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Captain Keys person

born: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)died/dissolved: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)id: p_captain-keys_ac7b89

also known as: Captains Keys

Probable 70%
Summary:  An experienced Indian campaigner who pursued the killers of Ehrman and Riggs.
Completeness: 90/100 Grade A
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Claims (12)

arrived_in

Alamo Viejo1890-09-05
cited from In the morning when you are not feeling… (1890) · +1 more
Uncle Billy Wilson’s the other day and let me tell you, Mr. Editor, that place needs a woman awful bad. So many lone widows in the country and so many places going to rack. If Uncle Bill should call at your office you might give him th…
cited from Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords-… (1890)
Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords- burg, on hearing of the killing of Williams, made a night march to the scene of the murder, took up the trail and followed it to Emery springs, where the body of Peter Riggs was found, with two bullet …

departed_for

cited from Captains Keys told the Liberal that his… (1890)
Captains Keys told the Liberal that his head scout said that the two Indians who they chased down in the Hatchets were Kid and an old man. How the scouts find such things out is a mystery, but they do it. The two Indians secured several hun…

fought_in

Indian campaigns on the frontier
cited from Captain Keys has had many years experi-… (1890)
Gilbert of Alamo Hueco ranch assisted at the burial. Captain Keys followed the trail still further towards the Mexican border, but a heavy rain came on and completely obliterated the trail. The country is still flooded with water, and is so …
the pursuit of Indian raiders
cited from Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords-… (1890)
Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords- burg, on hearing of the killing of Williams, made a night march to the scene of the murder, took up the trail and followed it to Emery springs, where the body of Peter Riggs was found, with two bullet …

instructed_to_go_to

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-09-05 (1890)
Captains Keys told the Liberal that his head scout said that the two Indians who they chased down in the Hatchets were Kid and an old man. How the scouts find such things out is a mystery, but they do it. The two Indians secured several…

killed_by

Indians
cited from Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords-… (1890)
Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords- burg, on hearing of the killing of Williams, made a night march to the scene of the murder, took up the trail and followed it to Emery springs, where the body of Peter Riggs was found, with two bullet …

lived_at

cited from Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords-… (1890)
near Hachita in last week’s Enterprise, we have again to chronicle the sad and tragic taking off of other pioneer citizens of this county, namely, Carl Ehrman and Peter Rigg, who met their fate in the big Hatchet mountains on the day foll…

occupation

Indian campaigner
cited from Captain Keys has had many years experi-… (1890)
Captain Keys has had many years experi- ence in Indian campaigns on the frontier, and it is said that he was thoroughly convinced that the depredations had been committed by Apaches, notwithstanding the official report from the war department that…

received_notice_from

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-09-05 (1890)
Captains Keys told the Liberal that his head scout said that the two Indians who they chased down in the Hatchets were Kid and an old man. How the scouts find such things out is a mystery, but they do it. The two Indians secured several…

told

Liberal
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-09-05 (1890)
Captains Keys told the Liberal that his head scout said that the two Indians who they chased down in the Hatchets were Kid and an old man. How the scouts find such things out is a mystery, but they do it. The two Indians secured several…

witnessed

cited from Captain Keys has had many years experi-… (1890)
Captain Keys has had many years experi- ence in Indian campaigns on the frontier, and it is said that he was thoroughly convinced that the depredations had been committed by Apaches, notwithstanding the official report from the war department that…

Sources (8)

A Grand Exposure

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Captain Keys has had many years experi-…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

Captain Keys has had many years experi-…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Captains Keys told the Liberal that his…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords-…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords-…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

In the morning when you are not feeling…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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