Mescalero vs Cheyenne

[ouroboros]

I browsed a book: William Aloysius Keleher, Turmoil in New Mexico: books.google.pl/books?id=yoZCx5MnOO0C&pg=PA92&dq=New+Mexico+Cheyenne+Mescalero&hl=pl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjx8P6Rk9rbAhVBsywKHcnNBBIQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=New%20Mexico%20Cheyenne%20Mescalero&f=false

I found there an interesting information: 'Indian agents, anxious to arrange a truce between and among warring tribes of Ute and Mescalero Indians on the one side, and Navajo, Kiowa and Cheyenne Indians on the other, held a council at the Achuleta Agency in northern New Mexico in late summer of 1858'.

The Utes and Mesclaeros were asked: 'Would the Utes and Mescaleros give up fighting the Kiowas and Cheyennes?'. They answere, u little bit reluctantly - "Yes".

Warfare between Mescaleros and Cheyennes is a fascinating topic, and I would like to ask, are there more reports on warfare between these two peoples?

[ouroboros]

There is an interesting topic - how the Cheyennes called the Apaches and vice versa.

According to Stanley, The Apaches of New Mexico, 1540-1940, p. 52, the Cheyenne name for them was Xa-he-ta-no which means "People who tie their Hair back". Another name was Muxtsuhintan.

Link: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89060409117&view=1up&seq=70&q1=Cheyenne


The Mescaleros called the Cheyennes Jaa' 'aghát'ás-õde or Jaa' ghát'ás-õde
which means "The People who have Holes through their Ears" and "The People whose Ears have been Cut through"

See: NDÉ BIZAA' II (NAA'KI)An Introduction to Mescalero Apache Language Phrases

[ouroboros]

Jun 17, 2018 2:43:31 GMT -5 ouroboros said:

I found there an interesting information: 'Indian agents, anxious to arrange a truce between and among warring tribes of Ute and Mescalero Indians on the one side, and Navajo, Kiowa and Cheyenne Indians on the other, held a council at the Achuleta Agency in northern New Mexico in late summer of 1858'.

The Utes and Mesclaeros were asked: 'Would the Utes and Mescaleros give up fighting the Kiowas and Cheyennes?'. They answere, u little bit reluctantly - "Yes".

I have browsed some secondary sources to find some info on the conflict between Mescaleros (alied with Utes) and the Plain Peoples like Cheyennes and Kiowa. There was an attempt made by the Kiowa, Cheyennes, and Comanches to occupy eastern New Mexico on permanent basis. Therefore Mescaleros, Utes, and Jicarilla Apaches formed an alliance to counter the threat from the Plains Nomads.

As Bernice Sunday Eiselt, Becoming White Clay: A History and Archaeology of Jicarilla Apache Enclavement, p. 173 argues.

The Llaneros (i.e. Jicarlilla Apache) were intermarried to a greater degree with the Mescalero, as evidenced by historical documents and the names of Mescalero leaders from the 1850s to the 1860s. The Llaneros also were allied with the Moache and Tabeguache Utes. Together, the Utes, Llaneros, and Mescaleros formed an eastern blockade that prevented other Plains Indian nomads from occupying New Mexico on a permanent basis.

[ouroboros]

Interesting fact, aside of intermarriage between members of other Apachean groups and Navajos, in XVII and XVIII Apaches mostly intermarried with Cheyennes according to:

David L. Carmichael and Claire R. Farrer, 'We Do Not Forget; We Remember

Mescalero Apache Origins and Migration as Reflected in Place Names', p. 190.

The other peoples with whom the Apache had contact at this time included the Mandan (ze’edaje’e ndaa, mouth tattooed people), Sioux (yaa yuu ndaa, big bead people), Arapaho (ja hish kish ndaa, ear cut people), and Cheyenne (ja’aghatas ndaa, ear split people). Aside from other Apache bands, and perhaps more recently the Navajo, most intermarriage has traditionally been with the Cheyenne (BS 10/14/82).