The white-eyes kept coming no matter their efforts....

A sad truth.

Comanches!! Loved to raid in Mexico, steal horses and women!

Heap warriors in very hostile climate.

Note the weapons--2 repeating rifles, and two probably cap and ball.

Wyteyes, can you identify the warriors pictured? Is one of them Cochise?

^ I'll take that as a compliment. Thank you.

D'oh... 5 was for 3

Cochise was Apache wasn't he?

Far right-Geronimo

Drafter, you correct--Chief have brain-fart. Cochise was Apache, son in law to Mangas Colorado.

From what I could Google, the men in the picture are Geronomio and Chiricahua Apache warriors.

http://www.tribalsovereigntees.com/about.htm 

I'd like to own those two Winchesters.

Left to right: Yanozha, Chappo, Fun, and Geronimo.

-JT

You sure???

L to R, Goat, RandyB, DrafterX & CROS ~

^

You may have something there, LOL.

Looking forward to your pictures JT.

Great picture of you & WT!!!

Chief mix up his tribes, those are Apachees.

Charlie

"3. Author: big chief Date: 05/08/2008 11:10 AM Reply

Comanches!! Loved to raid in Mexico, steal horses and women!

Heap warriors in very hostile climate.

Note the weapons--2 repeating rifles, and two probably cap and ball."

The two on the left appear to be Winchesters, the one on the far right looks like it might be some sort of smooth bore (musket), but the other one looks like a Sharps. A "Falling Block" action rifle chambered in caliber .45-70.

Always wanted a Sharps Buffalo gun. maybe someday.. prolly not getting any cheaper tho..

Geronimo (who surrendered to the U.S. military three times) and his band of 90-odd renegades (some of whom were women) cost the American government more than all the other Indian and Mexican conflicts combined.

Geronimo was locked up in a small cell on Ft. Sill. There is a trail in the concrete floor where they say he walked around in circles day and night. I've seen it but one could argue whether thats what really happened there or not. They probably weren't too concerned about how level the basement floor of the jail was when they poured it. But it's a good story anyway..