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Mangas Coloradas person

born: [1855-01-01,1856-01-01)died/dissolved: [1861-01-01,1862-01-01)🌐 Q460856id: p_mangas-coloradas_b98887
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Summary:  An Apache leader who co-commanded a force of roughly four hundred warriors at the Battle of Pinos Altos in 1861.
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miners1851
cited from Apacheria in Southwest New Mexico: Exploring the Homeland of the Chiricahua Apache (Part 1) (2013)
Comprehensive overview of Chiricahua Apache history in southwest New Mexico. Covers the four main Chiricahua bands: Bedonkohe, Chihene, Chokonen, and Nednhi and their geographic territories. Details the early conflict between Chiricahua and New Spain/Mexico from the 1600s to mid-…

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Fort McLaneJanuary 1863
cited from Apacheria in Southwest New Mexico: Exploring the Homeland of the Chiricahua Apache (Part 1) (2013)
Comprehensive overview of Chiricahua Apache history in southwest New Mexico. Covers the four main Chiricahua bands: Bedonkohe, Chihene, Chokonen, and Nednhi and their geographic territories. Details the early conflict between Chiricahua and New Spain/Mexico from the 1600s to mid-…

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Battle of Pinos Altos leading roughly four hundred Apache warriorsSeptember 27, 1861
Pinos Altos sits in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range in northern Grant County, New Mexico. Gold was discovered in Bear Creek in 1860 by a party of prospectors led by Birch, Hicks, and Snively, drawing several thousand miners to the area within a year. The camp's population …

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Chihene band1861-1873
cited from Apacheria in Southwest New Mexico (Part 2): Hidden Valley and the Final Years (2013)
Details the discovery of a hidden rock-lined defensive position overlooking Bear Creek near Silver City, likely built by Apaches or early settlers during the Apache wars. Covers the later conflict period 1861-1873 including the joining of forces of Chokonen and Chihene bands unde…

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cited from _Sept_Apache_agency_Steck_to_Governor_re_Mangas_Coloradas_PDF_ (1855)
_Sept_Apache_agency_Steck_to_Governor_re_Mangas_Coloradas_PDF_ Notes: Business records, family letters, and records from his second appointment as Indian Agent for the Southern Apache. Reports Mangas Coloradas is unable to leave his people due to hostilities with Sonorans. Discu…

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cited from Apacheria in Southwest New Mexico (Part 2): Hidden Valley and the Final Years (2013)
Details the discovery of a hidden rock-lined defensive position overlooking Bear Creek near Silver City, likely built by Apaches or early settlers during the Apache wars. Covers the later conflict period 1861-1873 including the joining of forces of Chokonen and Chihene bands unde…

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cited from _Sept_Apache_agency_Steck_to_Governor_re_Mangas_Coloradas_PDF_ (1855)
_Sept_Apache_agency_Steck_to_Governor_re_Mangas_Coloradas_PDF_ Notes: Business records, family letters, and records from his second appointment as Indian Agent for the Southern Apache. Reports Mangas Coloradas is unable to leave his people due to hostilities with Sonorans. Discu…

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_Sept_Apache_agency_Steck_to_Governor_re_Mangas_Coloradas_PDF_

Steck, Michael · 1855 · book · Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of New Mexico. · details

_Sept_Apache_agency_Steck_to_Governor_re_Mangas_Coloradas_PDF_

Steck, Michael · 1855 · book · Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of New Mexico. · details

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