In addition to the salary they paid Kirker…
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James Kirkerperson
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a.k.a. Kirker
Lake Valley section bossperson
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a.k.a. section boss
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co the following year.
He raised a large and respectable family. Three
of his sons live near Pinos Altos, in Grant
County, one daughter died in Mesilla in 1860,
and the other is married to a kell known Ameri-
can, a pioneer of the territory and a veteran
of the Mexican war.
In addition to the salary they paid Kirker
for his services, they gave him a premium of
$50 for every Indian scalp he brought in; and
as there are many harmless tame Indians in
Mexico whose long black hair resembles the
average Apache, some of his friends started a
report that he occasionally killed some of these
and palmed off their scalps for genuine
Apaches. Although he could have done this
without detection, if he had been so unscrupu-
lous, still no person ever considered the report
more than a good joke on Kirker, which he
understood and seemed to enjoy as much as any-
body.
The body of the Lake Valley section boss,
who was lost during the recent severe storm,
has been found near Osceola station. It is
thought that he met with foul play from some
of the Mexican section men, with whom he had
some trouble a few days before his disap-
pearance.