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Fly Photographs of Geronimo's Surrender in Arizona incl. Kidnapped White Child [135766]

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Fly Photographs of Geronimo's Surrender in Arizona incl. Kidnapped White Child  [135766]
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Lot of 2 different photos. They are period (c.1880s) copies of 1886 photographs done by famous Tombstone photographer CS Fly. These mounted copies were done by GW Bradley, Menasha, Wisconsin (stamped in purple on the reverses of the photos). Bradley whited out Fly's original captions, "Copyright 1886 by C.S. Fly, Tombstone, Ariz.".

Fly travelled with General Crook and documented Geronimo's meeting with Cook to discuss surrender in March 1886. He was given permission to take these photos and others on March 25th and 26th, 1886. Each photo is 4 x 5.75" on 4.25 x 6.5" mount.

1) Photograph of Native children with a white child, Santiago McKinn, posing in the center. Santiago was kidnapped by Geronimo in September 1885 near Silver City, New Mexico Territory. In the capture, his brother was allegedly killed by Geronimo with a rock to the head. During his six months with Geronimo and the other Apaches, Santiago was well cared for and even learned the language. He was even reluctant to leave with the Americans when Fly spotted him in the group.

2) Photograph of 16 Apaches which Fly titled "A Group of Hostiles." Pen and pencil notations on the reverse say Geronimo is third from the right. While this person does bear some resemblance to Geronimo, he is not wearing the outfit that Geronimo is wearing in all the other Fly photos taken that day that identify Geronimo. It would also be unusual for Fly to have not posed him in the center. Wear at bottom right.

According to Mautz, Bradley was active in Menasha beginning in 1885.

In 1885, Geronimo and 155 Apache followers escaped from the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona. Geronimo met General Crook in March 1886. However, the meeting did not end with his surrender. He left and continued raiding in Arizona and New Mexico Territories and in Sonora, Mexico, for several months before finally surrendering to Gen. Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon on September 4, 1886. (He was later sent to Ft. Sill, where he died.)

CS Fly arrived in Tombstone in 1879. He ended up being actively involved in the famous OK Corral gunfight involving Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Cochise County Sheriff John Behan took cover inside Fly's photography studio where he was joined by Ike Clanton. C.S. Fly disarmed outlaw Billy Clanton with a Henry rifle!

Date: c1880s
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State: Arizona
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