▁the ▁Moh ave ▁defeated ▁the ▁Ch eme h ue vi ▁after ▁their ▁al lies , ▁the ▁P ai utes , ▁killed ▁two ▁Moh ave ▁women . ▁The ▁Moh ave ▁pushed ▁the ▁Ch eme h ue vi ▁off ▁their ▁traditional ▁territory ▁and ▁into ▁the ▁California ▁desert , ▁but ▁they ▁soon ▁returned . ▁To ▁avoid ▁fighting ▁a ▁two - front ▁war , ▁I rat aba ▁attacked ▁the ▁Ch eme h ue vi ▁first , ▁then ▁turned ▁his ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁P ai utes , ▁who ▁were ▁planning ▁an ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁Moh ave ▁farm ▁and ▁gran ary ▁on ▁the ▁Colorado ' s ▁Cot ton wood ▁Island . ▁During ▁a ▁subsequent ▁battle ▁with ▁the ▁Ch eme h ue vi ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 8 6 5 , ▁I rat aba ▁was ▁taken ▁prisoner ▁while ▁we aring ▁his ▁major ▁general ' s ▁uniform . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁contemporary ▁news ▁report ▁based ▁on ▁second ▁hand ▁accounts ▁from ▁white ▁travel ers , ▁the ▁capt ors ▁fe ared ▁that ▁killing ▁him ▁would ▁inv ite ▁re per cuss ions ▁from ▁the ▁soldiers ▁station ed ▁at ▁Fort ▁Moh ave , ▁so ▁they ▁instead ▁stri pped ▁him ▁n aked ▁and ▁sent ▁him ▁home ▁badly ▁be aten . ▁In ▁the ▁Moh ave ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁events ▁as ▁told ▁by ▁Ch ook sa ▁hom ar , ▁I rat aba ▁surrender ed ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁make ▁peace ▁with ▁the ▁Ch eme h ue vi , ▁and ▁offered ▁his ▁uniform ▁to ▁their ▁chief ▁as ▁a ▁gesture ▁of ▁peace . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 7 ,