Ohatchecama

Ohatchecama

Ohatchecama and Irataba, photographed during the trial following the Wickenburg Massacre

Ohatchecama (Yavapai: "Striking Enemy"; ^[2] also known as Ocho-cama and Ah-oochy Kah-mah, among other variations) was a Tolkepaya Yavapai leader who was arrested for taking part in the Wickenburg Massacre. ^[3] Fighting broke out between soldiers as they attempted to arrest the Yavapai leader, and Ohatchecama's brother was killed. ^[4] The next day, Ohatchecama was seriously wounded while trying to escape and was reported dead, but survived his injuries and later turned up at Fort Date Creek. ^[5]

Notes

1. Gentile 1870.
2. Braatz 2003, p. 155.
3. Books of the Southwest: The Wickenburg Massacre
4. Farish 1918.
5. Braatz 2003, pp. 135–36.

References

• Braatz, Timothy (2003), Surviving Conquest, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN   978-0-8032-2242-7
• Farish, T. E. (1918), "XVI", History of Arizona (Vol. VIII), Filmer Brothers Electrotype Company
• Gentile, Carlo (1870), "Ah-oochy Kah-mah & his friend Irateba Two Tonto Apache girls, civilized & christians, good girls; Coyotero Apache woman, sold by her lord & master for 40 yards Manta at Camp Grant; Joséa, Pimo [i.e., Pima] Fat Boy, front view.", Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, retrieved 19 May 2015
• Books of the Southwest: The Wickenburg Massacre