Chevato

Informationen zum Autor William Chebahtah is the grandson of Chevato and the transmitter of the oral history on which Chevato is based. Nancy McGown Minor has a master's degree in history from Texas State University and is an independent researcher. Klappentext Provides a rare glimpse into Lipan and Mescalero Apache life in the late nineteenth century Zusammenfassung Provides an oral history of the Apache warrior Chevato, who captured eleven-year-old Herman Lehmann from his Texas homestead in May 1870. Chevato provides a Native American point of view on both the Apache and Comanche capture of children and specifics regarding the captivity of Lehmann known only to the Apache participants. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsIntroduction by Nancy McGown MinorIntroduction by William ChebahtahPart 1. The Lipan Apaches, Zaragosa, and the Mescalero Apaches1. The Lipan Apaches2. The Massacre at Zaragosa3. The Mescalero Apaches, Mexican Bandits, and Revenge4. The Vision Quest5. The Blackbirds6. Chevato and Dinero Leave the Bandits7. The Thirty-two Burros8. The AmnestyPart 2. Herman Lehmann and Quanah Parker9. The Capture of Herman Lehmann10. The Capture of Children11. Herman Lehmann Leaves the Apaches and Becomes a Comanche12. Geronimo13. The Murder Trial14. The Bodyguards15. Pi-he16. Quanah Parker and Wild Horse17. Warriors18. The Lost Sister19. The Revolutionary20. The Peyote Singer21. The Community on the Creek22. The Death of ChevatoAppendix 1. Lipans at the Mescalero Agency, 1869-1903Appendix 2. Indian Scouts from the Mescalero Reservation, 1883-90Appendix 3. Pedigree Chart: Chevato and Pi-heAppendix 4. Descendants of ChevatoNotesBibliographyIndex

Klappentext

Provides a rare glimpse into Lipan and Mescalero Apache life in the late nineteenth century

Zusammenfassung
Provides an oral history of the Apache warrior Chevato, who captured eleven-year-old Herman Lehmann from his Texas homestead in May 1870. Chevato provides a Native American point of view on both the Apache and Comanche capture of children and specifics regarding the captivity of Lehmann known only to the Apache participants.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations

Introduction by Nancy McGown Minor

Introduction by William Chebahtah

Part 1. The Lipan Apaches, Zaragosa, and the Mescalero Apaches

1. The Lipan Apaches

2. The Massacre at Zaragosa

3. The Mescalero Apaches, Mexican Bandits, and Revenge

4. The Vision Quest

5. The Blackbirds

6. Chevato and Dinero Leave the Bandits

7. The Thirty-two Burros

8. The Amnesty

Part 2. Herman Lehmann and Quanah Parker

9. The Capture of Herman Lehmann

10. The Capture of Children

11. Herman Lehmann Leaves the Apaches and Becomes a Comanche

12. Geronimo

13. The Murder Trial

14. The Bodyguards

15. Pi-he

16. Quanah Parker and Wild Horse

17. Warriors

18. The Lost Sister

19. The Revolutionary

20. The Peyote Singer

21. The Community on the Creek

22. The Death of Chevato

Appendix 1. Lipans at the Mescalero Agency, 1869-1903

Appendix 2. Indian Scouts from the Mescalero Reservation, 1883-90

Appendix 3. Pedigree Chart: Chevato and Pi-he

Appendix 4. Descendants of Chevato

Notes

Bibliography

Index