Apache Wars

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Indian Wars series of armed conflicts

The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts in the 19th century between various Apache groups and the United States (and earlier Mexico), marked by protracted guerrilla resistance in the Southwest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian Wars ⓘ
series of armed conflicts ⓘ
cause conflicts over resources and territory ⓘ
encroachment on Apache lands ⓘ
retaliation for raids and massacres ⓘ
conflictBetween Apache tribes ⓘ
surface form: Apache peoples

Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 1886 ⓘ
followedBy reservation era for Apache peoples ⓘ
hasPart Cochise War ⓘ
surface form: Chiricahua Wars

Cochise War ⓘ
Geronimo Campaign ⓘ
Jicarilla War ⓘ
Mimbres Apache conflicts ⓘ
Yavapai War ⓘ
surface form: Tonto War

Victorio's War ⓘ
Yavapai War ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Arizona Territory ⓘ
New Mexico Territory ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ
notableCommander Cochise (Apache leader) ⓘ
surface form: Cochise

George Crook ⓘ
Geronimo ⓘ
James Henry Carleton ⓘ
John R. Cook ⓘ
Juh ⓘ
Kit Carson ⓘ
Mangas Coloradas ⓘ
Naiche ⓘ
Nelson A. Miles ⓘ
Victorio ⓘ
opponent American settlers ⓘ
Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
Jicarilla Apache ⓘ
Mescalero Apache ⓘ
Armed Forces of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Mexican Army

Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
surface form: Mimbreño Apache

Nednhi Apache ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States volunteers ⓘ
Western Apache ⓘ
partOf United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: American Indian Wars
result defeat of most Apache resistance ⓘ
forced relocation of Apache groups to reservations ⓘ
surrender of Geronimo in 1886 ⓘ
significantEvent Bascom Affair ⓘ
Battle of Apache Pass ⓘ
Cibecue Creek battle ⓘ
Skeleton Canyon surrender of Geronimo ⓘ
startTime 1849 ⓘ
temporalContext 19th century ⓘ
useOfWarfareType guerrilla warfare ⓘ
raiding ⓘ
scorched earth tactics ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apache tribes → historicalConflict → Apache Wars ⓘ
Apache → treatyOrConflict → Apache Wars ⓘ