▁de mean or ". ▁ ▁I rat aba ▁lived ▁through ▁a ▁tum ult uous ▁period ▁of ▁Moh ave ▁history ▁where ▁the ▁people ▁went ▁from ▁being ▁a ▁polit ically ▁independent ▁nation ▁to ▁coming ▁under ▁the ▁political ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁the ▁events ▁surrounding ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁these ▁enc oun ters ▁are ▁well ▁documented . ▁Most ▁historical ▁sources ▁for ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁I rat aba ▁come ▁from ▁descri ptions ▁by ▁white ▁expl or ers ▁or ▁government ▁agents ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁interact ed , ▁or ▁from ▁contemporary ▁newsp apers ▁that ▁reported ▁on ▁his ▁vis its ▁to ▁the ▁East ▁Coast ▁and ▁California , ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁conflicts ▁in ▁Arizona ▁territory . ▁Some ▁Moh ave ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁events ▁also ▁exist : ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁anth rop ologist ▁A . ▁L . ▁K roe ber ▁interview ed ▁Jo ▁Nelson ▁( M oh ave : ▁Ch ook sa ▁hom ar ), ▁a ▁Moh ave ▁man ▁who ▁participated ▁in ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁events ▁and ▁knew ▁I rat aba ▁personally ; ▁another ▁version ▁was ▁told ▁to ▁eth n ograph er ▁George ▁De vere ux ▁by ▁I rat aba ' s ▁grand d augh ter ▁T cat c , ▁and ▁versions ▁rec ount ed ▁by ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Fort ▁Moh ave ▁band ▁of ▁Moh ave , ▁the ▁descend ants ▁of ▁Hom ose h ▁qu ah ote , ▁were ▁recorded ▁by ▁eth n ograph er ▁Lor raine ▁Sh erer ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 0 s .