Gene Kirker attacked by Indians in 1885, loses leg
Reese was shot through the head but did not die at once; Kirker stayed with his friend until he was dead, then cut a mule from the team and mounted [1]. While cutting out the mule, Kirker was shot twice through his right leg, which was later amputated [1].
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- Ophner, after many months of suffering,… (1891)Ophner, after many months of suffering, recovered, but wears a wooden leg in place of the one with which he started out to hunt Ge- ronimo. During the same year Gene Kirker and Chas. Reese were going from Tom…