The Apache Indians were greatly feared by most of the Southwest United States and most of the Great Plains tribes.  They were well-known for their raids on the Spanish and Mexican people that inhabited areas around them.  Most of the raids were lead by Geronimo, a fierce and intimidating Indian chief.
     Early Apache Indians were mainly nomadic, with scarce farming in some areas.  They hunted bison, using their skins, meat, horns, and just about every body part imagineable for themselves.  They rarely wasted anything they killed.
     The Apaches were the 6 main Athabaskan-speaking tribes of the Southwest.  There were the Kiowa Apache of northern New Mexico, the Lipan of eastern New Mexico and western Texas, the Jicarilla of southern New Mexico, the Mescalero of central New Mexico, the Chiricahua of the Chiricahua Mountains of southwest Arizona and the Western Apache of central Arizona.