▁the ▁officer ▁tried ▁to ▁arrest ▁him . ▁C och ise ▁escaped ▁by ▁drawing ▁a ▁kn ife ▁and ▁slash ing ▁his ▁way ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁tent . ▁C och ise ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁shot ▁as ▁he ▁fled . ▁ ▁Bas com ▁captured ▁some ▁of ▁C och ise ' s ▁relatives , ▁who ▁apparently ▁were ▁taken ▁by ▁surprise ▁as ▁C och ise ▁escaped . ▁C och ise ▁eventually ▁also ▁took ▁host ages ▁to ▁use ▁in ▁negoti ations ▁to ▁free ▁the ▁Apache ▁Indians . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁negoti ations ▁fell ▁apart , ▁because ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁U . S . ▁tro op ▁rein for c ements ▁led ▁C och ise ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁situation ▁was ▁spir aling ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁control . ▁Both ▁sides ▁eventually ▁killed ▁all ▁their ▁remaining ▁host ages . ▁C och ise ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁about ▁ 1 1 ▁years ▁of ▁rel ent less ▁war fare , ▁reducing ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁Mexican / American ▁settlement s ▁in ▁southern ▁Arizona ▁to ▁a ▁burn ed - out ▁was t eland . ▁Dan ▁Th ra pp ▁estimated ▁the ▁total ▁death ▁to ll ▁of ▁sett lers ▁and ▁Mexican / American ▁travel ers ▁may ▁have ▁reached ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 , ▁but ▁most ▁histor ians ▁believe ▁it ▁was ▁more ▁likely ▁a ▁few ▁hundred . ▁The ▁mistaken ▁arrest ▁of ▁C och ise ▁by ▁L t . ▁Bas com ▁is ▁still ▁remembered ▁by ▁the ▁Ch ir ic ah ua ' s ▁descend ants ▁today , ▁who ▁describe ▁the ▁incident ▁as ▁" C ut ▁the