Al Sieber

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Albert Sieber in Arizona in February 1874. Recording by Flanders & Penelon, Photographic Artists .

Al Sieber (born February 27, 1843 in Mingolsheim im Kraichgau , Baden , † February 19, 1907 on the Apache Trail in Gila County , Arizona , United States ), actually Albert Sieber , was a German emigrant who served as a soldier in the Civil War as well as Scouts and interpreters in the United States Army was active. Among other things, he was charged with the capture of the chiefs of the Chiricahua - Apaches Cochise and Geronimo . He served under Military Area Commanders or Generals George Stoneman , George Crook , August Valentin Kautz , Orlando Bolivar Willcox Benjamin Grierson , and Nelson Appleton Miles . Sieber was counted by historians as one of the most outstanding figures in Arizona's border history and placed alongside personalities such as John Clum , Mangas Coloradas and Tom Jeffords . He knew the most important leaders and personalities of the Apaches: Maasai , Eskiminzin , Cochise and his son Naiche , Chiricahua- Loco , Geronimo and Chato .

Life

family

Sieber was born on February 27, 1843, the 13th of 14 children. He was baptized on March 1, 1843 in the St. Lambertus Church in Mingolsheim . His father Johannes, a miller by trade, died at the age of 46 on September 16, 1845 in Mingolsheim. His mother Eva Katharina née Fischer (born February 10, 1802) came from Rauenberg . She died in Minneapolis in late September 1889. Six of her children died in childhood.

emigration

Appeal to creditors from the Bruchsal Regional Office for emigration

Johannes (1823–1909), Al Sieber's eldest brother, was a participant in the Baden Revolution . On his escape he reached Le Havre . He informed his mother that he had found a way to immigrate to North America . The widow was left without a secure income due to the loss of her husband and the absence of her eldest son. In order to be able to raise the necessary money for the crossing, she sold her remaining belongings to relatives and neighbors. In the spring of 1851 she and the remaining seven children went to Le Havre, from where the whole family emigrated to North America. On May 29, 1851, the sailing ship Duchesse D'Orleans docked in New York.

childhood

Sieber grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania , in the settlement area of ​​the Pennsylvania Germans near the Conestoga River - in the area where the famous Conestoga covered wagons were built, which brought countless settlers to the west. Albert's sister Theresia married the Swiss immigrant Henry Oswald in Minneapolis around 1856 . The whole family then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota .

Wartime

Memorial in Gettysburg to the 1st Minnesota Regiment
Battle of Chancellorsville
"The Harvest of Death." Gettysburg , July 1863. War photographer Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Gettysburg on July 2, 1863

At the age of nineteen, during the American Civil War on March 4, 1862, Albert enlisted for three years as a sniper in the "1. Minnesota Infantry Company B ". His signature can be seen as "Albert Sebers" on the declaration of commitment. Sieber fought on the side of the Northern States and participated in four battles.

He had his first combat mission on September 17, 1862 in the Battle of Antietam . On December 13, 1862, he fought in the bloody battle of Fredericksburg . After five more months, he took part in the Battle of Chancellorsville from May 1 to 4, 1863 . His last combat mission in the Civil War took place in the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863).

In the evening hours of July 2, 1863, the second day of the battle in Gettysburg , his Northern Regiment, more than 60 percent of which was of German origin, was deployed to defend the " Cemetery Ridge ". The Minnesota First Regiment was the only regiment in place. The counterattack carried out under US General Winfield Scott Hancock by these 262 men against more than five times the superiority demanded a price of 174 wounded and 75 killed in the First Minnesota Regiment. This was the highest percentage loss that any regiment of the US Army had ever suffered and should suffer. Albert Sieber had been hit so badly in the head by a shrapnel that his skull was open on the right side. His right leg had from the ankle to the knee a bullet . On August 30, 1863, he was transferred to Fairfax Army Hospital near Alexandria, Virginia , and took six months to recover. After he had regained his strength, he took up his service as a guard with the 1st Reserve Veterans Regiment in a POW camp near Elmira , New York , until the Northern Virginia Army surrendered at Appomattox . On December 19, 1864, he was awarded the rank of corporal . After the end of the war, Sieber was honorably discharged from the Army of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment on July 15, 1865 with a bonus of $ 300.

Wandering

After the war, Sieber was drawn to the silver mines in a silver camp near Virginia City - Nevada and then the gold fields of California around 1866, unconsciously following in the footsteps of Mark Twain . Because he had no success here either and was robbed of the last 50 cents by highwaymen , he joined some men in 1868 who drove horses to Prescott, Arizona . In Prescott he met the famous John Hance , who for 40 years walked the Grand Canyon from start to finish, breaking new ground. A lifelong friendship developed among these comrades.

