Post by blackcrowheart on Jun 4, 2007 20:08:26 GMT -5
Dahteste - (pronounced ta-DOT-say) - Apache / Mescalero
The Apache is another nation of Natives who teach their boys and girls the
same skills, leaving the choice of lifestyle to follow an individual
decision. Girls who choose the warriors' path are not ridiculed; neither are
boys who choose a gentler life - they receive equal praise if they excel in
their chosen path.
Dahteste is described as a very beautiful woman who took great pride in her
appearance and, even though she married and had children, she chose the life
of the warrior. No one challenged Dahteste lightly for it was widely known
that she could out-ride, out-shoot, out-hunt, out-run, and out-fight her
peers, male and female, and she did so with grace. She was credited as being
courageous, daring and skillful, and she took part in battles and raiding
parties alongside her husband, and a good friend of her family, Geronimo.
Fluent in English, Dahteste became a trusted scout, messenger and mediator
between her people and the U.S. Cavalry. Along with another woman Apache
warrior named Lozen, Dahteste was instrumental in the final surrender of
Geronimo to the U.S. Government and, as thanks for her efforts in their
behalf, she was imprisoned with Geronimo and shipped to prison with his
remaining followers. Dahteste was as strong in her personal spirit as her
warrior spirit, and she survived both tuberculosis and pneumonia while
imprisoned. Both diseases killed untold thousands of Natives across the
land, but not Dahteste.
After 8 years in the Florida prison, Dahteste was shipped to the military
prison at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. After 19 years at Ft. Sill, she was finally
given permission to return to her homeland. She lived the balance of her
life on the Mescalero Apache Reservation until she died there of old age.
Source: BuffalosRoam
Reposted with Permission from groups.msn.com/LodgeOfOurAncestors
The Apache is another nation of Natives who teach their boys and girls the
same skills, leaving the choice of lifestyle to follow an individual
decision. Girls who choose the warriors' path are not ridiculed; neither are
boys who choose a gentler life - they receive equal praise if they excel in
their chosen path.
Dahteste is described as a very beautiful woman who took great pride in her
appearance and, even though she married and had children, she chose the life
of the warrior. No one challenged Dahteste lightly for it was widely known
that she could out-ride, out-shoot, out-hunt, out-run, and out-fight her
peers, male and female, and she did so with grace. She was credited as being
courageous, daring and skillful, and she took part in battles and raiding
parties alongside her husband, and a good friend of her family, Geronimo.
Fluent in English, Dahteste became a trusted scout, messenger and mediator
between her people and the U.S. Cavalry. Along with another woman Apache
warrior named Lozen, Dahteste was instrumental in the final surrender of
Geronimo to the U.S. Government and, as thanks for her efforts in their
behalf, she was imprisoned with Geronimo and shipped to prison with his
remaining followers. Dahteste was as strong in her personal spirit as her
warrior spirit, and she survived both tuberculosis and pneumonia while
imprisoned. Both diseases killed untold thousands of Natives across the
land, but not Dahteste.
After 8 years in the Florida prison, Dahteste was shipped to the military
prison at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. After 19 years at Ft. Sill, she was finally
given permission to return to her homeland. She lived the balance of her
life on the Mescalero Apache Reservation until she died there of old age.
Source: BuffalosRoam
Reposted with Permission from groups.msn.com/LodgeOfOurAncestors