Champions
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     "Taking the women

          1.  Assanutliji     5.  Isdzane
          2.  Esdzanadlehe    6.  Istsanadlehe
          3.  Isdzan          7.  Istun-e-glesh
          4.  Isdzanhi        8.  Iszanyese

     to Fort Stanton [in Lincoln county, New Mexico], was
     worse than death.  They'd have been killed by slow
     torture and shame.  No.  That was extermination to an
     Apache [Ndee (Dead-People, by 1883 Current Era (C.E.))

     1.  Ned-ne
     2.  In-ned-ne
     3.  In-ned-e
     4.  In-net-e
     5.  In-deh

     and Ndaa' (Alive-People, before 1883 C.E.)

     1.  In-ned-na
     2.  In-ned-a
     3.  In-net-a
     4.  In-dah

     Assanutliji.  How long do you think any would have
     lived?  Our Esdzanadlehe were chaste and degradation
     was much worse than death.  The only consolation they
     had was that it couldn't last long.  (note 9.  [Chief
     - Nant'an and\or Nantan - Chihuahua and Kanseah said
     that the Ndee Isdzan of that time would have died of
     starvation before becoming slaves of their captors.)"

     "It was death to the children, too.  Out here at Fort
     Stanton a [United States (U.S.) Army] soldier took an
     Ned-ne baby by the heels and dashed its head against
     a wagon wheel.  He said, "Nits make lice."  That was a
     a common expression used to explain the murder of
     children, and it indicated the intention of
     extermination as did "The only good Indian is the dead
     Indian."  In common use too was this phrase, "He'd
     killed a certain number of men, not counting Indians."

     "In-ned-ne mothers quieted their children by telling
     them that the [U.S.] soldiers would find and kill
     them if they were noisy.  Even babies dared not cry."

     "One of our warriors had gone to Fort Stanton on a
     promise of security.  The [U.S.] soldiers were
     butchering hogs and had a big kettle of boiling water.
     They threw him into it.  A drunken [U.S.] soldier had
     taken an In-ned-e baby by the heels and crashed its
     head against a wagon wheel."

     "It was decided to send men to Fort Stanton to hold a
     council with "Keet" Carson, the Nantan [and\or Nant'an
     (Chief)] there [in 1863 C.E.].  He told them that he
     was a subchief under another Nantan, Colonel Carleton,
     who had commanded that every male In-net-e be killed
     on sight, regardless of age, upon attempts to
     surrender or any other conditions.  But "Keet" Carson
     said that if the Mescaleros would go to the Bosque
     Redondo, near the new Fort Sumner on the [Rio] Pecos,
     they would be spared and given food until they could
     raise crops.  He promised safe conduct to the Bosque;
     and he promised blankets and food.  "Keet" Carson
     said that we were to bring all that we had and come
     to the fort on a certain day."

     "My mother had two horses, and upon one of these we
     packed our tepee and other scanty supplies.  I [,Big
     Mouth] rode this horse and my mother rode the other.
     Very few of the Mescaleros had mounts, so they had to
     walk and carry their meager belongings.  At times my
     mother and I let others ride and we walked."

     "We started North through Capitan Gap [New Mexico] and
     then Northeast toward the [Rio] Pecos.  It was a
     terrible journey, for the Isdzanhi were attacked by
     the [U.S.] soldiers, and no [U.S.] officer did
     anything to prevent it.  Mescalero Isdzane were chaste
     and very modest.  The men could not look at each
     other; they could do nothing to protect the Iszanyese
     and were ashamed.  They wished that they had chosen
     death in the land given them by Ussen [Ihidnan], but
     it was too late; they were now captives."

