Manuel Barrera person
Summary: Son who escaped the Indian attack and reported the killings.
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accompanied
cited from Two Men Killed (1890)
Two Men Killed
Captain Wm. French, manager of the W. S.
ranch at Alma, arrived in Silver City last Mon-
day and gives the following particulars of the
killing by Indians on the ’Frisco river about 25
miles above Alma. On Thursday of last wee…
escaped
Indian attack— Thursday of last week
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-10-17 (1890) · +2 moretarted on their road home. They had proceeded
but a short distance when they were attacked
by Indians, who fired at them from rocks on
the west side of the canon. Avaran Barrera was
killed at the first fire, being shot downward
through th…
reported
the killing of his father and brother by Indians
cited from wagon and ran thirty or forty yards when he… (1890)wagon and ran thirty or forty yards when he
was shot down. The other son, Manuel, who
was behind on horseback, ran as fast as his horse
would carry him to where he was hidden from
view when he dismounted and escaped in the
heavy underbrush.…
witnessed
cited from Two Men Killed (1890) · +1 more
ttle mustang he was riding, got away
from the party. The officers fired several shots
at close range but missed him. It is said the
soldiers joined in the fusillade but did no better
shooting than the civil officers and the fugitive
escap…
Indian attack on wagon
cited from the reservation until lost among the rocks… (1890)Where the Indians had dragged the body
of Juan Jose and where they had stood around
while beating Avaran on the head, were found
the tracks of two with moccasins and one bare-
footed Indian. The trail was followed across
the Salise mountai…
killing of his father and brother
cited from wagon and ran thirty or forty yards when he… (1890)wagon and ran thirty or forty yards when he
was shot down. The other son, Manuel, who
was behind on horseback, ran as fast as his horse
would carry him to where he was hidden from
view when he dismounted and escaped in the
heavy underbrush.…
killing of father and brother by Indians— Thursday of last week
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-10-17 (1890) · +1 moretarted on their road home. They had proceeded
but a short distance when they were attacked
by Indians, who fired at them from rocks on
the west side of the canon. Avaran Barrera was
killed at the first fire, being shot downward
through th…
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Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-10-17
1890 · newspaper · public-domain
the reservation until lost among the rocks… ↗
1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Two Men Killed ↗
1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Two Men Killed
1890 · newspaper · public-domain
wagon and ran thirty or forty yards when he… ↗
1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details
wagon and ran thirty or forty yards when he…
1890 · newspaper · public-domain