▁to ▁arrest ▁the ▁men ▁that ▁I rat aba ▁identified , ▁fighting ▁broke ▁out ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Y av ap ai ▁leaders , ▁Oh atch ec ama , ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁were ▁shot . ▁Despite ▁having ▁been ▁shot ▁twice ▁and ▁st ab bed ▁with ▁a ▁bay on et , ▁Oh atch ec ama ▁surv ived ▁and ▁escaped ▁to ▁organ ize ▁the ▁Tol ke p aya ▁Y av ap ai ▁in ▁resistance ▁against ▁the ▁US ▁army . ▁The ▁Y av ap ai ▁felt ▁bet rayed ▁by ▁I rat aba , ▁and ▁pl otted ▁to ▁kill ▁him ▁in ▁reven ge , ▁but ▁were ▁eventually ▁persu aded ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁one ▁who ▁had ▁turned ▁them ▁over ▁to ▁Cro ok . ▁ ▁The ▁Colorado ▁River ▁band ▁of ▁Moh ave ▁never ▁replaced ▁I rat aba ; ▁he ▁was ▁their ▁leader ▁when ▁he ▁died ▁at ▁their ▁res ervation ▁on ▁May ▁ 3 ▁or ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 8 7 4 . ▁His ▁cause ▁of ▁death ▁is ▁unknown , ▁but ▁small po x ▁and ▁natural ▁causes ▁are ▁both ▁c ited . ▁The ▁Moh ave ▁gr ieved ▁deeply ; ▁I rat aba ' s ▁cre m ation ▁and ▁the ▁rit uals ▁of ▁m our ning ▁were ▁reported ▁in ▁newsp apers ▁as ▁far ▁away ▁as ▁O ma ha , ▁Neb r aska . ▁I rat aba ▁was ▁succeeded ▁as ▁leader ▁on ▁the ▁Colorado ▁Res ervation ▁by ▁his ▁nep hew , ▁Q ol ho ▁q or au ▁of ▁the ▁V em ack a ▁cl an , ▁who ▁u ph eld