Lozen, Little Sister

The best eyewitness of Lozen was a small boy. James Kaywaykla, riding behind his grandmother as the Chihenne fled across a flooded Rio Grande, later told Eve Ball how the women and children froze at the water until Lozen rode her horse into it, and they followed; on the far bank she turned back to the warriors holding off the cavalry. Kaywaykla remembered Victorio calling her his right hand. After Geronimo's surrender she was sent east as a prisoner and died of tuberculosis in Alabama in 1889, in an unmarked grave.

What the plaque says

Official Scenic Historic Marker Lozen, Little Sister "A Shield to Her People" (ca. 1840-1889) Lozen, a warrior and sister of the famous Warm Springs Apache chief Victorio, fought alongside her brother until his death in 1880 and later with his successors, Nana and Geronimo. Lozen also was a medicine woman and healer and, it was said, with outstretched hands she could determine the location of an enemy. She died a prisoner at Mt. Vernon Barracks in Alabama. Official Scenic Historic Marker New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative The New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative was founded in 2005 by members of the New Mexico Women's Forum in a statewide effort to recognize women's contributions to New Mexico history on the state's Official Scenic Historic Markers. The Initiative ensures that women's diverse histories will be remembered and told, and will inspire and provide a guide for future generations. The 2006 Legislature funded the project.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Three Rivers Petroglyph Site — 18 mi
  More than 21,000 petroglyphs on a basalt ridge above the Tularosa Basin, one of the few places in the Southwest set aside for its rock art alone, walked on a rough half-mile trail.
• Smokey Bear Historical Park — 20 mi
  The small park in Capitan where the living Smokey Bear is buried, a cub found clinging to a burned tree in the Capitan Mountains in 1950, six years after the cartoon was invented.
• Lincoln Historic Site — 23 mi
  One street of adobe in the Bonito valley kept much as it was in the 1870s, where the Lincoln County War was fought over who would supply Fort Stanton and the Mescalero agency.

More markers nearby

• Sierra Blanca — 2.1 mi
• Old Dowlin Mill — 7.5 mi
• Birthplace of Elizabeth Gutiérrez Garrett — 8.3 mi
• Blazer's Mill — 12 mi