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Silver City Enterprise — Killing of Sheriff Bullard (smoke test) (1871) "apaches""apache raid""raiding party"
…s diggings, led by James Bullard, brother of the deceased, arrived to drive the Apaches into the hills. The funeral will be held tomorrow at the Methodist chapel on Bullard street, named in honor of the deceased only last spring. The Hon. R. V. Newsham, late of Mesilla, has consented t…
…urderers will be hung. They are worse enemies to a country than the Apaches. If jus- tice is not done in this matter the officials of Graham county will be to blame, and capitalists will be pretty apt to give that county a wide berth in the fu…
Capt… (1889) "apaches"
…urderers will be hung. They are worse enemies to a country than the Apaches. If jus- tice is not done in this matter the officials of Graham county will be to blame, and capitalists will be pretty apt to give that county a wide berth in the fu…
…treeter, known as “the White Apache,” a man who has lived with the Apaches most of the time for many years past, and who aided and assisted them during their outbreaks, was recently killed at Nacosari, Sonora, by a Mexi- can. The Streeter who cl…
The whole country at the time was kept in… (1889) "apaches""depredations"
…huahua held out inducements to him to raise a company to fight the Apaches.
…huahua held out inducements to him to raise a company to fight the Apaches. Finally, after a consultation with Mc- Knight, he went to work and raised a company, composed of Shawnee and Delaware Indians, and some select American and Mexican fron- ti…
…onally killed some of these and palmed off their scalps for genuine Apaches. Although he could have done this without detection, if he had been so unscrupu- lous, still no person ever considered the report more than a good joke on Kirker, which h…
…he cavalry escort which protected that coach from Geroninro’s raiding Apaches; she may have doubted it when she began to adjust herself to the hardships of frontier life in Silver City. But she no longer doubted when she understood the fundamental…
…murderers will be hung. They are worse enemies to a country than the Apaches. If jus- tice is not done in this matter the officials of Graham county will be to blame, and capitalists will be pretty apt to give that county a wide berth in the future…
…urderers will be hung. They are worse enemies to a country than the Apaches. If jus- tice is not done in this matter the officials of Graham county will be to blame, and capitalists will be pretty apt to give that county a wide berth in the fu…
…urderers will be hung. They are worse enemies to a country than the Apaches. If jus- tice is not done in this matter the officials of Graham county will be to blame, and capitalists will be pretty apt to give that county a wide berth in the fu…
Streeter, known as “the White Apache,” a man who has lived with the Apaches most of the time for many years past, and who aided and assisted them during their outbreaks, was recently killed at Nacosari, Sonora, by a Mexi- can. The Streeter who clerke…
…treeter, known as “the White Apache,” a man who has lived with the Apaches most of the time for many years past, and who aided and assisted them during their outbreaks, was recently killed at Nacosari, Sonora, by a Mexi- can. The Streeter who cl…
The whole country at the time was kept in… (1889) "apaches""depredations"
…i- huahua held out inducements to him to raise a company to fight the Apaches.
…sionally killed some of these and palmed off their scalps for genuine Apaches. Although he could have done this without detection, if he had been so unscrupu- lous, still no person ever considered the report more than a good joke on Kirker, which he u…
…huahua held out inducements to him to raise a company to fight the Apaches.
…huahua held out inducements to him to raise a company to fight the Apaches. Finally, after a consultation with Mc- Knight, he went to work and raised a company, composed of Shawnee and Delaware Indians, and some select American and Mexican fron- ti…
…onally killed some of these and palmed off their scalps for genuine Apaches. Although he could have done this without detection, if he had been so unscrupu- lous, still no person ever considered the report more than a good joke on Kirker, which h…
…the cavalry escort which protected that coach from Geroninro’s raiding Apaches; she may have doubted it when she began to adjust herself to the hardships of frontier life in Silver City. But she no longer doubted when she understood the fundamentals o…
…he cavalry escort which protected that coach from Geroninro’s raiding Apaches; she may have doubted it when she began to adjust herself to the hardships of frontier life in Silver City. But she no longer doubted when she understood the fundamental…
Our handsome sheriff, Mr… (1890) "apaches""depredations"
…zona. An officer in command gives it out cold that there are seven Apaches on the war path, besides the renegades in Old Mexico.
A rich one is told at the expense of the… (1890) "apaches""depredations"
…zona. An officer in command gives it out cold that there are seven Apaches on the war path, besides the renegades in Old Mexico. A rich one is told at the expense of the Pinos Altos constable. Wood Poland and a few companions came into camp fr…
…there from the Chiricahua mountains, where he was killed by hostile Apaches Sunday after- noon. His companion, Mr. Francis Haynes, of Philadelphia, had his horse shot from under him, and escaped by mounting his companion’s horse. The Indians fired…
…looking in the direction of his ( 23 )cabin beheld a dozen or more Apaches, and found to his utter amazement and dismay that the Indians were between him and his rifle. A moment later the screams had ceased and being discovered by the Indians…
Geo… (1890) "depredations"
…not yet been found and has probably been broken to pieces. Indian Depredations Carl Ehrman and Peter Rigg Added to the Long List of Killed In addition to the killing of Hal Williams, reported as having occurred near Hachita in last week’s Enterpris…
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