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Doubtful person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q39073991id: p_doubtful_9dac1b

also known as: Little Doubtful

Probable 70%
Summary:  An Apache captured as an infant during Geronimo's last raid and raised in Duncan.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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arrived_in

cited from “Doubtful” — That’s the name he goes by,… (1891) · +1 more
neaking Apache way. He will snarl at his tormentor, and appar- ently forget all about it until he thinks his enemy is off his guard, when he will seize a beer glass or anything else that comes handy and hurl it with all his puny strengt…

captured

when about nine months old
cited from “Doubtful” — That’s the name he goes by,… (1891)
“Doubtful” — That’s the name he goes by, is the curiosity of Duncan. He was captured when he was about nine months old. It was during the last raid of Geronimo, in which Grant County, N. M., and Graham County, Ari- zona, suffered so severely t…
during the last raid of Geronimo
cited from “Doubtful” — That’s the name he goes by,… (1891)
“Doubtful” — That’s the name he goes by, is the curiosity of Duncan. He was captured when he was about nine months old. It was during the last raid of Geronimo, in which Grant County, N. M., and Graham County, Ari- zona, suffered so severely t…

found_hiding

under a bush in Doubtful canyon
cited from The cowboys got together and secured… (1891)
The cowboys got together and secured mounts for about forty and started for Carlisle. All that night they beat about in the Mayflower district. They cut the trail of the Apaches, but not before they had killed two miners, and fol- lowed them r…

killed_by

none (event: attacked little girl with knife, blew up stable)
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03 (1891) · +1 more
ild when angered that ever lived. He is a queer-looking chap, with a head as large as a man’s, immense ears, almost like an animal’s, a perfect counterpart of old Geroni- mo’s, while his body and limbs are spare, but muscled like steel. Abou…

lived_at

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03 (1891)
Like Father, Like Son Old Geronimo’s Promising Six Year Old Apache Terror There is at present living in Duncan, Ari- zona, in a state of semi-civilization, a young Apache lad who promises to make trouble some day. He is no other than the so…

taken_to

cited from The cowboys got together and secured… (1891)
The cowboys got together and secured mounts for about forty and started for Carlisle. All that night they beat about in the Mayflower district. They cut the trail of the Apaches, but not before they had killed two miners, and fol- lowed them r…

witnessed

last raid of Geronimo
cited from “Doubtful” — That’s the name he goes by,… (1891)
neaking Apache way. He will snarl at his tormentor, and appar- ently forget all about it until he thinks his enemy is off his guard, when he will seize a beer glass or anything else that comes handy and hurl it with all his puny strengt…
captured when about nine months old
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03 (1891)
neaking Apache way. He will snarl at his tormentor, and appar- ently forget all about it until he thinks his enemy is off his guard, when he will seize a beer glass or anything else that comes handy and hurl it with all his puny strengt…
attacked little girl with knife, blew up stable
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03 (1891) · +1 more
ild when angered that ever lived. He is a queer-looking chap, with a head as large as a man’s, immense ears, almost like an animal’s, a perfect counterpart of old Geroni- mo’s, while his body and limbs are spare, but muscled like steel. Abou…

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