the 1800s, many notable Apache leaders rose up and made their mark on history. These are some famous Apache men and women from the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Coloradas was a Chief from the Chiricahua Apache tribe. He is best known for being an intelligent, strategic leader who united many Apache tribes together to defend against American invasion forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Coloradas and his soldiers fought mainly in New Mexico, driving away American settlers and fighting against the U.S. government until 1863 when the Americans captured him at a meeting that was purported to be a peaceful meeting of truce. He was later executed, stirring up an even stronger resistance from the Apache, who were angered at the betrayal of trust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cochise became the Chiricahua Apache Chief after Coloradas\u2019 death. He was one of the most formidable Chiefs, preventing Mexicans and Americans from pushing the Apache from their lands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Although Cochise was a famously strong warrior, he is also known for leading the Apache into peace whenever possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Once peace proved to be impossible, Cochise led a resistance against the Americans for more than nine years<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, in 1872, he negotiated a peace treaty that allowed him and his tribespeople to remain on their land rather than be forced to move to a different reserve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After this peace was brokered, Cochise retired from leadership and lived a quiet life until he died in 1874. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Geronimo is one of the most famous Apache warriors, known for his wisdom and his relentlessness in protecting his people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A member of the Chiricahua Apache, Geronimo was feared by both Mexicans and Americans because he was determined to fight invading forces even when the odds were stacked against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He became a legend in Apache tales because of his bravery and ability to escape captivity for decades. However, it wasn\u2019t until 1886 that he finally surrendered after nearly 30 years of fighting to protect his homeland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Geronimo was known to have fought beside Cochise, but he did not agree to the peace treaty Cochise brokered and continued to fight with his men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As Chief of the Chihenne band of Chiricahua Apache Indians, Victorio was known to be a brilliant military strategist and tactician. <\/p>\n\n\n\n American generals who faced him in battle held high regard for his ability to lead his men and overcome impossible odds. He fought alongside many of the other legendary Apache leaders while they were alive but eventually surrendered in 1869 and agreed to live on a reservation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This only lasted until 1877, when after years of terrible treatment and constant relocation to different reservations, Victorio and around 300 other Apache escaped to become a nomadic people again, raiding Mexican and American settlements for supplies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After three years on the run, the Mexican army eventually overcame Victorio\u2019s band in 1880<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Given the nickname the Apache Joan of Arc, Lozen was a strong, fearless Apache warrior woman as well as a shaman. <\/p>\n\n\n\nFamous Apache <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Mangas Coloradas <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Geronimo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Victorio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Lozen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n