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Nicolas Acosta person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q76176185id: p_nicolas-acosta_5201eb

also known as: Nicolas Acosta

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Summary:  Mexican chief herder for Patrick Coglan, warm friend of Roman Chiquito's family, mortally wounded by Carpio.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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Claims (7)

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cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-08 (1891) · +1 more
nizing influences surrounding him on the reservation” ( !) Thoroughly disheartened, Roman Chiquito removed with his family to Three Rivers, still on the reservation, but thirty miles from the agency; here he set up his tent, opened a farm and …

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cited from invited by the two girls to stop and take a cup… (1891)
k raiser, had in his employ as chief herder a Mexican named Nicolas Acosta, who was a warm friend of Roman and his family and fre- 'quent visitor to Roman’s tent. One afternoon and while Roan was absent, Acosta, in returning from the ran…
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-08 (1891)
k raiser, had in his employ as chief herder a Mexican named Nicolas Acosta, who was a warm friend of Roman and his family and fre- 'quent visitor to Roman’s tent. One afternoon and while Roan was absent, Acosta, in returning from the ran…

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cited from Thoroughly disheartened, Roman Chiquito… (1891) · +1 more
and when Roman, through his white friends, remonstrated the agent gave as an excuse that “Roman Chi- quito was a promising young man and that his spiritual welfare demanded that he should not be removed from the christianizing influences surro…
chief herder
cited from Roman and his family were soon on terms… (1891)
Roman and his family were soon on terms of friendly intimacy with his neighbors at Three Rivers, one of these Mr. Patrick Coglan, a stock raiser, had in his employ as chief herder a Mexican named Nicolas Acosta, who was a warm friend of Roman…

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cited from Thoroughly disheartened, Roman Chiquito… (1891) · +1 more
and when Roman, through his white friends, remonstrated the agent gave as an excuse that “Roman Chi- quito was a promising young man and that his spiritual welfare demanded that he should not be removed from the christianizing influences surro…
cited from Roman and his family were soon on terms… (1891)
Roman and his family were soon on terms of friendly intimacy with his neighbors at Three Rivers, one of these Mr. Patrick Coglan, a stock raiser, had in his employ as chief herder a Mexican named Nicolas Acosta, who was a warm friend of Roman…

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Carpio murdered Nicolas Acosta

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