. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . — 282 THE TREACHERY AT CIBICU CREEK. WILLIAM H. CARTER, First Lieutenant, 6th U. S. ranks attained: and U. S. in Davidson County, Tennessee. p\uRiNG the summer of 1S81 there appeared^— among the White Mountain Apaches in Ari-zona a rising star in the guise of a
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . — 282 THE TREACHERY AT CIBICU CREEK. WILLIAM H. CARTER, First Lieutenant, 6th U. S. ranks attained: and U. S. in Davidson County, Tennessee. p\uRiNG the summer of 1S81 there appeared^— among the White Mountain Apaches in Ari-zona a rising star in the guise of a Medicine Mannamed Nockay det Klinne. This oracle graduallyinflamed the minds of the Indians and became soinfatuated by his success that he doubtless believedthe truth of his own weird dreams. So long as heconfined himself to ordinary incantations therewas no special cause for anxiety. In commonwith more civilized charlatans, however, he hadgradually mulcted the faithful believers of muchof their limited wealth, and it became necessaryfor him to make a bold stroke to conceal the false-ness of his prophecies. Considering the length of time the WhiteMountain Indians had been associated with thewhites and their intelligence, it is inexplicablehow this fanatic imposed upon the tribe so seri-ously as to make large nu
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