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Dick Huyl The Apache Boy of the Old Regiment
A memoir fragment recounts Dick Huyl a considered Apache boy raised among US Army troops at a New Mexico Arizona post in 1872. The narrator details violence torture escape and a dramatic rescue leading to the boy joining the regiment and adapting to soldierly life.
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Dick Ilays
Dick Hysl
Crook
New Mexico
Arizona
Cactus
Desclifie
Palo Pinto
Agua Grande Spring
Wahpema
Arigona
Twenty-third Infantry
Ilnyi
Walinemo
Papaese
Chamois
Derisidh
Hfug
Savage
Rocky
Huyl
Iluyl
Leutenant
May
George
San Carlos
Sluyl
Wahnemo
Company A
Dick Hay
Jlieutenant
United States Service
New York Tribune