Mangas Coloradas, chief of the Chiricahua Apaches
By: Edwin R. Sweeney.
Series: The civilization of the American Indian series ;; v. 231
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 578
Subjects: Mangas Coloradas, Apache chief, d. 1863?; Chiricahua Indians -- Biography.; Chiricahua Indians -- History.
Other titles: Mangas Coloradas
Description: Mangas Coloradas led his Chiricahua Apache people for almost forty years. During the last years of Mangas's life, he and his son-in-law Cochise led an assault against white settlement in Apacheria that made the two of them the most feared warriors in the Southwest. In this first full-length biography of the legendary chief, Ed Sweeney vividly portrays the Apache culture in which Mangas rose to power and the conflict with Americans that led to his brutal death.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-550) and index.