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Victorio’s WarBy Robert M. Utley | MHQ | 6 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post He took revenge. “Nana’s Raid” ravaged southwestern New Mexico for a month in the summer of 1881, killing between thirty and fifty whites and capturing herd after herd of horses, all while reenacting Victorio’s success in eluding pursuing troops. It was a fitting tribute to the extraordinary leadership of the brilliant but tragic leader of the Victorio War of 1879–80. Nana then allied himself with Geronimo and surrendered with him in 1886. He died ten years later, surely well beyond eighty years old. Today neither Victorio nor Nana is remembered as well as the less-talented Geronimo, a tribute to the power of a media and popular culture that have turned that chief’s name into a war cry for the ages. MHQ Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
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6 Comments to “Victorio’s War”
Excellent article from a brillant historian and writer. Thank you Weider Group for providing such a valuable vehicle.
By Dana Henry on Sep 8, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Thank you for publishing this excellent article about some of my ancestors. You should point out that even today, the Warm Springs people STILL are not allowed to have or return to their ancestral lands – many live in Oklahoma hundreds of miles away from this heartland.
By Nathan Barton on Oct 4, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Does anyone out there know how to pronounce “Ussen”? I’m doing research on Victorio’s sister, Lozen.
Thanks
Charity
By Charity Bryson on Mar 7, 2009 at 2:44 am
Ussen is pronounced Ugh Sen
By Dave Ivy on Mar 30, 2009 at 8:22 pm
History is a beautiful thing.
By Raul Lopez on Apr 14, 2009 at 6:08 pm
excellent article! that’s the reason I love History – articles like this one about people in history one does not normally hear about.
By Juan M Rodriguez on May 23, 2009 at 2:48 pm