That’s so cool! I live in Maricopa and never knew that the Pima Indians were so ferocious. Thanks for educating me about it.
Douglas V. Weed, wrote a great book titled “They Never Surrendered” about Southern AZ Apache who still raided and caused havoc along the U.S.-Mexican up until the mid-1930s.
He argues that the Indian Wars did not technically end with the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 and noted that many residual Apaches retreated shortly thereafter into the Sierra Madre Mountains
One of the American soldiers who raised the Flag on Iwo Jima was a Pima Indian from Arizona. Marine Ira Hayes, 22 years old WWll.
I believe Ira Hayes was a Pima Indian. He is famous for being one of the six marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima.