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Victorio (
Bidu-ya,
Beduiat; c.
1825 –
october 14 1880) was a warrior and chief of the
Chihenne band of the Chiricahua Apaches in what is now
New Mexico.
Biography
He grew up in the Chihenne band (sometimes called Eastern
Chiricahua). There have been persistent rumors by non-Apaches that Victorio was part Mexican, but there's no actual evidence or reputable oral history to support this claim. There was also some speculation by non-Apaches that he or his band had Navajo kinship ties and was known by them as "he who checks his horse". Victorio's sister was the famous woman warrior
Lozen ("Dextrous Horse Thief").
In 1853 he was considered a chief or sub chief by the
U.S. Army and signed a document.
In his twenties, he began to ride with
Geronimo and other Apache leaders. As was the custom, he became the leader of a band of Chiricahuas (sometimes also called Warm Springs or Mimbres) and
Mescaleros and fought against the Army. From 1870 to 1886, Victorio and/or his band were moved to and/or left at least 3 different reservations, some more than once. His main request was to live on his traditional land. The
Ojo Caliente reservation was located in their traditional territory. Victorio and his band were moved to
San Carlos Reservation in
Arizona Territory in 1877. He and his followers immediately bolted along with other Apache bands. Victorio was fairly successful at raiding and evading capture by the military.
Victorio was credited with leading the "
Alma massacre" involving a raid on United States settlers' homes around
Alma, New Mexico in April 1880. During the event several settlers were killed, and Victorio's warriors were fended off by the arrival of U.S. Army soldiers from Fort Bayard.
In October
1880 while moving along the Rio Grande in northern Mexico, Victorio and his band were surrounded and killed by soldiers of the Mexican army at
Tres Castillos, in the municipality of
Coyame, Mexican state of
Chihuahua. Only some women and children escaped with their lives and ended up being sent with Geronimo to Florida, Alabama and Oklahoma.
Victorio in current culture
In the
1953 film
Hondo starring John Wayne, an Apache chief named Vittoro, possibly based on the real-life Victorio, is a major character. The character of Sierra Charriba in
Sam Peckinpah's film
Major Dundee (1965), played by Michael Pate, was based on Victorio.
Turner Network Television made the movie "Buffalo Soldiers" (1997) which featured Victorio, played by
Harrison Lowe. It starred
Danny Glover,
Lamont Bentley and was directed by
Charles Haid.
In
April 1980,
Earth First!, led by activist
David Foreman, erected a monument near
Alma, New Mexico in the
Gila Wilderness to honor Victorio's April 28, 1860 raid on the Cooney mining camp near
Mogollon, New Mexico. There is a monument erected in
2003 in
Chihuahua City,
Mexico, at the main Plaza commemorating him since he's considered a Chihuahuan.
Victorio appeared in some episodes of
Tex.
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