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A promise of peace .

I'm Tom Jeffords, Indian agent and
BLOOD BROTHER of Cochise, Apache chief .

But I still carry
a carbine. . .

in Apache country!

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JfiFFOROS? HE'LL ONLY STICK UP fOR THE
INDIANS. COME ON-RIDE RIGHT" IN AND
HANS THAT NO-GOOD APACHE.'

r is good TO see W ano you, roo, TALL o
you, my brother ' y I BUT THE WIND CARRIES
NEWS OF TROUBLE -
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CARSON 5PEAK5 WITH A STRAIGHT J THEN I
TONGUE, COCHISE.' THE CAPTAIN / PROMISE
ALSO 5AW THE TRACK5 INTO THE \ HE WILL BE
RESERVATION.' THERE IS NO ) PUNISHED.

DOUBT THE THIEF 15 AW APACHE! J AND THE
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BUT I'LL GIVE COCHISE
JUST ONE WEEK TO BRING
THE THIEF TO THE FORT.

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FOR OUR PEOPLE.' NOCHAtO.' VOU MUST
RETURN THE HORSES/

APACHE- RESERVATION . .

HELP ME? ByfAKING 1 NO- I'LL KEEP YOU
ME TO THE «W7" UNDER I AT MV STATION, UNPER
WHITE MAN'S LAW? J A LEGAL rauCE.'

AFTER I RETURN yOUR
STOLEN HORSES, MAYBE I
CAN REASON WITH THEM TOGO

EAsy on you/ fair enough?

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ANIMALS, BOTH BY OUR PEOPLE
AND SOLDIERS.' ANP THE ORDER
WILL BE TD TAKE YOU

ALIVE- OR DEAD.' ; MY LIFE, THAT

CONCERN ALONE •

TAKE THE BOy HOME COCHISE/ LJ VDU ARE A \

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WAIT- NOCHALO CAN'T SET OFF THAT EASY.

I'M GOIK6 TO PUT HIM ON HARD LABOR AT

THE STATION FOR A WHILE.

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BUT I GUESS THERE'S NO LAW

AGAIN5T US RETURNING THEIR

STOLEN HORSE... THE ONE

NAGOTAY TOOK.'

GOOD.'—m HUNTING 8RAVE WILL HELP 1 TAKE CARE,
YOU TO THE VILLAGE, NAGOTAY.' WE WILL / MV CHIEF/
BRING BACK TOUR BROTHER CHALA-^ GUADALUPE IS

I PROMISE.' , — -""\ M*eVIL LANO;

I'M RETURNING YOUR ,
MISSING HORSE
ANYTHING WRONG
WITH THAT

THANKS/ I THOUGHT
YOU .Eft.. CAME TO
MAKE TROUBLE OF
SOME KIN P.'

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COCHISE, MY CHIEF.

CMC" MY BROTHER

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YE5. NAGOTAY I
'5AFE.CHALA, AND I
PROMISED TO BRING
YOU BACK/

SPANISH NOBLEMEN REIGNED LIKE
LITTLE KINGS IN THOSE DAYS. IT'S
ALL ANCIENT AND...

■ ROTTEN! THOSE GUARDS, COCHISE...
HARRY JED, BANK ROB8ER .-. THE AMARILLO
KID, KILLER ... DEACON JONES, FORCER/

Inside the hacienda..

I PSfSENT SgNORITA SERAFINA.
RULER OF GUADALUPE .' C0CHI5E
AND JEFFORDS ARE FROM THE
UNITED STATES.' , -^

VIS!TOR5 FROM
PORE'SN LANDS

\ ARE ALWAY5
) WELCOME .' yOU
MAY SIT DOWN,
GENTLEMEN /

I UNDERSTAND yOU WISH A \ IF YOUR PRISONERS
PRISONER RELEASED.' BUT ARE CRIMINALS,

WOULD YOU LET CRIMINALS i WHAT ARE YOUR
GO IN YOUR COUNTRY? J GUARDS, SEflORITA?
ALL OF THEM ARE
OUTLAWS -ANP YET
YOU SHELTER THEM.'

