[42] Cochiti is one of the smaller Queres pueblos, situated on the west side of the Rio Grande, almost directly west of Santa Fé. It was near the same spot, at the time of the Spanish accession in 1598. The Cochitiaños took part in the rebellions of 1680 and 1696, and part of the mutineers were, about 1699, removed to the pueblo of Laguna. There are now less than two hundred and fifty inhabitants of this Indian village.--ED. [43] The only other authority for this campaign is A. R. Thümmel, _Mexiko und die Mexikaner_ (Erlangen, 1848), pp. 350, 351.--ED. [44] For Governor José Gonzalez and his exploits during the insurrection of 1837 see preceding volume, ch. vi (Gregg).--ED. [45] _Mezcal_ is the baked root of the _maguey_ (_agave Americana_) and of another somewhat similar plant.--GREGG. [46] Like the Jicarrilla, the Mescallero were in reality a distinct tribe, and related to the Apache only by linguistic affinities. Since 1865 they have been confined upon a reservation in southern New Mexico, where about four hundred still exist. The Coyoteros is one of some dozen tribes or bands among the Apache proper.--ED. [47] It has been credibly asserted, that, during one of these 'bold pursuits,' a band of Comanches stopped in the suburbs of a village on Rio Conchos, turned their horses into the wheat-fields, and took a comfortable _siesta_--desirous, it seemed, to behold their pursuers face to face; yet, after remaining most of the day, they departed without enjoying that pleasure.--GREGG. [48] Or _Chihuahuenses_, citizens of Chihuahua.--GREGG. [49] During the so-called "Pastry War," for which see our volume xix, p. 274, note 101 (Gregg).--ED. [50] _Noticioso de Chihuahua_ of December 28, 1838.--GREGG. [51] The experience of the United States army with the Apache has not proved their cowardice. Since the running of the boundary line after the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848) up to 1886, one outbreak after another characterized our relations with the Apache. For fifteen years (1871-86) General Crook watched the Apache, and after each raid forced them back upon their reservations. Geronimo's band, which surrendered in September, 1886, was transported to Florida and Alabama.--ED. [52] The leader's name was James Johnson, who afterwards removed to California, where he died in poverty. See H. H. Bancroft, _History of Arizona and New Mexico_, p. 407.--ED. [53] Bancroft (_op. cit._) relates the escape of Benjamin Wilson, who afterwards narrated the event, and the death of the leader, Charles Kemp.--ED.