Quote Originally Posted by Cadwallon
I think the point is that the Apacheans don't necessarily represent JUST the Apache that we know from their 19th Century confrontations with the United States, but more the Apachean Confederacy - if you look at the names of your generals, they often refer to sub-tribes within the Confederation. In conquest, they absorb the Comanche, Navajo and other famous Amerindian tribes.

I think its simplistic to just think of them as Apache - and they would have been much more alien looking (that is, to European sensibilities) prior to contact with Europeans. Even genetically, from 300 years of confrontation and mingling with other tribes and even the Spanish, they would have physically looked different.


Yes, but some of the early Spanish encounters with the indians of the American Southwest were written by clergy who had returned from a rather unsuccessful attempt to find El Dorado. They also tried to "convert" the "savages" which did not end well.

The clothing probably would not have changed that much due to the available resources necessary to make clothing and or the climate etc etc. I am just throwing that out there. I did like playing as the Apachean Nation in the game. NO MERCHANTS! no real economy... At first, I was not pumping out enough units as I was afraid I would go broke. Then I found they could go on the warpath and that was almost all I did every chance I could.