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Victorio person

born: [1880-01-01,1881-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q19731574id: p_victorio_bceb86

also known as: Head Chief of Warm Spring Apache

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Summary:  Victorio is identified as the Head Chief of the Warm Spring Apache and is referenced in connection with another individual who is his in-law.
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Claims (30)

attacked

Cooney MineApril 28, 1880
cited from A Time-Travel Hike Up Mineral Creek to Cooney Camp & Mine (2014)
Hiking account and history of Mineral Creek and Cooney Camp. Detailed narrative of Victorio's War: his flight from San Carlos Reservation on September 2, 1877 with 300 Chihenne and Bedonkohe Chiricahua; his failed negotiations with the US government for a reservation at Ojo Calie…
Cooney Mine and AlmaApril 28, 1880
cited from The San Francisco River Backcountry (2014)
Detailed exploration of the San Francisco (Frisco) River Backcountry in the Gila National Forest, approximately 200 square miles between US 180 and the Arizona state line. Covers the Mogollon Culture's use of the river as a north-south trade route with villages farming maize, bea…

defeated

cited from When Victorio defeated Hatch and whip-… (1891)
When Victorio defeated Hatch and whip- ped the ninth cavalry at San Andreas, it was Roman Chiquito who tenderly nursed and cared for his friend. Captain Henry Carrol, of the Ninth Cavalry, when that gallant officer was shot through the body, a v…
cited from When Victorio defeated Hatch and whip-… (1891)
When Victorio defeated Hatch and whip- ped the ninth cavalry at San Andreas, it was Roman Chiquito who tenderly nursed and cared for his friend. Captain Henry Carrol, of the Ninth Cavalry, when that gallant officer was shot through the body, a v…
Hatch and Ninth Cavalry at San Andreas
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-08 (1891)
d on the unprotected settlements of southern New Mexico deluged our soil with the blood of three hundred slaugh- tered citizens, it was Roman Chiquito who rode day and night to warn the settlers in the vicinity of the White and Sacramento …

fled_from

San Carlos ReservationSeptember 2, 1877
cited from A Time-Travel Hike Up Mineral Creek to Cooney Camp & Mine (2014)
Hiking account and history of Mineral Creek and Cooney Camp. Detailed narrative of Victorio's War: his flight from San Carlos Reservation on September 2, 1877 with 300 Chihenne and Bedonkohe Chiricahua; his failed negotiations with the US government for a reservation at Ojo Calie…

fought_in

cited from Hatch, finding himself outgeneraled and… (1891)
rio defeated Hatch and whip- ped the ninth cavalry at San Andreas, it was Roman Chiquito who tenderly nursed and cared for his friend. Captain Henry Carrol, of the Ninth Cavalry, when that gallant officer was shot through the body, a victim …
battles with government troops
cited from INDIANS OUT (1891)
secretary of the Union Iron and Foundry company at St. Louis, are here today en route home from Grant county, where they and their associates have just purchased from Mrs. Caldwell the famous “ricolite” quarries. They brought letters to seve…
cited from Nearly a year later, a prospecting party en-… (1891)
Capt. Jim Blain with two or three others were coming in with a supply of provisions and were jumped by the red devils about two miles below the present site of Chloride. No casualties re- sulted however, and the only loss sustained was tha…
attack on Mesilla stage coachfall of 1881
cited from Soldiers, citizens and Indians met frequent-… (1891)
bloody battles and massacres known to Indian war- fare. Soldiers, citizens and Indians met frequent- ly, almost under the shadow of the walls of Cummings, and some of the most desperate conflicts recorded in the annals of frontier life occurr…
ambush of pursuing soldiersfall of 1881
cited from Soldiers, citizens and Indians met frequent-… (1891)
bloody battles and massacres known to Indian war- fare. Soldiers, citizens and Indians met frequent- ly, almost under the shadow of the walls of Cummings, and some of the most desperate conflicts recorded in the annals of frontier life occurr…
cited from When Victorio defeated Hatch and whip-… (1891)
When Victorio defeated Hatch and whip- ped the ninth cavalry at San Andreas, it was Roman Chiquito who tenderly nursed and cared for his friend. Captain Henry Carrol, of the Ninth Cavalry, when that gallant officer was shot through the body, a v…
battles against government troops in 1880 and 1881
cited from INDIANS OUT (1891)
INDIANS OUT From several localities, reports reach us that roving bands of Indians have been seen during the past two weeks. Numerous signs have been seen, quite recently, and a militia company has been organized at Chloride, for protection. The …
cited from Parker’s scouts, below the box canyon on… (1891)
Parker’s scouts, below the box canyon on the main Palomas, surrounded old Victorio’s camp and engaged with the hostiles. After the smoke of battle had cleared away, it was dis- covered, that during the night the Indians had escaped, leaving a num…
raid through Chloride, Hillsboro, White House, McEvers' ranch
cited from Nearly a year later, a prospecting party en-… (1891)
Nearly a year later, a prospecting party en- camped one half mile above Chloride, was at- tacked, and three white victims now sleep on Chloride creek, whose graves are visible to the passerby. The raid of Victorio and forty of his braves through …
cited from Legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers (2025)
Overview of Buffalo Soldiers by Bud Russo. Covers the 1866 creation of five all-black regiments (9th and 10th Cavalry, 24th, 25th, and 38th Infantry); nearly 4,000 Buffalo Soldiers serving at 11 frontier forts in New Mexico; first black troops arriving at Fort Selden in 1866; no …
cited from Legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers (2025)
Overview of Buffalo Soldiers by Bud Russo. Covers the 1866 creation of five all-black regiments (9th and 10th Cavalry, 24th, 25th, and 38th Infantry); nearly 4,000 Buffalo Soldiers serving at 11 frontier forts in New Mexico; first black troops arriving at Fort Selden in 1866; no …
cited from Victorio and the Mimbres Apaches (1974)
Dan Thrapp's classic study of Victorio, the great Warm Springs Apache leader who waged one of the most effective guerrilla campaigns in American history. Focuses on Victorio's band — the Chihenne — and their struggle against U.S. and Mexican forces across the mountains of Grant C…

