Chiricahua

[ chir-i-kah-wuh ]

/ ˌtʃɪr ɪˈkɑ wə /

a member of an Apache Indian group, formerly located in the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, now living primarily in Oklahoma and New Mexico.

the Athabaskan language of the Chiricahua, differing only dialectically from Navaho.

Example sentences from the Web for chiricahua

The other was named Tze-go-juni, a Chiricahua, and a woman with a most romantic history.

The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604)) |John G. Bourke
A sort of mutual council of war of all the officers and Colonel Evans was held over the body of the dead Chiricahua scout.

The Red Mustang |William O. Stoddard
Noon came, and the Chiricahua brought them some army bread, some fried bacon, and some coffee.

The Red Mustang |William O. Stoddard
Is the whole Chiricahua tribe, reinforced by a swarm from the Sierra Blanca, concentrating on him now?

Foes in Ambush |Charles King

Neither could Colonel Evans, when the Chiricahua repeated them.

The Red Mustang |William O. Stoddard