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The Apache Wars

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Coacheas, I Don't Know What You're Talking About.

In 1861, Lieutenant Bascom was sent in to negotiate with Coacheas. After a few days of trying to negotiate an exchange of hostages, Coacheas ordered the American hostages killed and then his own family executed. "A lot of people say the Bascom affairs, what kicked off the Apache Wars," says historian David Frum.

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