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- The legendary Al Sieber, chief of Army scouts in the badlands of the Southwest after the Civil War once described him as ‘Half Mexican, half Irish and whole S-O-B.’ Mickey Free was one of Sieber’s scouts, enlisted formally into the US Army in the early 1870s at Fort Verde, Arizona, eventually rising to the rank of sergeant.
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Feb 24, 2015 · Photographed circa 1888 with his two wives, Ethlay and Ocheheh (right), and also by himself (left), Mickey Free is dressed far more colorfully and sharply than he was when Sieber first met the scout. Free lived out his life as an Apache on the White Mountain reservation and died in 1914.
Apr 26, 2013 · His name wasn’t really Mickey Free, and he wasn’t really an Apache Indian. The legendary Al Sieber, chief of Army scouts in the badlands of the Southwest after the Civil War once described him as ‘Half Mexican, half Irish and whole S-O-B.’ Mickey Free was one of Sieber’s scouts, enlisted formally into the US Army in the early 1870s at ...
May 10, 2014 · Kidnapped by Apaches, from his father's ranch near Patagonia on the Mexican border, the kid grew up as an Apache and joined the scouts at Camp Verde. While serving, one of the soldiers nicknamed him Mickey Free and the handle stuck. "He was half Irish, half Mexican and all son of a bitch." —Al Sieber, chief of scouts describing Mickey Free
Scout for the US Army. He joined the U.S. Army's Apache Scouts on 2 December 1872 as a scout and within two years he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. He was posted to Camp Verde to serve as an interpreter, where he met Al Sieber. [18] Because the soldiers could not pronounce the Scouts' names, they gave them nicknames.
Jan 10, 2020 · From the period of the Apache wars in Arizona and New Mexico territories, Al Sieber has probably emerged as the most famous scout, but Mickey Free isn’t far behind, and not just because of his catchy nickname. Felix Telles was Free’s real name.
Feb 27, 2017 · Lieutenant Carter Johnson, with a detachment of Apache scouts led by the famous Mickey Free, located the fugitives in the Rincon Mountains on June 11 and captured all their ponies and baggage, including Horn’s horse.
