Victorio

[ vik-tawr-ee-oh, -tohr- ]

/ vɪkˈtɔr iˌoʊ, -ˈtoʊr- /

1809?–80, leader of the Chiricahua Apache tribe.

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Victorio was an equally celebrated Apache war-chief and was out about the same time.
Ranching, Sport and Travel|Thomas Carson
Mangas and Victorio lifted Mangus Coloradus to a rude wooden table and stepped back against the wall.
The Story of Geronimo|James Arthur Kjelgaard
A Victorio Alferio … ultra res omnes dilecta, et quasi mortale numen ab ipso constanter habita et observata.
The Countess of Albany|Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)
Or did not the news brought by Victorio Lopez make more imperative the need for secrecy?
For the Soul of Rafael|Marah Ellis Ryan

Sitting on a hillock beside Victorio, Geronimo's restless eyes sought the valley beneath, the next hill, and the hills beyond.
The Story of Geronimo|James Arthur Kjelgaard