THE WARM SPRING APACHE
(Lozen)
Lozen the Apache Spirit Warrior,
Great horsewoman brave and true,
Led the fight for Chiricahua freedom,
(You remind me of someone I knew).
She rode with Victorio the chieftain
Against the white eyes the treacherous foe,
Ambushing their murderous trackers,
With the rifle the knife and the bow.
Apache magic was her true gift,
She always knew where the white eyes were,
With tingling hands she felt them coming,
As they hunted Geronimo and her,
Surrendering to another white lie.
After twenty eight years in prison to die.
©Copyright November 25, 2005 by Colin F. Jones
Lozen was a powerful member of the Chiricahua Apache tribe. The sister of Chief Victorio, she was said to have the ability to sense with her hands how many soldiers were coming, and at what distance, by slowing turning in a circle with her hands outstretched. Never married, she was also a scout, an excellent shot, and a gifted healer. She was born in the late 1840s and after her surrender with Geronimo Mount Vernon Barracks outside Mobile, Alabama where she died of tuberculosis at the approximate age of 50.