Indian Scouts

Photo By Carl Moon

Tilegoot, a White Mountain Apache scout, one of the leading scouts who was with Gen. Miles in his capture of Geronimo. He was a very old man, his face is seamed with many wrinkles, and his hair was sparce. Wrapped in a blanket the texture of which is wonderfully displayed in the photographic study, the picture reminds one of the work of the old masters in its grim realism and fidelity to detail.

Photo By Carl Moon

Narahkeegeetsu, a Jicarella Apache, was well over 100 years old. He was with Kit Carson as a scout. In his youth his tribe did not name their boys until they accomplished something, when they were named after their deed. When Narahkeegeetsu was about twenty-five years old he was placed as a chief in command of a small war party sent against the Comanches. He outwitted the Comanches and was successful in that he killed all but two of the enemy, and thus he got his name, which, translated, means "Less Two."