Welcome to Aaron Manky's Cabinet of Curiosities, a production of I Heart Radio and

Grim and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable. And if history is an open book, all of these

amazing tales are right there on display, just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosities. Have you ever heard the stories about mothers who perform impossible feats to save their children?

Things like lifting cars or boulders.

Some people believe that in these instances, the mind takes over everything in the body.

Others believe that certain physical aspects like the car's angle made the feat possible.

Well, today's story revolves around a woman who accomplished incredible feats.

However, in her scenario, people didn't attribute it to extreme motivation or sheer luck.

They perceived it as something much harder to define.

Sometime around 1849, American colonizers arrived in a large area called Apacharya.

This region now makes up parts of Mexico, Arizona, and New Mexico.

They were there to take the land from the native inhabitants.

About seven Apache tribes lived in that region. They were known

for their nomadic lifestyle and their strong battle skills. By the time the colonizers

arrived, the Apache people had been fighting Mexican soldiers for years.

One day the colonizers quietly crept in on an Apache settlement near New Mexico.

They planned to surprise attack the people,

raid the settlement, and then kill everyone living there, but they

underestimated the tribe.

When the attackers descended upon the settlement, the Apache people came out in full force. The attackers were stunned. Not only did the tribes seem to know that they were coming, but for every Apache man there was a woman behind him ready to strike should he go down. The colonizers were completely unprepared. They were beaten in a landslide, and those

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