Cochise, American tribal chief (born 1805)

Cochise

Apache tribe chief (c. 1805–1874)

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.…