Victorio (Bidu-ya, Beduiat; c. 1825 – October 14, 1880) was a warrior and chief of the Chihenne band of the Chiricahua Apaches in what is now New Mexico. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Chiricahua (also Chiricahua Apaches, Chiricagui, Apaches de Chiricahui, Chiricahues, Chilicague, Chilecagez, New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America.
Biography
He grew up in the Chihenne band (sometimes called Eastern Chiricahua). Chiricahua (also Chiricahua Apaches, Chiricagui, Apaches de Chiricahui, Chiricahues, Chilicague, Chilecagez, There have been persistent rumors by non-Apaches that Victorio was part Mexican, but there is no actual evidence or reputable oral history to support this claim. There was also some speculation by non-Apaches that he or his band had Navajo kinship ties and was known by them as "he who checks his horse". Victorio's sister was the famous woman warrior Lozen ("Dextrous Horse Thief"). Lozen (c 1840-1887? was the sister of the Chihenne - Chiricahua Apache chief Victorio (akas Bidu-ya; Beduiat)
In 1853 he was considered a chief or sub chief by the U.S. Army and signed a document. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. In his twenties, he began to ride with Geronimo and other Apache leaders. Geronimo ( Chiricahua: Goyaałé, "one who yawns" often spelled Goyathlay or Goyahkla in English ( June 16 1829 As was the custom, he became the leader of a band of Chiricahuas (sometimes also called Warm Springs or Mimbres) and Mescaleros and fought against the Army. Mescalero (or Mescalero Apache) is a Native American tribe of Southern Athabaskan heritage currently living on the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation From 1870 to 1886, Victorio and/or his band were moved to and/or left at least 3 different reservations, some more than once. His main request was to live on his traditional land. The Ojo Caliente reservation was located in their traditional territory. Victorio and his band were moved to San Carlos Reservation in Arizona Territory in 1877. The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, in southeastern Arizona, United States, was established in 1871, and is home to a conglomeration of The Territory of Arizona was an Organized territory of the United States that existed between 1863 and 1912 He and his followers immediately bolted along with other Apache bands. Victorio was fairly successful at raiding and evading capture by the military.
Victorio was credited with leading the "Alma massacre" involving a raid on United States settlers' homes around Alma, New Mexico in April 1880. Alma is an unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico, United States, north of Glenwood and south of Reserve Alma is an unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico, United States, north of Glenwood and south of Reserve During the event several settlers were killed, and Victorio's warriors were fended off by the arrival of U. S. Army soldiers from Fort Bayard. [1]
In October 1880 while moving along the Rio Grande in northern Mexico, Victorio and his band were surrounded and killed by soldiers of the Mexican army at Tres Castillos, in the municipality of Coyame, Mexican state of Chihuahua. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Only some women and children escaped with their lives and ended up being sent with Geronimo to Florida, Alabama and Oklahoma.
Victorio in current culture
In the 1953 film Hondo starring John Wayne, an Apache chief named Vittoro, possibly based on the real-life Victorio, is a major character. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hondo is a 1953 Western film starring John Wayne. It is somewhat a retelling of Hamlet, in that Hondo kills a young boy's father marries The character of Sierra Charriba in Sam Peckinpah's film Major Dundee (1965), played by Michael Pate, was based on Victorio. David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21 1925 &ndash December 28 1984 was an American Film director who achieved iconic status following the release Major Dundee was a 1965 Western film written by Harry Julian Fink and directed by Sam Peckinpah. Turner Network Television made the movie "Buffalo Soldiers" (1997) which featured Victorio, played by Harrison Lowe. Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned It starred Danny Glover, Lamont Bentley and was directed by Charles Haid. Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22 1946 is an American Actor, Film director, and Political activist. Artimus Lamont Bentley ( October 25, 1973 – January 18, 2005) was an American Television and Film Actor Charles Maurice Haid III (born June 2, 1943) is an American Actor and director, with notable work in both movies and television
In April 1980, Earth First!, led by activist David Foreman, erected a monument near Alma, New Mexico in the Gila Wilderness to honor Victorio's April 28, 1860 raid on the Cooney mining camp near Mogollon, New Mexico. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Earth First! is a radical environmental advocacy group that emerged in the Southwestern United States in 1979 Dave Foreman (born 1947 is a US Environmentalist and co-founder of the radical environmental movement Earth First! Early life and education The Alma is an unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico, United States, north of Glenwood and south of Reserve Gila Wilderness was designated the world's first Wilderness area on June 3, 1924. Mogollon, also called the Mogollon Historic District, is a former mining town located in the Mogollon Mountains in Catron County, New Mexico There is a monument erected in 2003 in Chihuahua City, Mexico, at the main Plaza commemorating him since he is considered a Chihuahuan. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
Victorio appeared in some episodes of Tex. Tex Willer is a Italian comics series featuring the character of the same name created by writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini
References
- ^ (nd) Alma Massacre]. Retrieved 6/11/07.
- Thrapp, Dan L. (1974). Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Victorio and the Mimbres Apaches. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-1076-7.
- Leckie, William H. (1967). Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. LCCN 67-15571.
- Kaywaykla, James (1972). in Eva Ball: In the Days of Victorio: Recollections of a Warm Springs Apache. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. LCCN 73-101103.
- Franciscan Fathers [1910] (1968). An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language. St. Michaels, Arizona, USA: St. Michael's Press. page 127
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