y ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2 . ▁C och ise ▁County , ▁Arizona ▁is ▁named ▁after ▁him . ▁ ▁Biography ▁C och ise ▁( or ▁" Che is ") ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁noted ▁Apache ▁leaders ▁( al ong ▁with ▁Ger on imo ▁and ▁Mang as ▁Color adas ) ▁to ▁resist ▁intr us ions ▁by ▁European ▁Americans ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁He ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁large ▁man ▁( for ▁the ▁time ), ▁with ▁a ▁mus cular ▁frame , ▁classical ▁features , ▁and ▁long ▁black ▁hair , ▁which ▁he ▁wore ▁in ▁traditional ▁Apache ▁style . ▁He ▁was ▁about ▁six ▁feet ▁tall ▁and ▁we ighed ▁about ▁ 1 7 5 ▁pounds . ▁In ▁his ▁own ▁language , ▁his ▁name ▁Che is ▁meant ▁" h aving ▁the ▁quality ▁or ▁strength ▁of ▁o ak ." ▁ ▁C och ise ▁and ▁the ▁Ch ok onen - Ch ir ic ah ua ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁that ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁northern ▁region ▁of ▁Son ora , ▁Mexico ; ▁New ▁Mexico ▁and ▁Arizona , ▁which ▁they ▁had ▁settled ▁in ▁som etime ▁before ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁expl or ers ▁and ▁colon ists . ▁ ▁As ▁Spain ▁and ▁later ▁Mexico ▁attempted ▁to ▁gain ▁domin ion ▁over ▁the ▁Ch ir ic ah ua ▁lands , ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁groups ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁resist ant . ▁Cy cles ▁of ▁war fare ▁developed , ▁which ▁the ▁Apache ▁mostly ▁won . ▁Event ually , ▁the ▁Spanish ▁tried ▁a ▁different ▁approach ; ▁they ▁tried ▁to ▁make ▁the