Chiricahua
noun
a member of an Apache group that comprises several Apache bands, formerly located in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, now living primarily in Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Chiricahuas
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pluralof Chiricahua.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"The two bands, Chiricahuas and Mescaleros, are almost like different tribes," was the explanation Vic received from her mother.
From The Red Mustang by William O. Stoddard
None of the white men overheard that remark, and none of them dreamed of watching Chiricahuas after what had occurred at the spring.
From The Red Mustang by William O. Stoddard
They asked no questions and had refused to answer any, but they now and then exchanged a few words in their own tongue when the Chiricahuas were out of hearing.
From The Red Mustang by William O. Stoddard
It was of no use whatever to lay the blame upon the Chiricahuas, or to ask them any questions.
From The Red Mustang by William O. Stoddard
The Hostile Chiricahuas The native Pinaleno Indians of the San Carlos region, while inclined toward spasmodic outbreaks, were not as hostile as their western neighbors, the Mohave and Yuma Apaches.
From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock
