Lozen, the sister of renowned chief Victorio, became legendary both as a warrior and as a shaman. She had what the Apaches call "Power", supernatural abilities on the battlefield and in spiritual communication. Lozen fought in more campaigns against the Mexicans and the Americans than any of the great Apache leaders such as Cochise, Mangas Coloradas, Juh, Chihuahua, Geronimo or her own brother, Victorio. The Apache patriarch, Nana, said of Lozen "Though she is a woman there is no warrior more worthy than the sister of Victorio." Lozen also fought beside Geronimo after his breakout from the San Carlos reservation in 1885, in the last campaign of the Apache wars. She used her Power to locate the enemies, the U.S. and Mexican cavalries. It is said she would stand with her arms outstretched,chant a prayer (to Ussen, the Apaches' supreme deity), and slowly turn around. By the sensation she felt in her arms, she could tell where the enemy was and how many they numbered. She died in U. S. military custody after Geronimo's final surrender, of tuberculosis, as a prisoner of war sometime after 1887. Her life is a validation of the respected place women held among the Apaches.I would like to meet my great-grandmother Monica (I'm named after her). She was the daughter of Jicarilla Apache parents from New Mexico. My father said that she would cure illnesses, make soap, use the local plants for medicine and food and he learned so much from her and her father.I would like to meet my great-great grandfather, Juan Salazar. (His Native name was Pahii which means "Keeper of the Sacred Fire). My father tells of the time the gypsies came through their village and stole my aunt, his younger sister. Pahii left to go get her. In three days he returned with her and the gypsies never came to the village again. Some say he cursed them.Next on my list is Eric Clapton. He lived hard and has survived. Not to mention that his music is some of my favorite of all time.
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