General George Crook, who commanded the Department of Arizona during much of the Apache Wars and who brought Geronimo to his first surrender in 1886, later described the Apache in terms that implicitly acknowledged the quality of the warriors he was pursuing.

He understood that he was facing a fighting force of exceptional capability, and his recognition of this capability is implicit in the resources the Army committed to the campaign.

But his reports documented the pursuit from the Army’s perspective, and the specific individuals who made the Apache resistance so effective remained largely anonymous in those documents.

The oral accounts, by contrast, are specific about Lozen’s presence and contribution during this period.

She was described as a valued and trusted member of Geronimo’s fighting force, someone whose abilities were recognized by the fighters around her and whose specific gift — the ability to locate enemy positions — continued to be exercised and valued during the final phase of the resistance.