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- SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1874, Page 2
- DEATH OF COCHISE
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- Cochise, chief of the Chiricahuas Apaches, died in the Dragoon Mountains, Monday, June 8, inst. He had been in ill health for some months from dyspepsia and probably an infection of the lungs. He was about fifty years of age and of late years has been much addicted to dissipation. He was possessed of a good deal of shrewdness and quite a capacity for controlling men. The extent of his command has been greatly overestimated. He probably at no time had under his control over 300 warriors, and of late the warriors belonging to his band undoubtedly have not exceeded 75. It is probable that in the history of Indian warfare no band of equal size has murdered more white men
- than this one. For twelve years they inhabited the most rugged mountains near the overland road between Rio Mimbres and the San Pedro, a distance of 200 miles keeping a close watch for favorable opportunities to attack any and all who might pass along, and hundreds have been slaughtered during that time. Large trains have been taken and destroyed, and stages, mails, drivers and passengers fared the same fate.
- After Cochise's death the Apaches killed and ate his horses and burned all his worldly goods. They then chose Cochise's eldest son, Taya, for their chief and broke camp and moved to the Agency. The new chief is about 22 years of age, a stout, athletic Apache, without any apparance of possessing any superior ability. We understand that they agree to keep the peace and obey Agent, Jeffords.--ARIZONA CITIZEN June 13.
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WEEKLY NEW MEXICAN
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1874, Page 2
We learn from the Arizona papers that our old townsman, C.E. Cooley, has been out on a scout with a party of Apaches, and killed twenty three hostile Indians. This is a good report, but should be corroborated by twenty three scalps.
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