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58. See for example, Dudley to AAAG, October 28, 1880, ibid.
59. Dudley to AAAG, November 2, 1880, ibid. While it is unlikely that Dudley would lie about a matter so serious, George Allen Caldwell, The Last Retreat. TheStoryofFortCummings(Deming,New Mexico: Privately Printed, 1975), pp. 86-87 (hereafter cited as Caldwell, Last Retreat fails to list any interments in this time period. This is not con- clusive evidence, however, as he has failed to indi- cate other confirmed burials. John Philip Wilson (ab.), Fort Cummings, New Mexico - Abstract of Monthly Post Returns October 1869 - September 1886 (Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico, 1970), pp. 49-51
(hereafter cited as Wilson, Post Returns), also stipu- lates no deaths occurred in October, November, or December.
60. Dudley to AAAG, October 30, 1880, Letters Sent, Roll 1. The cattle may have belonged to the contractor furnishing beef for the post, which at this time was probably S. P. Carpenter.
61. Alex Ramsey, Recommendation to the Presi- dent, November 8, 1880, Las Cruces BLM, Fort Cummings File; Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Execu- tive Order, November 9, 1880, Las Cruces BLM, Fort Cummings File. If the surveyor complied to the strict directive of the order, the new center of the reservation was the new flagpole approximately 100 yards west of the original.
62. Dudley to AAAG, November 1, Dudley to Hunt, November 4, 1880, Letters Sent, Roll 1.
63. Dudley to Newman, November 4, Dudley to AAAG, November 10, 1880, ibid.
64. Winners of the West, March 23, 1924.
65. Dudley to AG, November 13, 1880, Letters Sent, Roll 1.
66. Dudley to Smith, Dudley to AAAG, November 17, 1880, ibid.; Grant County Herald, December 4, 1880. The editor named Stiles, Leonard, and King as suspected members of the gang.
67. Grant County Herald, December 11, 1880, p. 3.
68. A. A. Robinson to William B. Strong, May 26,
1880, Manuscript RR 307:3 (Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society Archives). It should be noted that the railroad surveys were probably conducted at aboutthetimeofVictorio’srampage.
69. Ray Allen Billington and Martin Ridge, WestwardExpansion: AHistoryoftheAmerican Frontier(NewYork:MacmillanPublishingCo.,Inc.,
1982), p. 584; Faulk, Destiny, p. 181.
70. Dudley to AAAG, December 13, 1880, p. 3:1; Letters Sent, Roll 1.
71. Grant County Herald, December 18, 1880, p. 3:1; Jean LaPorta (ed.), History of Luna County (Deming: Luna County Historical Society, Inc., 1978), p. 104 (hereafter cited as LaPorta, Luna County), p. 12.
72. Bernice Cosulich, Tucson (Tucson: Arizona Silhouettes, 1953), p. 158.
73. VirginiaMeasdayandGeorgePeteMeasday (eds.), History ofLuna County, NewMexico - Supple- ment 1 (Deming: The Luna County Historical Society,Inc.,1982),p.8. Indeed,notonlywasthere
abundant water available at Deming, but it was of
74. Mesilla News, December 18, 1880, p. 3:7. It was not determined if the Silver City prices were high or low, however.
75. Dudley to AAAG, January 15, 1881, Dudley to record,January15,1881,LettersSent,Roll1. There was no record of these interments in Caldwell, Last Retreat.
76. DudleytoAAAG,January14,1881,Letters Sent, Roll 1.
77. Dudley to AAAG, January 15, 1881, ibid.
78. Dudley to Smith, January 16, 1881, ibid.
79. Grant County Herald, June 5, 1880, pp. 1:2, 3,
4, 2:2.
80. Ibid., January 29, 1881, p. 2:1, August 27, 1881,
p. 3:4.
81. Mesilla News, January 20, 1881, p. 2:2.
82. Dudley to AAAG, January 19, 1881, Letters
Sent, Roll 1. The identity of and facilities for sup- porting all these coaches remains unclear.
83. Dudley to Hatch, January 25, Dudley to AuAAG, January 27, 1881, ibid. Surprisingly, after the advent of the railroad, according to L. L. Waters, Steel Trails to Santa Fe (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1950), p. 204 (hereafter cited as Waters, Steel Trails), there were still 38 stage lines serving New Mexico in 1882.
84. Dudley to Lee, January 25, 26, 1881, Letters Sent, Roll 1.
85. DudleytoHatch,January28,1881,ibid.
86. Dudley to Hatch, January 28 (two entries), DudleytoAAAG,January27,1881,ibid.
87. DudleytoMullen,January24,1881,ibid.',Tod- sen, Letter to the Author.
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The water is still shipped for
excellent quality.
drinking purposes to many communities not so for- tunate.