Nino Cochise

http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2005/sep/20/nino_cochise_grandson/
Some years ago, I read the man's autobiography. Today, I found this interesting story of the man and his background.

Below is a snippet from the article:

More than a thousand Chiricahua Apaches eluded his efforts. Clum was eventually able to round up a little over a thousand of Tahza's followers and march them to San Carlos. The above is recorded history available from a number of sources.

What is not generally known is that Tahza and Tom Jeffords skillfully arranged for Tahza's family clan, of 38, to disappear under the leadership of his young wife, Nod-Ah-Sti, and an old medicine man, De-O-Det.

The clan's names were lost when Tom Jeffords resigned as Indian agent of the Chiricahua Reservation in protest of the United States government's breaking of the treaty. The names of the clan were not entered onto military records, or if they were, they were lost, presumably because the military did not want to admit that any Indians had escaped during the forced march to San Carlos.

Tahza and 20 Apaches accompanied Clum to Washington to be interviewed by President Grant two months after the relocation. Tahza caught pneumonia, died, and was buried in the Congressional Cemetery. Clum returned to San Carlos and tried to explain the death of their chief to the Chiricahua Apaches. Naiche, the younger brother of Tahza, became totally enraged, and with a number of embittered warriors, bolted the reservation. This outbreak began the Geronimo Wars which lasted for 10 years, until 1886.