You ask me to tell you the story of Roman…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

r several months, after which time they removed to Silver City. Their object was to visit their children and after a stay of two years returned to their home at Maysville. From ihe May 8, 1891, Issue of The Enterprise ROMAN CHIQUITO The Romantic Story of a Mescalero Apache. Written Specially for The Enterprise by Albert Fountain You ask me to tell you the story of Roman Chiquito ; he is only a poor Mescalero Apache, but he is brave, honest and truthful ; and al- though it may appear absurd to use such a word in connection with an Apache Indian, I assure you, Roman Chiquito is very much of a gentle- man. He is the grandson of “Cadette,” the last great war chief of the Mescaleros and the nephew of “San Juan” the late great peace chief of that tribe. Cadette led five hundred Mescalero warriors on the war path; San Juan led them to cultivate the soil, live in houses and send their children to school.