Very
few people
know the
history of
Arizona's
Apache.
Most
think Geronimo
was the chief
of the few
Apaches who
eluded 25% of
the entire
U.S. Army for
so long.
However,
Niache,
Cochise's son,
was chief and
Geronimo was
his General.
Cochise
had two sons-
Tasia and
Niache. Tasia
was a white
man's police
while Niache
was a rebel
renegade.
My
pardner and
friend and I
had a trading
post in
Illinois in
the early
1990s called
"Spirit Horse
Trading." This
is where we
found Tasia's
Bonnet.
Ed
Toth delivered
the Bonnet to
Mildred Kleg
Horn, chief of
the Apaches at
the time, at
Ft. Sill,
Oklahoma. It
is still there
on display.
Because
of lawsuits,
Ed took his
life shorty
after. He was
a great man
and is missed
dearly.
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