So we must not envision the Apache of later centuries, who came galloping into farming villages on their painted ponies. Among the migrants’ most famous war leaders was a man who went by the name of Xolotl (SHO-lot), according to the legends. He could never have appeared on horseback at the brow of a hill like Genghis Khan, the famed Mongolian. And yet, Xolotl was, in essence, a sort of Genghis Khan on foot. Wherever he went, he had the same bravado and aura of victory, though he maintained it on his own, in his own person, without the aid of a trusty steed. His nickname meant “Little servant
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