The forced removal of the indigenous people also resulted in the loss of several thousand acres of treaty lands promised to the Yavapai and Apache by the United States government. The arduous journey resulted in hundreds of lives lost, as the people were swept downriver or suffered illnesses from the harsh conditions. Rather than use the wagon roads that could be used to transport the sick and elderly, along with supplies, the Yavapai and Apache people were forced to march, under duress, through winter flooded rivers, mountainous terrain and harsh weather. On February 27, 1875, the United States Army, acting on an Executive Order from the President, transferred an estimated 1,500 Wipukyipai (Yavapai) and Dil zhę̨̨́é (Apache) people from the Rio Verde Indian Reservation 180 miles away to the Indian Agency at San Carlos, Arizona. Headquartered in Camp Verde, Arizona, the Yavapai-Apache Nation, a federally recognized Indian Nation, proudly proclaims success in surviving the removal of their people from their ancestral homelands in 1875 and their subsequent return beginning in the early 1900’s.
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