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Captain Brannigan person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)id: p_captain-brannigan_f96598
Probable 70%
Summary:  Captain of the Mescalero Indian police who discovered the fugitive Indians on the reservation.
Completeness: 67/100 Grade C
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Claims (5)

discovered

cited from About forty days after the escape of the… (1891)
tin and buried the skin, the meat they ate raw. And so they kept in sight of the railroad track until they came to where they could see the mountains of New Mexico, then they knew where they were. They left the railroad and made a bee …

member_of

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-08 (1891)
tin and buried the skin, the meat they ate raw. And so they kept in sight of the railroad track until they came to where they could see the mountains of New Mexico, then they knew where they were. They left the railroad and made a bee …

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police finding fugitives
cited from discovered signs of bare foot Indians making… (1891)
discovered signs of bare foot Indians making their way towards the agency; the tracks were followed and finally led to Roman and his fel- low fugitives. When the police found them they were in a pitiable condition, naked, barefoot and emaciated w…

witnessed

cited from About forty days after the escape of the… (1891)
About forty days after the escape of the Indians from Fort Riley, Captain Brannigan of the Mescalero Indian police was out on the reservation with a party of Indian police and

worked_for

cited from About forty days after the escape of the… (1891)
About forty days after the escape of the Indians from Fort Riley, Captain Brannigan of the Mescalero Indian police was out on the reservation with a party of Indian police and

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Roman Chiquito discovered_by Captain Brannigan

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