Victorio

Victorio
Bidu-ya, Beduiat
Possibly Victorio
Tchihende Apache leader
Preceded by	Cuchillo Negro (Warm Springs Tchihende), Mangas Coloradas (Coppermine Tchihende)
Succeeded by	Nana
Personal details
Born	c. 1825 Chihuahua, First Mexican Republic
Died	(1880-10-14)October 14, 1880 (aged 55) Tres Castillos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Cause of death	Killed by Mexican soldiers during the Battle of Tres Castillos
Resting place	Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Mother tongue	Chiricahua
Nicknames	He who checks his horse Apache Wolf
Military service
Battles/wars	Apache Pass, Percha River, San Mateos Mountains, Animas Creek, Alma Massacre, Fort Tularosa, Aleman's Wells, Hembrillo Canyon, Quitman Canyon, Tres Castillos

Victorio (Bidu-ya, Beduiat; ca. 1825–October 14, 1880) was a warrior and chief of the Warm Springs band of the Tchihendeh (or Chihenne, often called Mimbreño) division of the central Apaches in what is now the American states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua.

In Victorio's War from September 1879 to October 1880, Victorio led a band of Apaches, never numbering more than 200 men, in a running battle with the U.S. and Mexican armies and the civilian population of New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico, fighting two dozen skirmishes and battles. He and most of his followers were killed or captured by the Mexican army in the Battle of Tres Castillos in October 1880.