Aoudad
the ammotrogus tragelaphus, tain affinities to the goats. It is of a a remarkable species of sheep, with cerreddish-brown color, with much long hair hanging down from the front of the neck and the base of the forelegs. It has long, powerful horns, and is fierce in character. It inhabits mountainous regions in Abyssinia and Barbary. APACHES (ap-ä'chēz), a tribe of North American Indians, formerly very fierce and numerous, living in portions of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, and belonging to the Athabascan family.
Long after the annexation of their territory by the United States they continued their raids in spite of severe defeats. An attempt made by the United States Government to confine the Apaches within a reserved territory in Arizona led to bloodshed in 1871. About 300 now occupy a reservation at Fort Sill, Okla. Their total number is about 5,000.