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Apache chief who fought U.S. troops
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cochise
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Cochise was an English country rock band that performed in the 1970s. This band is more significant for who they included than what they produced. Singer Stewart Brown had grown up with Reggie Dwight, later Elton John , and co-founded the band Bluesology ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
(c.1815-1874), leader of the Chiricahua Apache people; his name is Athabaskan, perhaps from chizh "firewood" (compare ko-chizh "his firewood"), or from ch'izhi "the rough one."
Usage examples of cochise.
Since most of the day would be taken up with meetings with the Cochise County Board of Supervisors, she was tempted to leave her body armor at home.
It was distinctly possible that having an ex-hooker on a jury would be breaking new legal ground in Cochise County.
And if Joann was shocked by the idea, Terry Buckwalter was making a social faux pas that would set tongues wagging all over Cochise County for years to come.
If the food came close to matching the atmosphere, it was little wonder that the Rob Roy had emerged as the dining place of choice in Cochise County.
Last fall, when it came time to talk to strangers again the voters of Cochise County gave me this job as well.
Blazer with the light bar on top and with the insignia of the Cochise County Sheriff Department painted on the door.
The Dearest Departures facility in Tombstone Canyon was transformed, with a modest capital outlay, to house the offices of the newly appointed Cochise County Coroner, Dr.
The two of then hand in hand, were strolling through the dusty midway the Cochise County Fair while Jenny, carrying an enormous cloud of cotton candy, darted on ahead.
They were checking to see if there were any political liabilities involved or gains to be made in the aftermath of what had happened the night before in the Cochise County Jail.
Joan, Brady returns to her office by a back entrance following the suicide of a Cochise County Jail inmate.
King Solomon offering to carve up the baby, Joanna headed back toward the Cochise County Justice Center.
Others, less seriously injured, had been stashed, under guard, in three different hospitals in Cochise County, and two in Tucson.
The remaining five, people with injuries no more serious than cuts and bruises, had been booked into the Cochise County Jail.
As of today, Cochise County is two ahead of Pima in terms of homicide victims for the year.
In the 1860s, those high desert mountain fringes had been the ones where a canny Apache chieftain named Cochise had led his people in order to elude capture by the U.