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Felix Knox person

born: [1882-01-01,1883-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)id: p_felix-knox_19c173

also known as: Knox

Probable 70%
Summary:  A gambler who was killed by Apaches in the spring of 1882 while traveling from Silver City to Clifton.
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Claims (23)

arrived_in

York's ranch1882-spring
cited from “Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it… (1891)
hich were drawn a score or more of the freighters, who, with their outfits, were in camp for the night. Stories of old times, when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneer, had gone around the circle until it came t…

departed_for

Clifton1882-spring
cited from “Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it… (1891)
hich were drawn a score or more of the freighters, who, with their outfits, were in camp for the night. Stories of old times, when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneer, had gone around the circle until it came t…

filled pockets with

cited from “They drove on, and were about two miles… (1891)
“They drove on, and were about two miles from York’s ranch, when Knox saw an Indian come from behind a low, round-topped hill, and feeling assured there were more of them, and that it was a fight to death, he filled his pockets with cartridges…

fought_in

Apache conflicts
cited from “Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it… (1891)
hich were drawn a score or more of the freighters, who, with their outfits, were in camp for the night. Stories of old times, when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneer, had gone around the circle until it came t…
cited from can driver to whip them back to the ranch, and… (1891)
can driver to whip them back to the ranch, and that he would stand the Apaches off. As the wagon turned and was furiously driven away, the Apaches, who now came in sight, fired a volley, but killed no one. Then Knox faced his foes and pump…

jumped from

cited from “They drove on, and were about two miles… (1891)
“They drove on, and were about two miles from York’s ranch, when Knox saw an Indian come from behind a low, round-topped hill, and feeling assured there were more of them, and that it was a fight to death, he filled his pockets with cartridges…

killed

seven Indians
cited from “A party, after a little delay, was made up… (1891)
“A party, after a little delay, was made up and returned to the place where the fight took place, and there they found Knox’s body, and the Indians, contrary to their usual custom, had not mutilated it in the least, but had taken a clean poc…

killed_by

Apache raiding party1882-spring
cited from “Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it… (1891) · +2 more
hich were drawn a score or more of the freighters, who, with their outfits, were in camp for the night. Stories of old times, when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneer, had gone around the circle until it came t…
7 Apaches1882-spring
cited from “A party, after a little delay, was made up… (1891) · +1 more
Knox faced his foes and pumped the lead from his Winchester into them. The Indians gradually circled around Knox and the end came. The Mexican driver lashed his team back to the ranch, where both of the horses fell dead from wounds receiv…
Apache raiding partyspring of 1882
cited from “Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it… (1891)
“Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it takes sand in a man to try and stand off single- handed forty or fifty Apaches, when he knows how the scrap will end, and that the end will be his own death. But that was just the kind of sand tha…
Indians
cited from “A party, after a little delay, was made up… (1891)
“A party, after a little delay, was made up and returned to the place where the fight took place, and there they found Knox’s body, and the Indians, contrary to their usual custom, had not mutilated it in the least, but had taken a clean poc…
Apaches1882
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-08 (1891)
hich were drawn a score or more of the freighters, who, with their outfits, were in camp for the night. Stories of old times, when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneer, had gone around the circle until it came t…

kissed

his little sleeping girl baby
cited from “They drove on, and were about two miles… (1891)
“They drove on, and were about two miles from York’s ranch, when Knox saw an Indian come from behind a low, round-topped hill, and feeling assured there were more of them, and that it was a fight to death, he filled his pockets with cartridges…
his wife
cited from “They drove on, and were about two miles… (1891)
“They drove on, and were about two miles from York’s ranch, when Knox saw an Indian come from behind a low, round-topped hill, and feeling assured there were more of them, and that it was a fight to death, he filled his pockets with cartridges…

married_to

cited from “Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it… (1891)
hich were drawn a score or more of the freighters, who, with their outfits, were in camp for the night. Stories of old times, when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneer, had gone around the circle until it came t…

occupation

gambler
cited from “Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it… (1891)
hich were drawn a score or more of the freighters, who, with their outfits, were in camp for the night. Stories of old times, when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneer, had gone around the circle until it came t…
gambler
cited from “Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it… (1891)
“Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it takes sand in a man to try and stand off single- handed forty or fifty Apaches, when he knows how the scrap will end, and that the end will be his own death. But that was just the kind of sand tha…

owned

cited from “A party, after a little delay, was made up… (1891)
“A party, after a little delay, was made up and returned to the place where the fight took place, and there they found Knox’s body, and the Indians, contrary to their usual custom, had not mutilated it in the least, but had taken a clean poc…

stopped_at

York's ranch1882
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-08 (1891)
hich were drawn a score or more of the freighters, who, with their outfits, were in camp for the night. Stories of old times, when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneer, had gone around the circle until it came t…

traveled_from

Silver City1882
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-08 (1891)
hich were drawn a score or more of the freighters, who, with their outfits, were in camp for the night. Stories of old times, when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneer, had gone around the circle until it came t…

traveled_to

Clifton1882
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-08 (1891)
hich were drawn a score or more of the freighters, who, with their outfits, were in camp for the night. Stories of old times, when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneer, had gone around the circle until it came t…

turned

team
cited from “They drove on, and were about two miles… (1891)
“They drove on, and were about two miles from York’s ranch, when Knox saw an Indian come from behind a low, round-topped hill, and feeling assured there were more of them, and that it was a fight to death, he filled his pockets with cartridges…

witnessed

an Indian coming from behind a hill
cited from “They drove on, and were about two miles… (1891)
“They drove on, and were about two miles from York’s ranch, when Knox saw an Indian come from behind a low, round-topped hill, and feeling assured there were more of them, and that it was a fight to death, he filled his pockets with cartridges…

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Apache raiding party fought_in Felix Knox

Sources (9)

A Jeweler's Adventure

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

“A party, after a little delay, was made up…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

can driver to whip them back to the ranch, and…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

“Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

“Talk about sand in a man! I tell you it…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

“They drove on, and were about two miles…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

“They drove on, and were about two miles…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

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