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Faraon Apache Indian
History
Faraon ('Pharaoh'). A tribe of Apache. From references in
early Spanish writings to the "Apache hordes of Pharaoh," it is assumed
that the name of the Faraon Apache was thus derived.
This tribe, no longer known by name, seems to have
formed the s. division of the Querecho of Coronado (1541), the Vaqueros of
Benavides (1630) and other 17th century writers, and part at least of the
Llaneros of more recent times. Their principal range was that part of New Mexico lying
between the Rio Grande and the Pecos, although their raids extended beyond
this area. Nothing is known of their ethnic relations, but judging from
their habitat, they were probably more closely related to the Mescaleros
than to ally other of the Apache tribes, if indeed they were not a part of
them. They made numerous depredations against the Spanish and
Pueblo settlements of the Rio Grande in New Mexico, as well as in
Chihuahua, and for a time at least their principal rendezvous was the
Sandia mountains in the former territory. Several expeditions were led
against them by the Spanish authorities, and treaties of peace were made,
but these did not prove to be binding.
According to Orozco y Berra (Geog., 591864) their
divisions were Ancavistis, Jacomis, Orejones, Carlanes, and Cuampes, but
of these the Carlanes at least belonged to the Jicarillas.
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Handbook
of American Indians, 1906
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