Lozen

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As a woman warrior in a band that is consisted of men one would think of it as intimidating but that was not how lozen felt. Lozen was one of the few women that gained a “warriors” respect from male gender in her band; she earned the nickname of “Dexterous horse thief” . It was not a hazardous nickname but rather she earned it from her astonishing ability to steal horses. An eye witness named James Kaywaykla, who was a child at the time, described lozen’s way of stealing horses saying that, when the guards dismounted their horses and headed for their camps she would pick out the best looking horse that she desired and begin securing it, mount it and take off just as the guards realized that one of their horses as ben stolen. Stolen horses were not just trophies for lozen but she deeply cared for them as well. She groomed and nourished the horses.
Lozen also earned the warriors respect through her battle skills. Warriors were wildly known to be fast and ferocious and particularly feared in battle and lozen was one of the ferocious and feared warriors. Lozen could shoot, fight like a man and better than the males in her tribe. In battles, Lozen showed no mercy to the enemy she would aim her rifle at them and kill without blinking.
Lozen was given the privilege to join the elder’s war council meeting and major ceremonies, not because she was victorio’s sister, but because she was a special and unique warrior and it was rare to see a woman reach that statue of importance amongst a male entourage.
The Apache fought many wars throughout their life time but there is one that is particularly significant to them, the American and Apache War. In the year of 1860, leader of the Apache tribe Victorio had signed a peace treaty with the ...

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...me. Lozen and her band were later imprisoned and put in a train heading to Florida. Lozen did not survive the outbreak of Tuberculosis with the poor treatment she was receiving in the year of 1890 she died, approximately at the age of 50 years old.

Lozen was the best warrior, and it is not only said but it is proven by how she lived and fought against the Americans for the freedom of her people. Her Amazing super natural abilities, her healing abilities and her extraordinary warrior fighting skills proved that she was the key to helping her people come to be free even though it meant that she would not be free herself . The Apache could not have succeeded in winning the battles they won against the Mexican’s, Americans and countless others. If it were not for Lozen and her supernatural contribution the Apache tribe would have been extinct by the 21st century.

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