     "After the Bosque Redondo[, New Mexico]  we
     [Mescaleros] returned to the [Rio] Bonito and camped
     upstream from the fort [Stanton].  The [U.S.] soldiers
     did not want us to live there.  They did not want us
     to live anywhere.  They had sent us to Fort Sumner[,
     New Mexico] to die, and they could not leave us alone
     in our land.  They killed many, mostly Istsanadlehe
     and children.  So again our people slipped away in
     the night.  It was late in the fall and very cold.
     We left fires burning and took everything we could
     and went silently into the forest.  When we camped,
     we scattered so that when the [U.S.] cavalry followed
     some might escape.  We could not risk fires, so we
     ate what cold food we had and huddled together for
     warmth.  One old Istun-e-glesh who had a blanket took
     several orphaned children and covered them with it.
     She had only a very little food but gave each a
     mouthful; there was none left for her.  She got them
     to sleep and hovered over them as best she could.
     When the men came at dawn, the children were safe,
     but she was dead."

     "The men stayed in the rear to enable the Istsanadlehe
     and children to escape.  But they had no ammunition,
     and when the [U.S.] cavalry overtook them they could
     make no defense."

     "The [U.S.] officer said that every Mescalero must
     come to the fort [Stanton], babies and all, to be
     counted and tagged and that once in seven days one
     member of the family was to come and get food for
     those of his group.  We did as they said, but we got
     no food..."

     "Then the [U.S.] soldiers told us to get out; they
     said that we were polluting the water supply of Fort
     Stanton.  'Where shall we go that you won't follow
     and kill us?'  'It doesn't matter.  Just get out!'
     'But where?'  'Anywhere but here.  Isn't it all your
     country?'  Then the agent said, 'If you leave, you
     don't get anymore food.'  How could we know what to
     do?"

     "Some wanted to go to Mexico, but we had few horses
     and no ammunition.  It was too far for the
     Esdzanadlehe and children to walk."

     "We were not like the Chiricahuas

      1.  Tchok-anen       8.  Chatterers
      2.  Tcok?anen        9.  Chokonen
      3.  Tock-anen       10.  Chihicahua
      4.  Took-ne-nde     11.  Mountain People
      5.  Tookanene       12.  Gobblers
      6.  Turkies         13.  Rising Sun People
      7.  Ch'ok'anande

     WHO COULD DO WITHOUT HORSES..."

     (Ball, 1980, pp. 80, 200, 201, 202, 284, and 285)

     Brigadier General George R. Crook, U.S. Army:  "Almost
     any Indian scout is better in his peculiar line than a
     white man; but the ordinary Indians and even the
     ordinary In-deh, are totally unable to cope with the
     Chiricahuas...the Chiricahuas are matchless...At all
     events, the Chiricahua IS THE "BOSS," and all the other
     tribes acknowledge it...We have Tonto, Yuma, Mojave,
     San Carlos, White Mountain and Warm Spring (all
     Ndee) scouts as well as Chiricahuas, and all are
     good; but the Chiricahuas far surpass the others"...

     First Lieutenant Joseph H. Dorst, Regimental Adjutant,
     Fourth Cavalry, U.S. Army:  "Everyone - the other
     tribes included - admits the superiority of the
     Chiricahuas over all other Ned-ne."

     (Thrapp, 1979, pp. 122 and 123)

     "The engagement in which Nant'an and\or Nantan Juh
     [Tan-Din-Bil-No-Jui = He Brings Many Things With Him)

      1.  Ho            4.  Jui

      2.  Hon           5.  Who

      3.  Hu            6.  Whoa

      7.  Yah Natch Cln = Sees Far, Sees Ahead,
          Long Neck, and\or Smart

     took the greatest pride occurred at about this time
     (May 1871).  This is when he killed U. S. Army
     Lieutenant Howard Cushing, F Company, Third Cavalry].
     It began over in New Mexico.  Some Mescaleros, with
     their families, left the Mescalero Apache Reservation
     to camp in the Gaudalupes and hunt.  They returned to
     find all at the camp

                    Ndaa'\Ndee Settlements
                    ----------------------

     Gotah         = Camp
     Gowa          = Teepees
     Gowa Dahitane = New Moon Teepees or Camp
     Gowa Dahitaa  = New Moon Teepees or Camp

     Nil and Dil   = plural
     Goshch        = Womb
     Goz'aa        = Room
     Jaa           = less

     Gowa Goshjaa  = less Teepee Rooms or a Small Village
     Gowa Goznil   = Teepee Rooms or a Village
     Gowa Gozdil   = Teepee Rooms or a Village

     dead except for two Assanutliji.  Cushing!"...