SENORITA, CAN YOU SHOW ME ) CERTAINLY.'

THE ACTUAL AUTHORITY BY WHICH / SENOR,

YOU RULE GUADALUPE? , ~~* PLEASE

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PAPERS TO THESE
DOUBTING GENTLEMEN/

SHE ACTS LIKE AN ] SHE IS, COCHISE.' SHE HAS
IMPERIOUS QUEEN! /THE RIGHT TO RULE THIS
PATCH OP ARIZONA AS

YOU KNOW THE ANSWER | MY GUARDS' PAST
TO THAT, 5ENORITA... / LIFE IS NO CONCERN
GO AHEAD, TELL THEM .' / OF MINE.' THEY

SERVE ME IOYALLY
GUADALUPE /

THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, JEFFORDS/ THE
LAND GRANT OF KING FERDINAND 2E OF SPAIN
TO DON MIGUEL, THE SENORITA'S FATHER. AND
HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE, MAKING HER THE
HEIR TO GUADALUPE/

ALL IN ORDER, IT 5EEMS
WAIT/ WHAT'S THIS f ...
SO THAT'S THE GAME, C

BUT I DON'T FIGURE HE'LL
EVER GET OUT OP HERE ALIVE.'
TOMORROW, DUKE...

But another guard has srAyeo behind. .

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HAS SUN. ..PROVE j

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cochise and thefrfed
prisoners arrive, and.

THE APACHE INDIANS WERE A GROUP OF TRIBES WHO LIVED IN SMALL BANDS IN ARIZONA. WITHIN THEIR WELL-HIDDEN
CAMPS, THEY LIVED IN GRASS COVERED WICKIUPS. WHEN THEY NEEDED NEW HOUSES OR WHEN GAME BECAME SCARCE,
THE SAND MOVED ON TO A NEW CAMP.

THE BRAVES WENT OUT HUNTING EVERYDAY FOR THE
DEER, ANTELOPE OR BUFFALO MEAT THAT WAS THE MAIN-
STAY OF THEIR DIET.

SQUAWS GATHERED WILD PLANTS, FRUIT, NUTS AND BERRIES
FOR THEIR CLAY COOKING POTS. THEY ALSO WOVE BRIGHTLY-
COLORED BASKETS.

WHEN FOOD OR SUPPLIES WERE SCARCE, BRAVES STRIPED

WITH WAR PAINT WHICH THEY THOUGHT MAOE THEM

INVISIBLE RAIDED SETTLEMENTS,

THE PEOPLE THEY RAIOED USUALLY STRUCK BACK AND
THE APACHE.W1TH A GROWING LIST OF ENEMIES. SPENT
MUCHOFHISTIMEON THE WARPATH.

OF ALL THE APACHE TRIBES ONLY THE CHIRICAHUAS WERE AT PEACE WITH THE WHITEMEN. THEIR CHI EF, COCHISE
WAS A WISE AND HONORABLE BRAVE AND PEOPLE TRAVELED THROUGH APACHE PASS IN ARIZONA FOR FIVE YEARS
SINCE THE DAY COCHISE HAD PROMISED PEACE.

LT.8ASC0M WAS TRAILING APACHE RAIDERS. UNDER A
TRUCE FLAG, HE UNJUSTLY ACCUSED COCHISE OF THE
RAID AND TOOK HOSTAGES.

COCHISE WENT ON THE WARPATH. APACHE PASS WAS
CLOSED AND THE TROOPS WHO TRIED TAKING IT WERE
HELD OFF.

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.AFTER ELEVEN YEARS OF FIGHTING, THE PRESIDENTSENT
GENERAL 0.0. HOWARD TO COCHISE. THE TWO HONORABLE
MEN TRUSTED EACH OTHER AND PEACE WAS ESTABLISHED.

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