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2489.145 - 2512.174 Lindsey Graham

And on May 20, 1870, the officer in charge of F Troop learned that Apache Indians had abducted two white children four days earlier about 40 miles east. He sent Stance with a 10-man detachment to Kickapoo Springs to search for the children and apprehend the kidnappers. On the way, Stantz and his men encountered a band of Indians threatening a wagon train. He described what happened next.