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A Hero’s Journey from War to Peace

by | Sep 2, 2022 | Features & Gunfights

The federal government’s betrayal of Army Scout Chato is still a stain on American history. Photographer Frank Randal famously posed Geronimo (above) and Chato (below) in a temporary photo studio he set up on the San Carlos Indian Reservation in the spring of 1884. The rival Chiricahua leaders both ended up as prisoners of war, even though Chato had fought against Geronimo as a U.S. Army scout for Gen. George Crook. Chato Phot


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