Editing Apache Wars (section)

===Yavapai War===
The [[Yavapai Wars]], or the Tonto Wars, were a series of armed conflicts between the [[Yavapai]] and [[Tonto Apache|Tonto]] tribes against the U.S. in Arizona. The period began no later than 1861, with the arrival of American settlers on Yavapai and Tonto land. At the time, the Yavapai were considered a tribe of the [[Western Apache people]] because of their close relationship with tribes such as the Tonto and Pinal. The war culminated with the Yavapai's removal from the [[Yavapai–Apache Nation|Camp Verde Reservation]] to [[San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation|San Carlos]] on February 27, 1875, an event now known as Exodus Day.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onwar.com/aced/nation/all/apache/fapache1871.htm |title=USA Apache Indian War 1871-1873 |access-date=May 13, 2019 |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606152444/http://www.onwar.com/aced/nation/all/apache/fapache1871.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitcampverde.com/yavapai_exodus.php |title=Visitcampverde.com :: Yavapai-Apache Exodus Day |access-date=May 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107232454/http://www.visitcampverde.com/yavapai_exodus.php |archive-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1871, a group of 6 white Americans, 48 Mexicans, and almost 100 [[Tohono Oʼodham|Papago]] warriors [[Camp Grant massacre|attacked Camp Grant]] and massacred about 150 Apache men, women, and children. Campaigning against the Apache continued in the mid-1870s. The battles of [[Battle of Salt River Canyon|Salt River Canyon]] and [[Battle of Turret Peak|Turret Peak]] are prime examples of the violence in the Arizona region. Soldiers and civilians, especially from [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], frequently pursued various Apache tribal war parties, trying to end their raids.