From Fort Marion to Fort Sill: A Documentary History of the Chiricahua Apache Prisoners of War, 1886-1913

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168 M Macemy (Jo) 1854–1909 Unidentified Nothing is remembered about this man, who died in 1909 [ne5243].1 Mahgado 1857–1904 nd Bageldoh. He was the son of Nahkeshahn and a full brother of Ototie. Mahgado was a survivor of Tres Castillos. He was listed in Nana’s band as “Ah-ga-doh, age 40, height 5'8", married.” He enlisted as a scout in Company B on September 13, 1884. Mahgado was the only man in Nana’s band who did not participate in the May 1885 breakout. Discharged at Fort Bowie on October 23, 1885, Mahgado was reenlisted as “Ha-ba-do” on November 7 and served as a corporal under Lieutenant Marion Maus. He appears as “Bageldoh” on the Mount Vernon census. Mahgado died in 1904 [sw5033].2 Mahshooeedishkoh (Bill) ? ch William Eskiaz; Mauakaysihtsilun. His Apache name Mahshooeedishkoh means “slick lizard.” He was the father of Vincent Beziyah.3 Mahzissa c. 1859–1905 ch Nanie Mahzissy. Related to Martin Kayihtah, Mahzissa died of tuberculosis on December 22, 1905 [sw5057].4 Mangas (Carl) | 169 Mangas (Carl) c. 1855–1901 mm fig. 55 Mangus; Carl Mangus. Mangas Coloradas’s son, he was a full sibling of Sethmooda, Dostehseh , Nahkedesah, and Ilthtooda. Young Mangas was about eighteen when his father was murdered in 1863. He was with his father-in-law, Victorio, from 1870 to 1880; with Nana from 1881 to 1883; and by 1884 he had his own band of Warm Springs followers. Mangas was in Mexico in 1886 but not with Naiche and Geronimo. He learned they had surrendered in September 1886 and nearly all Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apaches had been sent to Florida. Mangas left Mexico with the intention of surrendering at Fort Apache and being reunited with his relatives. Prior to reaching the fort, he unintentionally encountered a troop of U.S. soldiers on an unassociated patrol. Although he willingly surrendered, the military reported the “capture” of his small band in October 1886. The band numbered eleven: Mangas and two warriors, the rest being three women and five children . His was the last group of Chiricahuas to surrender. On November 3 Mangas jumped from the Florida-bound train. The next day it was reported that he had somehow obtained a knife and stabbed himself about six times, inflicting serious wounds. He also attacked an interpreter using the iron shackles on his wrists. On November 12 Mangas stated through the Apaches’ interpreter, George Wratten , that “colored soldiers” guarding him were constantly threatening to kill him. They had pointed out which women they were going to “take,” and as well as he knew, the soldiers had forced the women to “submit to their passion.” His wife was among the women, and he said it made him “feel bad to see her treated so.” He and one warrior detrained in Pensacola and were sent to Fort Pickens. His wife, two women, three small children, and two grown boys were sent on to Fort Marion. In Alabama Mangas served in Company I and participated in the company’s much-publicized march from Mount Vernon to Mobile. During discussions about the possibility of transferring the prisoners to an undetermined place, Mangas stated that Mount Vernon was too small, and although there was shade from the pines, “when you put your foot on the ground it burns you.” He asked for a farm in a place 170 | Mangas (Cora) with cool water and said the surviving prisoners did not want to stay in Alabama: “We are dying off fast and cannot live here.” At Fort Sill he served in Troop L and the Detachment of Scouts as well as heading his own village. He married Dilthcleyih; they had five children, and he raised stepchildren Elsie Vance Chestuen, Beshadé, and Kenoi. Samuel Mangas died on April 23, 1901. Still enlisted as a scout on active duty, he was buried in the post cemetery with full military honors .5 See offspring who follow; Dilthcleyih. Mangas (Cora) c. 1874–1919 ws + mm She was a daughter of Dilthcleyih and Mangas (Carl); a full sibling of Faith, Flora, Frank, and Lillian Mangas; a half-sister of Beshadé and Elsie Vance Chestuen; a granddaughter of Victorio; and a granddaughter of Mangas Coloradas. Her only husband was Arnold Kinzhuna; they had eight children. Cora settled at Mescalero, where she died on April 3, 1919.6 See also Kinzhuna. Mangas (Frank) c. 1876–1903 ws...