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Last Indian War veterans linger into 1990s
Washington AP reports 16 Indian wars veterans remain from a once 106000-strong force after the Civil War era. The youngest is 83, oldest about 103. Survivors include Hugh McGinnis, 96, who recalls pay and Wounded Knee, and others like Dan Daw, Hasteentsah, and Simpson Mann, aged up to 103, honored in VA records.
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Washington
West
Veterans Administration
United States
Hugh McGinnis
Battle of
Wounded Knee
South Dakota
7Th
U. S. Cavalry
McGinnis
Crandon Wise
Howard Fielding
Miami
Walter C. Harrington
Gulfport
Fla
Fielding
Harrington
Fort Niobrara
21St
U. S. Infantry
South Dakota Wilds
Hasteentsah
Army
John Daw
2Nd Cavalry
Fort Wingate
Ariz
Red Lake
Tonalea
Dan
Indian Bureau
Simpson Mann
Wadsworth
Kaw
Badlands
Dakotas
9Th
Mann