picacho

"When the picacho hides his head in the clouds, then look for rain."

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888

Along the sunset face of this gleaming _picacho_ there was a shelf or ledge that had often been used by the Apaches for signaling purposes; the renegades communicating with their kindred about the agency up the valley.

An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier Charles King 1888

Not a sign, except Stout's signal blazes at the _picacho_, had been gathered from the front.

An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier Charles King 1888

If Stout made even fair time he should have reached the _picacho_ at dusk, and now it was nearly nine and not a glimmer of fire had been seen at the appointed rendezvous.

An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier Charles King 1888