Apaches

a tribe of North Ameri. can Indians, formerly very fierce and numerous, living in portions of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, and belonging to the Athabascan family. They were long the scourge of the frontiers, and resisted obstinately every attempt to civilize them. Long after the annexation of their territory by the United States they continued their ‘raids in spite of severe defeats. An attempt made by the United States ) Government to confine the Apaches within a reserved territory in Arizona led to bloodshed in 1871. The number of the Apaches proper within the United States may be put at nearly 7,000.