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Turning adversity to advantage : a history of the Lipan Apaches of Texas and northern Mexico, 1700-1900
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ISBN: 1283615819 9786613928269 0761848606 9780761848585 0761848584 9780761848592 0761848592 9780761848608 9781283615815 6613928267 Year: 2009 Publisher: Lanham, Md. : University Press of America,

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This book tells the story of the Lipan Apaches, once one of the largest and most aggressive tribes of the Rio Grande region. The story of the history of the Lipan Apaches is a tale of survival and preservation in the face of incredible challenges.

Chevato : The Story of the Apache Warrior Who Captured Herman Lehmann
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ISBN: 1281092088 9786611092085 0803216203 9780803216204 9780803210974 0803210973 9781281092083 6611092080 Year: 2007 Publisher: Lincoln : Baltimore, Md. : University of Nebraska Press, Project MUSE,

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Here is the oral history of the Apache warrior Chevato, who captured eleven-year-old Herman Lehmann from his Texas homestead in May 1870. Lehmann called him "Bill Chiwat" and referred to him as both his captor and his friend. 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. Yet the capture of Lehmann was only one episode in Chevato's life. Born in Mexico, Chevato was a Lipan Apache whose parents had been killed in a massacre by Mexican troops. He and his s

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