b'Anderson, a rancher, and his cowboys killed an Apache who had been rustling cattle and was identified at the time as the Apache Kid. That identification has always been contested.After that, the Apache Kid became something of a legend. In 1896, John Slaughter claimed to have killed the Kid in the mountains of Chihuahua - more cow dust, I trust. By 1899, a Col. Emilio Kosterlitzky, of the Mexican Rurales, reported that the Kid was alive and well, living among the Apache of the Sierra Madre Occidentalthat too, never confirmed. And yet another Some believed that the Apache Kid was born insource relates a story that a 17-year-old boy by the name Aravaipa Canyon. of Billy Keene (a member of one of the many posses) possessed the head of the Apache Kid in Chloride, NewIt was said that it seemed like every Indian in imprisonment. Ironically, he was the only one of theMexico, as late as 1907. Of course, nobody ever says howArizona was on the warpath in the winter of 1873 bunch to finally complete the trip to Yuma Prison. old the head was! so Sieber and his scouts became very busy.The Apache Kid, on the other hand, did manage toSome of the demise storiesMateo Mountains of Cibola National Forest, a make good his escape from what became known asgo so far as to say that cattlemarker stands as a gravesite, where the Anderson the Kelvin Massacre. For several years after that, heranchers, well into the 1920s,posse claimed to have killed the Kid back in 1894. was a veritable nightmare in central and southeasterncontinued to report rustling,According to local residents, the body wasnt even Arizona. Everybody knew the name of the Apache Kid.often blaming the Apache Kid,buried but that the bones and shreds of his clothing He was known from the Tonto Basin to the Sierra Madrebut none of these claims werelay scattered about the site for some time until Mountains of Mexico, as well as the area now knownever confirmed. Most authoritiespeople had finally taken everything that was left as as the Apache Kid Wilderness in the Cibola Nationalat this point discounted the Kidssouvenirsnothing remains. This is why, for the sake Forest, New Mexico. Even so, the Apache Kids reign wasinvolvement in anything. Heof history, 1894 is the most widely accepted date of drawing to a close. was immortalized in a comichis demise.book series, but the character For quite some time there were unconfirmed sightingswas a far cry from what theIt may be unfortunate, but I believe that we will never of the Apache Kid. Over the next several years, the Kidactual man was about. Mostknow the entire truth concerning what happened to was accused of any number of crimes, including rapefolks simply believed he hadthe famous or infamous Apache Kid. The meaning and murder, but there was never any clear evidence ofsuccumbed to either lead poisoning or some other fatalof his name seems to have held true right up to the end him being involved in these or any crimes at all. Butdisease along the way. Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl the tall man destined to come then, for all practical purposes, the Apache Kid justto a mysterious end.Im afraid hell just have to stay simply vanished. The last reported crimes allegedlyWith that all said, the fact of the matter is that today,stranded out there somewhere as just one more of those committed by the Kid were in 1894. That year in the Sana mile from Apache Kid Peak, high up in the Sanenigmas still nestled deep in Arizona history. Mateo Mountains, west of Socorro, New Mexico, Charles Midwestern University [ Equine and Bovine Center ]We Are Your Veterinary Team.The Equine and Bovine Center is your source for comprehensive, high-quality, and affordable primary and specialty veterinary services.Working as a team, Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine students and faculty veterinarians use the latest technology to provide a wide range of health services for large animals, at our Glendale clinic or onsite.Call 623-806-7575 to schedule an appointment.Midwestern University 5725 West Utopia RoadEquine and Bovine Center Glendale, Arizona 85308 part of the Animal Health Institute 623-806-7575www.mwuanimalhealth.comArizonaRealCountry.com July 2021 11'