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Al Sieber (February 27, 1843 [2][notes 1] – February 19, 1907) was a German-American immigrant who fought in the American Civil War (1861-1865), and in the American Old West frontier against the Native Americans. (Indians) in the later American Indian Wars of the mid to late 19th century.
Feb 25, 2014 · Al Sieber, Chief of Scouts. .One of the greatest (though usually unsung) heroes of the West, the man who, more than any other except perhaps General Crook was responsible for the pacification of the Apaches in the Southwest in the 1870s and 1880s, was Albert Sieber (1844 – 1907).
Jan 20, 2023 · A new trial is held in Globe, and Al Sieber is the chief witness against the Apaches. Not surprisingly, the jury declares all the defendants guilty and the judge sentences them to seven years in Yuma Territorial Prison.
One story relates how, when it was discovered a woman killed in a raid on an Apache camp was the mother of one of his Scouts, Sieber stopped his pursuit of the rest of the renegade band for two days so the grieving son could observe the traditional Apache mourning period.
- July 17, 1882
- Apache Time Line
- A Tactical Bronco Blunder
- Arizona Charlie
- Al Sieber’s Deadly Efficiency
- Aftermath: Odds & Ends
- Four Medal of Honor Recipients For Big Dry Wash
Apache leader Na-ti-o-tish (center) positions his warriors along a narrow gorge eight miles north of the Mogollon Rim in east central Arizona. They have built rifle pits and stackedrock wings adjacent to large pine trees, awaiting a small troop of soldiers (55 men) who will pass, single file on horseback, directly below them. Stopping within three-...
In the spring of 1881, Noch-ay-del-klinne (right), a White Mountain Apache medicine man, taught the Apaches a new dance. The performers arranged themselves like the spokes of a wheel, all facing inward, while the medicine man stood in the hub and sprinkled them with the sacred hoddentin (from the pollen of the tule) as they circled around him. As A...
In the parlance of the times, Apaches who escape the San Carlos Reservation are called “Bronco Apaches.” Na-ti-o-tish, neither a chief nor a war leader, leads about 54 Bronco Apaches—including women and children—on a killing and raiding spree, no doubt angered by the death of their medicine man (see time line). After plundering through Pleasant Val...
Arizona is the home today of many famous people, but its first real superstar was a rodeo cowboy and Wild West performer named Charlie Meadows, better known as “Arizona Charlie.” In 1877, the Meadows family settled on a ranch at Diamond Valley, north of Payson, where the community of Whispering Pines is today. In July 1882, Charlie had ridden to Pi...
An immigrant from Germany, Sieber joined the Army just after his 18th birthday, fighting at Gettysburg with the First Minnesota. On the second day of the battle, he was severely wounded in a bayonet charge. Ultimately discharged, he wandered West, landing in Prescott, Arizona, where he distinguished himself in several Indian fights. He rejoined the...
Lieutenant George Morgan survived his wound, as “the slug had only gone around his ribs and lodged in the back muscles.” Sgt. Daniel Conn (“Hog Sergeant”) survived his throat wound, joking, “Sure, I heard the Cap’n say I was kilt, but I knew I was not. I was only speechless!” Pvt. Joseph McLernon died within an hour. One of the Apache scouts, Pvt. ...
The official citations read: Thomas Cruse (July 12, 1892) “Second Lieut. 6th US Cavalry—Gallantly charged hostile indians, and with his carbine compelled a party of them to keep under cover of their breastworks, thus being enabled to recover a severely wounded soldier.” George Morgan (July 15, 1892) “Second Lieut. 3rd US Cavalry—Gallantly held his ...
Jul 11, 2012 · Al Sieber = BADASS. Serving as Chief of Scouts through the Apache Wars in Arizona Territory in the 1870s-80s, Sieber compiled a record unsurpassed in the annals of the Frontier Partisans. His greatest talent lay in working with Apache, Walapai and Yavapai scouts.
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Born in today’s Germany, on February 29, 1844. Albert Sieber could have been an inspiration for Karl May’s fictional frontier character “Old Shatterhand.” During 1848, Sieber’s family emigrated as revolutionary unrest raged throughout their homeland. They made their first home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, then moved on to Minnesota.