head_of

cited from _Ka_e_te_nay_or_Gait_en_eh_son_in_law_of_Victorio_Head_Chief_of_Warm_Spring_Apaches_ (1880)
_Ka_e_te_nay_or_Gait_en_eh_son_in_law_of_Victorio_Head_Chief_of_Warm_Spring_Apaches_ Notes: Wittick #32A Original is 5" x 8" glass negative Subject: Indians of North America Subject file: Native Americans-Apache-Warm Springs-Portraits Publisher: Palace of the Governors Photo …

killed

three menApril 28, 1880
cited from A Time-Travel Hike Up Mineral Creek to Cooney Camp & Mine (2014)
Hiking account and history of Mineral Creek and Cooney Camp. Detailed narrative of Victorio's War: his flight from San Carlos Reservation on September 2, 1877 with 300 Chihenne and Bedonkohe Chiricahua; his failed negotiations with the US government for a reservation at Ojo Calie…

killed_by

three hundred citizens
cited from Roman Chiquito inherits the valor of his… (1891)
Roman Chiquito inherits the valor of his grandfather and the progressive ideas of his uncle. From his boyhood the voice and ex- ample of Roman Chiquito were always found on the side of peace ; and when Victorio, sweep- ing down like a whirlwind o…
not specified
cited from Nearly a year later, a prospecting party en-… (1891)
Nearly a year later, a prospecting party en- camped one half mile above Chloride, was at- tacked, and three white victims now sleep on Chloride creek, whose graves are visible to the passerby. The raid of Victorio and forty of his braves through …
unknown
cited from Indeh: An Apache Odyssey (1980)
A companion oral history to In the Days of Victorio, focusing on the Warm Springs Apache experience after Victorio's death — the exile to Florida, internment at Mount Vernon Barracks, and eventual settlement in Oklahoma. Includes detailed accounts of Victorio's War in the Black R…

killed_in

campaign of 1879-801879-1880
cited from commissioned second lieutenant… (1891) · +1 more
commissioned second lieutenant. He served in New Mexico during the war. Upon his regiment being mustered out in August, 1864 he was commissioned as captain of cavalry, and assign- ed to the command of a company of scouts and guides against hostil…

leader_of

cited from Victorio and the Mimbres Apaches (1974)
Dan Thrapp's classic study of Victorio, the great Warm Springs Apache leader who waged one of the most effective guerrilla campaigns in American history. Focuses on Victorio's band — the Chihenne — and their struggle against U.S. and Mexican forces across the mountains of Grant C…

led

300 Chihenne and Bedonkohe ChiricahuaSeptember 2, 1877
cited from A Time-Travel Hike Up Mineral Creek to Cooney Camp & Mine (2014)
Hiking account and history of Mineral Creek and Cooney Camp. Detailed narrative of Victorio's War: his flight from San Carlos Reservation on September 2, 1877 with 300 Chihenne and Bedonkohe Chiricahua; his failed negotiations with the US government for a reservation at Ojo Calie…

lived_at

Black Range1880-1881
cited from INDIANS OUT (1891)
secretary of the Union Iron and Foundry company at St. Louis, are here today en route home from Grant county, where they and their associates have just purchased from Mrs. Caldwell the famous “ricolite” quarries. They brought letters to seve…
cited from INDIANS OUT (1891)
INDIANS OUT From several localities, reports reach us that roving bands of Indians have been seen during the past two weeks. Numerous signs have been seen, quite recently, and a militia company has been organized at Chloride, for protection. The …

married_to

[wife of Victorio]
cited from Basketry
Basketry From card: "Burden basket bought by Mr. L.K. Hopkins in the Spring of 1882 at Fort Wingate from the ... [wife] of the celebrated Apache chief Victorio. A number of old men, women and children were brought into the fort at the time the Apaches were on the warpath [sic]. …

negotiated_with

US government1877-1880
cited from A Time-Travel Hike Up Mineral Creek to Cooney Camp & Mine (2014)
Hiking account and history of Mineral Creek and Cooney Camp. Detailed narrative of Victorio's War: his flight from San Carlos Reservation on September 2, 1877 with 300 Chihenne and Bedonkohe Chiricahua; his failed negotiations with the US government for a reservation at Ojo Calie…

Mentioned by (9)

Ka_e_te_nay in_law_of Victorio
J.C. Cooney killed_by VictorioApril 29, 1880
Captain Madden's son killed_by Victoriofall of 1881
Ka_e_te_nay married_to Victorio
burden basket owned VictorioSpring 1882
U.S. Army pursued Victorio
Kaetenay son_in_law_of Victorio
Dan Thrapp wrote_about Victorio

Sources (18)

commissioned second lieutenant…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

Hatch, finding himself outgeneraled and…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

INDIANS OUT

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

INDIANS OUT

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Nearly a year later, a prospecting party en-…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

Parker’s scouts, below the box canyon on…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

Roman Chiquito inherits the valor of his…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

When Victorio defeated Hatch and whip-…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

Victorio and the Mimbres Apaches

Thrapp, Dan L. · 1974 · book · rights_reserved · details

Indeh: An Apache Odyssey

Ball, Eve; Kaywaykla, James · 1980 · book · rights_reserved · details

The San Francisco River Backcountry

O'Connor, Michael · 2014 · other · web · details

Legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers

Russo, Bud · 2025 · other · web · details

Basketry

Miss Ella F. Hubby · other · unknown · details

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