Cochise was leader of the Chiricahua local group of the chokonen and principal chief of the chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache. One of the most famous Apache leaders to resist Westward Expansion by white settlers was Cochise of the Chiricahua Apache Cochise was known to his people as A-DA-TLI-CHI, mean in hardwood. He also lived in the area that is now the Northern Mexico and Arizona. All these land u were home to the Apaches until the Europeans had arrived.
When the Mexicans took over the lands, the Mexican government issued food rations to the Apache in order to placate them. Then the Apaches became more and more bad upon these supplies. The Chiricahua bands then began to raid to acquire food. The Mexican government retaliated with a