6/18/2023 0 Comments Piposh indians![]() The Yuma War came to an end when the US threatened the Mojave that they would intervene on the side of the Cocopah.Ĭocopah in the Mexican Revolution ĭuring the Mexican Revolution, the Magonistas gained the support of the Cocopah, under the influence of Camilo Jiménez, who was the tribal leader of the Cocopah in the Mexicali Valley. In retaliation, the Quechan-allied Mohave backed the Quechan and raided the Cocopah. War broke out in May 1853, when the Cocopah besieged three Quechan villages holding them hostage. After making peace with the US, the Cocopah allied with the Paipai and Halyikwamai and turned against the Quechan, after accumulating tension between the two tribes. The Cocopah also entered the Yuma War following the tax revolt initially on the side of the Quechan against the US. Together, the Cocopah sieged Camp Independence but the siege fell apart after disputes with the Quechan over the distribution of sheep confiscated from white sheepherders earlier. The Cocopah agreed to join Garra's Tax Revolt of 1851, led by the Cupeño, to fight against the US government alongside the Quechan and nearby Kumeyaay bands. Many tribes along the Colorado River entered the ferry business given its profitability, creating many jobs for the Cocopah. government, and the United States Army established Camp Independence in 1850 to protect the entry route through the tribe's territories. The strategic importance of the river crossing was recognized by the U.S. Westward expansion in the 1840s and the discovery of gold in California in 1849 brought many migrants through the area near the mouth of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon region. The Cocopah were specifically mentioned by name by the expedition of Juan de Oñate in 1605.Īfter the Mexican-American War, Cocopah lands were split between the US and Mexico through the Mexican Cession resulting from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The first significant contact of the Cocopah with Europeans and Africans probably occurred in 1540, when the Spanish explorer Hernando de Alarcón sailed into the Colorado River delta. The Patayan peoples practiced floodplain agriculture where possible and relied heavily on hunting and gathering. They are mostly likely ancestors of the Cocopah and other Yuman-speaking tribes in the region. This included areas along the Gila River, Colorado River and in the Lower Colorado River Valley, the nearby uplands, and north to the vicinity of the Grand Canyon. Patayan is a term used by archaeologists to describe prehistoric Native American cultures who inhabited parts of modern-day Arizona, west to Lake Cahuilla in California, and in Baja California, between 7 A.D. Cocopah traditional territory on the Colorado River and the Gulf of California Precontact Īncestors of the Cocopah inhabited parts of present-day Arizona, California, and Baja California and are known by western academics as belonging to the Patayan culture.
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