Did the Apaches rape captives?
Bill Brady
Smyrna, Georgia
Ed Sweeney, author of the definitive work on the Apache Wars, From Cochise to Geronimo: The Chiricahua Apaches, 1874-1886, says, “I have never encountered one incident where Apaches raped their female captives. It was a common act among some of the Plains Indians, the Comanches, Cheyennes and Kiowas.”
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Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian. His latest book is Wyatt Earp: Showdown at Tombstone. If you have
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