height of, 33, 210
in Hillsboro, N.Mex., 209–12, 216
horse racing by, 192–93
in Las Cruces, N.Mex., 196–97, 199–200, 202, 203, 208–9, 213–16, 226, 230–32
in Las Vegas, Nev., 3–4, 7–11, 15, 26, 136–39, 175, 180, 189, 264n
at Las Vegas jail, 3–4, 15, 26, 136–39
in Las Vegas standoff, 7–11, 264n
law license of, 225
legal representation of, 178–79
legend of, 1, 3–4, 219–20, 247–57
letters of, 163, 164, 187, 191, 193, 196–98, 227, 228
mining investments of, 217, 225, 226
mortgage of, 226
murder of, 228–44, 296n, 297n
name of, 26
official investigation into death of, 234–41
penitentiary superintendent job for, 227, 294n
personality of, 12, 29, 34–35, 91, 119, 187, 197–98, 219, 222, 228, 229–32
photographs of, 9, 95, 163, 221, 223, 224
physical appearance of, 3–4, 33, 83–84, 210, 218, 227
posses headed by, 12, 109–33, 157, 163–64, 184, 202, 203–6, 216, 217
press coverage of, 26, 176–77, 178, 185, 210, 217, 220–22, 223, 225, 234, 241
promissory note of, 226, 227
in Puerto de Luna, 115–17, 279n
as real estate partner, 227
reputation of, 91–92, 115–17, 196–97, 199, 217, 218–25
rewards collected by, 174–75, 178–79, 186, 197, 210, 215
Roosevelt’s relationship with, 218–25, 224
in Roswell, N.Mex., 96, 111, 164, 182, 190–91, 197
in San Antonio, Tex., 192–93, 222–25, 224
in Santa Fe, N.Mex., 7, 15, 175, 178–80
in Santa Rosalia, Mexico, 225
second marriage of, 94, 96, 275n, 277n, 289n–90n
as sheriff, 12, 138–39, 144, 151, 156–60, 162, 182, 185–87, 200–218, 220, 290n
as sheriff-elect, 96, 101–2, 109–11, 118, 119, 121, 129, 132, 133
slanders against, 180, 186–87
as Southwest Livestock Detective Agency chief, 189
Spanish spoken by, 34, 85
at Stinking Spring camp surrender, 128–33, 158, 161, 172, 178, 183, 280n
taxes owed by, 226
temper of, 187, 222, 229–32
in Territorial Council elections, 186–87
Garrett, Patrick Floyd Jarvis “Pat”
in Texas, 28–32, 188–89
in Uvalde, Tex., 191, 192–93
watch presented to, 186
in White Oaks, N.Mex., 111, 144, 156–57, 162
at Wildy Well gunfight, 203–6, 210, 292n
Winchester rifle of, 116, 124, 204, 250
at Yerby Ranch, 112–13
Garrett, Pauline, 192, 252
Gauss, Gottfried, 145, 146, 148
George D. Bowman & Son Bank, 216–17
Gerhardt, John, 135–36
Gildea, Gus, 47, 48, 49, 140
Gililland, Jim, 198–212, 291n, 292n–93n
Gillett, James B., 140, 242
Glenn, Willis Skelton, 29, 30, 31, 32, 267n–68n, 293n
Goen, U. S., 252 grand juries, 89–90, 201–2, 235, 239
Grant, Joe, 92–94
Grant, Ulysses S., 153
Grant County, N.Mex., 42, 187, 216
Graves, Gary, 255
Great Depression, 248–49
Greathouse, Jim, 106, 107, 108, 109
Greene, Charles, 190
Greer, John, 27
Grey, F. W., 286n
Grzelachowski, Alexander “Padre Polaco,” 103, 104, 105, 115, 116, 136, 279n
Guinn, George, 162–63
Guiteau, Charles J., 177
Gutiérrez, Candido, 169
Gutiérrez, Celsa, 161, 169, 256
Gutiérrez, Feliciana, 94
Gutiérrez, José Dolores, 94
Gutiérrez, Saval, 169, 174–75
Hall, Lee, 129, 133, 135
Hardin, John Wesley, 237, 250
Harding, Warren G., 243
Hargrove, Bob, 92–93
Harper & Brothers, 154 Hartman, Lewis C., 46
Hayes, Rutherford B., 153
Hell’s Angels, 252
Hervey, James M., 234, 238–39, 240, 296n
Hico, Tex., 253, 254–55
Hill, Tom, 62–63
Hindman, George, 5, 19, 69–70
Hispanic population, 4, 8–11, 15, 20, 32, 33, 44, 55, 56, 57, 82, 127, 128, 148
Holt, Herbert B., 240
Hooker, Henry C., 45
Hotel de Luna, 46, 47
Hough, Emerson, 157, 224, 225, 228,
240, 247–48, 277n “House, The,” 58–61, 68, 74, 77
Hudgens, Bill, 105–9
Hughes, Howard, 252–53
Hughes, John R., 208, 209
Hughes Tool Co., 253
Hull, Jack, 287n
Hunt, George W. P., 244
Illustrated Police News, 14
Independent Democrat, 200, 206–7
Indianapolis News, 177
Indian Territory, 38, 64, 139, 213–15, 231
Ingersoll, Robert J., 236
James, Frank, 96, 177
James, Jesse, 155, 177, 288nJ. J. Dolan & Co., 58–59, 77
Job, Book of, 175
Joel, Billy, 257
Johnson, Andrew, 96
Jones, Barbara, 53–54, 141
Jones, Frank, 54
Jones, Heiskell, 53, 54, 141
Jones, John, 54, 141
Jones, Sam, 53–54
Kansas City Journal, 177
Kearney, H. K., 203, 205, 206, 211
Kelly, Edward, 16
Kilmer, Val, 256
Kimbrell, George, 99, 101, 102, 109
Kinney, John, 24, 52, 76–77
Kirby, Brandon C., 189–90
Kristofferson, Kris, 256
Kuch, Fred W., 106, 107
Labadie, Lorenzo, 36
La Rue, Joseph, 101, 147
Las Cruces, N.Mex., 19, 20, 106, 179, 196–97, 199–200, 202, 203, 208–9, 213–16, 226, 230–32, 238, 239
Las Tablas, N.Mex., 102, 148–49
Las Vegas, Nev., 3–4, 7–11, 15, 26, 83, 100, 106, 111, 114–15, 117, 135, 136–39, 141, 175, 176, 179, 180, 189, 264n
Las Vegas Daily Optic, 4, 5, 139, 176, 177, 180–81, 279n
Las Vegas Gazette, 4, 5–6, 10, 11, 15, 23, 119–20, 121, 158, 176, 181, 279n
Lay, Larkin R., 28
Lay, Margaret Garrett, 28
Lea, Joseph C., 96, 101, 111, 114, 186, 280n
Lee, Henry, 255
Lee, Jim, 230
Lee, Oliver, 198–212, 215–16, 236, 241–42, 244, 291n, 292n–93n
Lee, Oliver M., Jr., 241–42
Lee, Winnie Rhode, 215–16
Left Handed Gun, The, 278n
Leis, Henry, 33
Leiva, Marino, 115–16, 279n
Leonard, Ira, 17, 19, 20, 90, 105
Lesnett, Annie E., 25
Lewis, John Woodruff, 181–82L. G. Murphy & Co., 58–59, 77, 139
Lilly, John, 147
Lincoln, Abraham, 87
Lincoln, N.Mex., 23–25, 56–58, 56, 64–65, 68–70, 68, 75, 138–48, 154–55, 159, 165, 185, 194
Lincoln County, N.Mex., 55, 57–58, 87, 100–102, 179, 187, 188, 189–90
Lincoln County War, 5, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 50, 58–82, 86, 87–88, 89, 99, 109, 120, 141, 149, 153–54, 182, 189, 190, 248, 254
Lincoln Golden Era, 189
Llewellyn, Clint, 203
Lobato, Francisco, 174
Lockhart, W. A., 24
Long, Jack, 76
Longworth, Thomas B., 106–7
Los Angeles Times, 222
Lucero, Felipe, 232–33 lynchings, 8–11, 17, 20, 23–24, 52, 138
Mabry, Thomas J., 254
McCarty, Catherine, 36–42, 44, 255
McCarty, Joseph “Josie,” 36, 39, 40–41, 49, 184–85, 269n<
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McCarty, Michael, 36–37, 53
McCloskey, William, 67
McCune, H. L., 243–44
Mackie, John R., 46, 47
McKinley, William, 218
McKinney, Cliff, 254
McKinney, Thomas C. “Kip,” 164, 166–67, 170, 172, 175, 254, 256, 286n
McMurtry, Larry, 257
MacNab, Frank, 67, 75
McNew, William, 198, 199, 202, 207, 209
McSween, Alexander A., 59, 60–62, 61, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 74–82, 83, 120, 203, 273n
McSween, Susan, 60, 64–65, 80, 88, 203, 273n
McVeigh, Dennis, 204
Madison, James, 204
Madison, Mary, 205
Maes, Juan, 115
Martínez, Atanacio, 64
Martínez, Juanita, 84, 91, 275n
Martínez, Romulo, 16
Mason, Bernard “Barney,” 7, 35, 110, 114, 116, 117, 118, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 131, 133, 134, 157–58, 169, 188, 280n
Mason, Juana, 110
Masterson, Bat, 223
Mathews, Billy, 24, 70, 74, 88, 274n
Maxwell, Deluvina, 134–35, 173, 256, 286n–87n
Maxwell, Jack, 210
Maxwell, Lucien Bonaparte, 32, 249
Maxwell, Luz Beaubien, 134–35
Maxwell, Paulita, 34–35, 84, 91–92, 97–98, 159, 160, 173, 178, 183, 256, 268n, 276n, 284n–85n, 286n, 287n, 288n
Maxwell, Peter, 32–33, 33, 35, 110, 135, 159, 161, 167, 168–75, 177, 178, 181, 183, 185–86, 247, 249, 256, 268n, 285n–86n, 288n
Meadows, John, 35, 149–50, 189
Merchant’s Union Express Co., 37
Mescalero Apaches, 19, 24, 32, 52, 55, 87, 99, 112
Mesilla, N.Mex., 17, 18–24, 58, 138, 142, 143, 195, 210, 284n–85n
Mesilla News, 23–24
Mesilla Valley, 52, 75, 76
Mesilla Valley Independent, 20, 52
Mexican-American War, 152
Mexico, 27, 110, 149–50, 160, 222
Middleton, Billy, 62, 63, 64
Middleton, John, 62, 71–72
Miles, John E., 249–50
Military History of Ulysses S. Grant
(Badeau), 153
Miller, Benjamin S., 7–8, 11, 12
Miller, James B. “Jim,” 231, 236–37, 239, 240, 241–42, 297n
Mills, Alexander “Ham,” 57, 272n
Minneapolis Tribune, 177
Miranda, Felipe, 102
Mitchell, Thomas, 253
Momaday, N. Scott, 257
Montaño, José, 76, 77
Moore, Mary, 15
Moore, W. Scott, 15–16
Morley, J. Fred, 11
Morris, Harvey, 76, 81
Morton, William “Buck,” 62–63, 66–67
Murphey, Joseph, 49
Murphy, Henry L., 244
Native Americans, 19, 24, 32, 39–40, 44, 45, 50, 52, 53, 55, 56, 68, 87, 99, 112, 194, 250, 271n–72n
Neis, Tony, 16, 17–18
Newcomb, Simon B., 20, 266n
Newman, Norman, 213–15
Newman, Paul, 256, 278n
Newman, Simeon H., 19, 21, 22, 23
Newman’s Semi-Weekly, 19, 21, 266n New Mexican Printing and Publishing
Co., 182, 288n–89n
New York Evening World, 223
New York Times, 177, 248, 257
Norris, Tom, 149
“O, Fair New Mexico,” 192
Odd Fellows, 236, 257
O’Keefe, Tom, 271n–72n
Olinger, Ameredith Robert B. “Bob,” 24, 25, 111, 114, 139–48, 140, 149, 155, 156–57, 254–55, 282n, 284n
Ondaatje, Michael, 257
Organ Mountains, 203, 216, 240
Otero, Miguel Antonio, 11, 13–15, 207–8, 249–50, 286n–87n
Otero, Page, 13–15
Otero, Vicente, 175
Otis, Harrison Gray, 220–22
Outlaw, The, 252–53
Page, Albenita, 278n
Page, Frank, 103–5
Panhandle, Texas, 109, 113, 121, 162, 165, 188–89, 213
Parker, Frank W., 202, 207–8, 240
Parrott, “Big Nose George,” 181
Pecos Irrigation and Investment Co., 190
Pecos River, 32, 52, 53, 55, 60, 75, 159, 164, 166, 254
Pecos Valley, 52–54, 96, 110–11, 117, 131, 188, 191
Pecos War, 53
Penn, Arthur, 278n
Peppin, George W., 76, 77, 79, 81, 82
Percy Big Mouth, 99
Perry, Charles, C., 197, 200
Pickett, Tom, 5, 6, 99, 100, 109, 112, 124, 125, 127, 133, 134, 135, 136
Pinkerton, Allen, 198
Poe, John W., 161–72, 163, 173, 175, 186, 188, 191, 192, 256, 285n, 287n
Posse Comitatus Act (1878), 77
Powers, Tom, 223–25, 224, 236, 239, 240, 241, 250–52
Puerto de Luna, N.Mex., 103–5, 111, 115, 121, 136, 278n
Quantrill, 96
Reade, D. M., 24
Regulators, 1, 24, 66–82, 86, 87, 88, 139, 182
Republican Party, 194, 200, 211, 218, 219, 223
Rhode, Archie Prentice “Print,” 203,
215–17, 229–30, 237–38, 241–42, 244, 245, 295n
Rhode, Sterling, 230
Rhode, Winnie, 215–16
Rhodes, Eugene Manlove, 208, 242
Richardson, Bill, 255
Riley, John, 61, 68
Rio Bonito, 25, 56, 76, 81, 148
Rio Grande Republican, 177, 186–87, 227, 265n
Ritch, William G., 102, 178–79
Roberts, Andrew L., 19, 20, 24–25, 70–74
Roberts, Ollie L. “Brushy Bill,” 253–55, 256
Roberts, William M., 187
Rocky Mountain News, 177
Rogers, Roy, 256
Romero, Desiderio, 5, 7, 9
Romero, Dolores, 117
Romero, Francisco, 279n
Roosevelt, Theodore, 218–25, 224, 227 Ross, Nick, 32–34, 35
Ross, Robert G., 232
Roswell, N.Mex., 66–67, 96, 111, 114, 117, 127, 140, 164, 182, 190–91, 197, 243, 252
Rough Riders, 222, 224
Roybal, Juan, 128
Ruby, Tom, 189
Rudabaugh, Dave, 5, 6, 8–11, 16, 99–100, 106, 107–8, 109, 125, 126, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138
Rudolph, Charlie, 129, 134
Rudolph, Milnor, 94, 165–66, 174
Ruidoso River, 25, 54, 85, 86
Ruidoso Valley, 62, 75
Russell, Jane, 253 rustlers, cattle, 58, 60, 92–93, 96–100, 105, 109, 113, 139, 161–62, 188–89, 202–3
Rynerson, William, 75, 90
Saga of Billy the Kid, The (Burns), 248, 249
Salazar, José, 88, 250
Salazar, Yginio, 82, 102, 149
Salt Lake Herald, 177
San Antonio, Tex., 192–93, 216–17, 222–25, 224
San Augustin Pass, 24, 52, 226
San Augustin Spring, 203, 213, 228
Sanders, Jeff, 201
San Miguel County, Nev., 4, 12, 120, 136
Santa Fe, N.Mex., 5–6, 11–17, 23, 39–40, 59, 60, 69, 77, 102, 138–39, 141, 142, 155, 156, 174, 210, 211
Santa Fe New Mexican, 13, 26, 155, 156, 157, 176, 177, 178–79, 182, 254
Santa Fe Ring, 59, 69, 77, 210, 211
Santa Fe Sentinel, 39
Scarface, 252
Schaefer, George “Sombrero Jack,” 42–43
Scurlock, Doc, 86, 88, 90
Second Amendment, 189
Secret Service, U.S., 100–101, 109–11
Sederwall, Steve, 255, 256
Segovia, Manuel, 75
Seguro, Alejandro, 174–75
Seven Rivers, N.Mex., 52–54, 75, 85, 139, 141, 146
Shelby, Jo, 96
Sheldon, Lionel, 178
Sherman, John, 16, 109
Shield, Elizabeth, 76
Shiloh, Battle of, 153
Sierra Bonita Rancho, 45
Silva, Jesus,
173–74, 175, 250, 286 87n
Silver City, N.Mex., 39–43, 44, 99, 182, 186
Silver City Enterprise, 219–20
Silver City Mining Life, 41 silver mines, 39–40, 225, 226
Simpson, O. J., 255
Siringo, Charlie, 184, 280n, 289n
Sligh, James E., 276n–77n, 289n–90n
Smith, Beaver, 161
Smith, Gilbert, 47
Smith, H. F. “Sorghum,” 48
Sonnichsen, C. L., 241
Southeastern New Mexico Growers’
Association, 194
Southwest Livestock Detective Agency, 189
Southwick, James W., 21, 139, 159, 284n–85n
Spanish-American War, 207, 210, 218
Staked Plains, 30, 31
Steck, Joe, 107, 108
Stevens, Charley, 42
Stewart, Frank, 7, 15, 117–18, 121, 128, 129, 162
Stinking Spring, 128–33, 158, 161, 172, 178, 183, 280n
Stockton, Ike, 69
Story of the Outlaw, The (Hough), 247–48
Stoudenmire, Dallas, 250
Strong, H. C., 233, 235 Sullivan, Tom, 254–55, 256
Sun, Charley, 42–43, 270n
Sundance Kid, 243–44
Sutfin, John H., 4
Teapot Dome scandal, 243
Tenney, Kate, 181
Texas, 3, 27, 90, 100, 109, 113, 121, 149, 161–62, 165, 184, 188–89, 208, 213, 218–21
Texas Rangers, 100, 208
Thomas, Charlie, 94
Thompson, Mark, 240–41
Thornton, William T., 196–97, 199, 200, 211
Times (London), 177 tintypes, 97–98
Tipton, Tobe, 201
Tombstone Daily Nugget, 177
Treasury Department, U.S., 100–101, 220–22, 223
True Life of Billy the Kid, The (Lewis), 181–82
Truesdell, Chauncey, 41, 44
Truesdell, Clara Louisa, 41–42, 44 tuberculosis, 37, 38–39, 40, 41–42
Tunstall, John Henry, 58, 59–63, 59, 74–75, 76, 80, 89, 190, 273n “Turkey in the Straw,” 85, 275n
Turner, Jim, 197
Upson, Marshall Ashmun “Ash,” 41, 66–67, 182, 184, 192, 248, 263n, 268n–69n, 272n, 288n
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