     "My [Asa and\or Ace

     Daklugie = Forced His Way Through and\or One Who
                Grabs]

     father [Chief (Nant'an)] Juh had heard much about this
     Lieutenant Cushing and his depredations in Arizona.
     From the time Nant'an Juh had heard of what Cushing
     did those people in the Gaudalupes, he was determined
     to kill that man.  Finally he came into Arizona...He
     attacked and killed many Indians at night.  They were
     not of our band, but they were our brothers"...

     "It was out West of Tombstone that Nant'an Juh finally
     maneuvered Cushing into an ambush.  He lured the
     [U.S.] officer into a canyon by sending one of the
     Esdzanadlehe up the dry arroyo so that the [U.S.]
     soldiers might follow her.  It took a brave Isdzan to
     do that..."

     "My father was afraid that the old sergeant might warn
     Cushing, and he may have; but Cushing was so sure of
     himself and had killed so many In-ned-ne that he must
     have thought that he knew more Ihidnan Himself.  At
     any rate, he walked into the trap Nantan Juh set for
     him."

     (Ball, 1980, pp. 26 and 27)

Please keep in mind that the current year in which we're now living is 2009 Current Era (C.E.) and that although the U.S. government hasn't changed, there's now no need to raid Mexico for horses or pick-up trucks. The following biographical sketches are intended only to show the benefits of physical fitness and spirit and not to show that we must retaliate against the United States government. The U.S. government today is much more evil than during the Ned-ne wars; due primarily to the influence of the more than 1,000 Nazi scientists who were brought over to the U.S. after World War II (Operation Paperclip) and reinforced the racism of the U.S. establishment.

However, Spain and Mexico had very bad In-ned-ne policies and Mexico recently built a memorial to Nant'an Victoria and Spain is a really nice place. Who knows, now that the U.S. is occupied with kidnapping, torturing and murdering Arab men, women, and children, mayby it'll give the Peloncillo Mountains back to the Bedonkohe [BiDa-Nd-Cho'I = The Front-edge-Place and\or At-the-Front-at-the-End]

           1.  Badih = Front-edge = the Gila river

           2.  Bida  = Front-edge = the Gila river

           3.  Bidah = Front-edge = the Gila river

           4.  Badih-Dan'ohe

           5.  Bida-Nd-cho'i

           6.  Bida-nd-ko-hi

           7.  Bida-ndee-cho'i

           8.  Bida-Ndee-Ko-hi

           9.  Bidah Dan'ohe

          10.  DaNCho'I = The Bad Ones and\or
                          The Evil Ones

          11.  He  = The (a nominalizer)

          12.  Hi  = The (a nominalizer)

          13.  I   = The (a nominalizer)

          14.  Cho = Place

          15.  Ko  = Place

          16.  the Bronze Ned-ne

          17.  the Gila In-ned-ne

          18.  the Gileno In-ned-e

     note:  the letter k sometimes represent a glottal stop

The common denominator in the sketches is endurance. To develop the will to go "all the way" if the need arises, run at least six consecutive miles every other day. Everything else in life will take care of itself. Plato recognized in addition to reason and the bodily desires, the existence of a third psychological element, called by him "spirit" (thymus), which is the spring of action, competition, ambition, aggression, and pugnacity. Running will give you spirit.

1. La' Saan
2. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh
3. Godhaa' Le
4. Godhanai , Mescalero-Woman, Fort Stanton
5. Krystal Tobias

References

Thrapp, Dan L., DATELINE FORT BOWIE:  CHARLES FLETCHER

     LUMMIS REPORTS ON AN APACHE WAR, 1979, University of

     Oklahoma Press:  Norman, Oklahoma, United States of

     America

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