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Manuel Barrera person

born: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)died/dissolved: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)🌐 Q88259691id: p_manuel-barrera_1d4f2d
Probable 70%
Summary:  Son who escaped the Indian attack and reported the killings.
Completeness: 92/100 Grade A
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Claims (7)

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 attackThursday of last week
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-10-17 (1890) · +2 more
tarted 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 IndiansThursday of last week
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-10-17 (1890) · +1 more
tarted 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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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

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