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Author Chebahtah, William.

Title Chevato : the story of the Apache warrior who captured Herman Lehmann / William Chebahtah & Nancy McGown Minor.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series American Indian lives
American Indian lives.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-267) and index.
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Part One: 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 Two: 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.
Summary 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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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject Chevato, -1931.
Chevato, -1931.
Lehmann, Herman, 1859-1932.
Lehmann, Herman, 1859-1932.
Chevato, -1931.
Lehmann, Herman, 1859-1932.
Apache Indians -- Biography.
Apache Indians.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Comanche Indians -- Biography.
Comanche Indians.
Apache Indians -- History.
History.
Comanche Indians -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Added Author Minor, Nancy McGown.
Other Form: Print version: Chebahtah, William. Chevato. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007 9780803210974 0803210973 (DLC) 2007002532 (OCoLC)79861794
ISBN 9780803216204 (electronic book)
0803216203 (electronic book)
9780803210974 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0803210973 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
Sudoc No. U5000 T943 .0033 -2007