Cochise (or "Cheis") was one of the most noted Apache leaders (along with Geronimo and Mangas Coloradas) to resist intrusions by Mexicans and Americans during the 19th century.

Cochise 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.

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 …

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.

Cochise was the chief of the central band of the Chiricahua Apaches, a nomadic people of the American Southwest. He was on good terms with whites in the Arizona Territory until 1861, when some of his …

Who was Cochise? Learn about the legendary Apache leader known for his fierce resistance against the US government and his role in the Apache Wars in our bite-sized biography.

Born in Arizona in 1812, Cochise, the son of a Chiricahua Apache chief, inherited the leadership of the Chiricahuas in about 1850. The same year, by the Treaty of Guadalupe, the United States took …

Nov 9, 2009 · Apache chief Cochise (?-1874) was a prominent leader of the Chiricahua Indians, feared for his settlement raids durin...

Cochise was a Chiricahua chief and one of the most famous Apache leaders to resist U.S. expansion into western America.

Oct 9, 2024 · Cochise ( Cheis or Adatlichi, in Apache K'uuch'ish oak c. 1805 June 8, 1874) was leader of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen (central or real Chiricahua) and principal chief (or …