Meaning: Its source is an Apache expression meaning "Hardwood."

Languages: This boy's name is used in Apache.

Narrative: This was the name of the chief of the Chiricahua Apache (1812-74). His group lived in harmony with white settlers for years, until an American Army lieutenant accused Cochise of kidnapping a white baby. After ten years of warfare, Cochise's band was settled on a reservation in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona.