b'Sibis BoysOn the San Carlos Reservation in the 1880s, Chief of Scouts Al Sieber, rode the res and dispensed justice with a group of hand picked scouts. Known as Sibis Boys, the crew included Sieber, Mickey Free, Tom Horn and The Apache Kid. They were a terror to lawbreakers. The crew was busted up when the Kid turned outlaw and fled to Mexico. Both Horn and Mickey Free tried to track him down, but the results have never been known.Slaughter InsuranceJames Young was an ex-slave, Civil War veteran, Buffalo Soldier, boxer and bodyguard. Oh, and he backed down Buckskin Frank Leslie, not once, but twice. Perhaps thats part of the reason Texas John Slaughter brought Young along on his Wednesday night poker games in Bisbee.Since Slaughter was carrying large amounts of cash, Young was stationed outside to insure nobody got any wild ideas about hijacking the pot. Nobody ever did.Cliff HangerIn April of 1883, General Crook mounted a massive expedition force to go after Geronimo and his warriors in Mexico. Assigned to cover the story for the New York Herald, A. Frank Randall brought along a camera and glass plates packed by a mule. Barely a week into the expedition, five mules wereRead more about Ben Johnson:killed when they lost their footingA True American Cowboy inthe November 2021 issue ofon the narrow high mountainTrue West magazine. trails in the Sierra Madres. OneOrder your today!fell hundreds of feet to its doom. The unfortunate animal carriedStore.truewestmagazine.comRandalls cherished camera and glass plates with it.ArizonaRealCountry.com February 2022 43'