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Mar 4, 2011 · World history. 4 March, 2011. From 1861 to 1886, the American Southwest was the battleground of one of the longest and most complex series of conflicts between Native Americans and the United States government. Known as the Apache Wars, these conflicts were marked by their intensity, the tenacity of Apache resistance, and the impact they had on ...
May 26, 2024 · Apache Wars. c. 1837–c. 1924. The Apache Wars were a series of raids, skirmishes, and battles fought between the United States and various Apache tribes in the 19th and 20th Centuries. The wars helped shape America’s Manifest Destiny and led to the rise of important Apache leaders, including Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, and Geronimo.
- Randal Rust
The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States Army and various Apache tribal confederations fought in the southwest between 1849 and 1886, though minor hostilities continued until as late as 1924. After the Mexican–American War in 1846, the United States annexed conflicted territory from Mexico which was the home ...
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Sep 28, 2023 · The Bascom Massacre. The Apache Wars are identified by a string of incidents and conflicts, often seemingly unrelated, but all part of a larger tapestry of American imperialism and Apache resistance. In one of the most notorious incidents, the stepson of a rancher in what is now Arizona was kidnapped by a group of Apaches in 1861.
- Orrin Grey
Jun 11, 2018 · When Spain reconquered New Mexico in 1692, Apache warriors controlled the region from the Gulf of California to west Texas, where they battled the powerful Comanches. Faced with the fierce Comanches in Coahuilla and Texas, the Spaniards attempted to make peace with the Jicarilla Apaches, founding a short-lived mission for them near the Taos ...
Access to the full content requires a subscription. Apache history before 1850 is poorly understood because of the long-standing mistaken assumption that Apaches were inherently violent raiders and warriors from time immemorial. Although Athapaskans fought surrounding Indigenous groups for control of the southern plains prior to European ...
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Nov 25, 2016 · It was his 1861 abduction that led to the violent confrontation between Chiricahua Apache leader Cochise and Lt. George Bascom that set off the larger Apache Wars. Throughout the 1870s and 1880s, this bicultural young man was raised happily as an Apache, but he also periodically was employed by the army as a sergeant of Indian scouts.
