The Apache Woman Who Fought Beside Geronimo — And The Forgotten Story Of Lozen, The Warrior History Almost Forgot
People who had survived years of warfare in some of the harshest terrain on the continent died of disease in the humidity of coastal Florida.
The mortality rate among the prisoners at Fort Marion was high, and among those who died was Lozen.
She died in 1889 at Fort Marion.
The specific date is not documented with certainty.
The cause of death was tuberculosis.
She was probably in her forties — the exact age is unknown because the exact birth date is unknown.
She died without having seen the mountains of New Mexico again.
She died without having been permitted to return to the place where she had been born and where she had fought.