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Who is the American Indian Massai?

by | Apr 6, 2009 | Inside History

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Who is the American Indian Massai? Ross Taylor Nashville, Tennessee A Mimbres Apache, Massai was born circa 1847 and died 1911. He became a famous Apache warrior in 1886 for his grand trek following his escape from a train that was transporting his people to Florida. Guided by his instincts, traveling by night and sleeping by day, he escaped west of St. Louis, Missouri, back to his homeland in the Black Range in the vicinity of Silver City, New Mexico. The journey took some three months


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