cochise in English

noun
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( c.1812–74 ) , American Indian leader, chief of the Chiricahua Apache. With a band of followers, he resisted white encroachment on Arizona Indian lands.

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1. There's no question of honor, sir, between an American officer and Cochise.

2. Bowie is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona

3. Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles (132 km) southeast of Tucson

4. Blizzard's Bonafide 97 is a signature model in the brand's all-mountain collection, landing between the popular Brahma 88 and Cochise 106

5. Apache, North American Indians who, under such leaders as Cochise, Mangas Coloradas, Geronimo, and Victorio, figured largely in the history of the Southwest during the latter half of the 19th century

6. Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA : A town founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town in 1880 and named after Judge Dewitt Bisbee, who was a financial backer of the area's Copper Queen Mine, the largest claim at the time

7. Ed Sweeney, author of the definitive work on the Apache Wars, From Cochise to Geronimo: The Chiricahua Apaches, 1874-1886, says, “I have never encountered one incident where Apaches raped their female captives.It was a common act among some of the Plains Indians, the Comanches, Cheyennes and Kiowas.”

8. ‘Maddock's horse Balked and reared as a mercenary snatched at its reins.’ ‘He nudged Cochise towards the sound but the pinto out and out Balked and refused to take another step.’ ‘There was a boggy place in the road but we could go through it as long as neither horse in the team Balked.’

9. Amerindian: 1 n any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived Synonyms: Native American Examples: show 17 examples hide 17 examples Makataimeshekiakiak Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838) Cochise Apache leader of the resistance to United States

10. ‘Maddock's horse Balked and reared as a mercenary snatched at its reins.’ ‘He nudged Cochise towards the sound but the pinto out and out Balked and refused to take another step.’ ‘There was a boggy place in the road but we could go through it as long as neither horse in the team Balked.’