From 1868 to 1871, he found a job as a foreman on the ranch of Curtis Coe Bean in Williamson Valley, Yavapai County in Arizona. There were only a few scattered settlers here, but they suffered from the constant attacks of the Apaches . They could expect little protection from the soldiers; they had to resort to self-help. Sieber soon gained a name among the whites for organizing the defense against the Apaches. As the leader of the settlers, he inflicted a severe blow on the Indians, killed a number of them, chased away the rest and saved the settlers' belongings and their cattle.

Scout

General George Crook
The Apache region around San Carlos

In July 1871, Sieber was hired by General George Stoneman as army scout and chief of scouts, replacing Archie McIntosh . Sieber was the only scout at the time who was consistently on the government payroll from that point on. In addition to Sieber, other well-known scouts such as Tom Horn Mickey Free and Joe Felmer were under the orders of Stoneman's successor, General George Crook . Al Sieber served as Chief Scout in Arizona until December 1, 1890, at a time when the post was one of the most dangerous in the States. Sieber himself was wounded 29 times by knives, bullets or arrows during the fighting. He was known among the Apaches as "the pale face who knew no fear". Crook had the idea to recruit Apaches as additional scouts and use them in the fight against Apaches. As chief scout, Sieber was responsible for 86 Hualapai- Apache scouts, and as a scout, interpreter, guide and tracker he was negotiator between the various Indian tribes and the military. For weeks he was the only white man among 30 to 100 Indian scouts in the Apacherie on patrol and in constant fights with hostile Indians. He was also a keen observer and soon became a connoisseur of the Indian character. Sieber became a legendary figure and one of the most famous boy scouts in the Arizona Territory's border history. The writer Dan L. Thrapp described Al Sieber as a key figure in the fight against the Apaches. Sieber took part in more Apache battles than Daniel Boone , Jim Bridger and Kit Carson together and is said to have killed 153 Apaches. When, on April 6, 1873 Crook handing over the Kwevkepaya- and Wipukepa- Yavapai (then mostly as Apache Mohave , Yavapai-Apache or Tonto Apache hereinafter) and its allied with them and related Tonto Apache (then as Yavapai-Apache referred ) had started to Camp Verde under the leadership of Chief Eschetlepan (also Chalipun ) and 2,300 Indians , Sieber stayed there to help with their administration in the spacious area.

Yavapai-Apache Exodus Day

In February 1875 Sieber was commissioned to help relocate 1,500 Yavapai and Tonto Apache Indians from Camp Verde to San Carlos (Arizona) , since the temporary camp Verde was closed due to the concentration policy. This was an extremely dangerous endeavor that brought Hualapai, Yavapai, and Tonto Apaches together. Sieber led the Tonto Apaches at the top. This flyover was one of the most tragic in Arizona history. It began on February 27, 1875 and was carried out under the brutal command of the arrogant Commissioner Levi Edwin Dudley . Instead of using the longer but safe baggage car road, the Indians were forced to walk the shorter route through rivers with flooding, over mountain passes and through narrow canyons , in very bad weather over 300 km to the San Carlos reservation . About 25 children were born during this transfer. As a result of the relocation during the winter, many Indians died, especially the elderly, women and children in the snow and cold. Another tragedy took place near the Mazatzal Mountains. The Hualapais and Yavapais always kept separate from the Tonto Apaches. Their tribal feuds led to tensions that suddenly eroded after ten days. When someone shouted: "Kill the Tontos" a wild shooting broke out. Sieber and the cavalry rushed between the two enemy groups, ended the shooting and thus prevented a major massacre. In addition to numerous injuries, at least five Indians were killed. According to a census, 1361 of the 1426 Verde Indians reached their destination. Even today this event is commemorated every year with the Yavapai-Apache Exodus Day . The full story of this unnecessary and inhuman move will never be known because the records of Dr. Corbusiers were destroyed in the 1906 fire in San Francisco .

In the summer of 1875, another eight hundred Apache were forced to relocate Fort Apache to the San Carlos Indian reservation.

prospector

Turquoise blue brook in Jerome, a sign of copper-rich soil
See: Jerome (Arizona) #History

Al Sieber managed to locate a copper vein while exploring the Verde Valley in 1875 and had the claim to ownership registered in 1876. The mine later became famous as the "Little Daisy Mine"; it was located in the Mingus Mountains on Cleopatra Hill near what would later become Jerome (Arizona) . In 1883 he and two other parties involved sold the claim for a total of $ 15,500. The Ox Bow Mine was located near Ox Bow Hills in the Payson District in 1875 and was further explored by DC Morland, William St. John and Al Sieber.

In the winter of 1877 the treasury was empty, there were no funds available to pay the scouts. Sieber and Tom Horn were given unpaid leave. Both explored the local area and met their well-known friend and ex-scout Ed Schieffelin in Cochise County . Schieffelin's partner Lenox had been murdered by the Apaches. Lenox and Schieffelin had found silver in a shaft. Now he was on the way with a reinforcement of 60 combat-ready men from California to defend and exploit his mine. Sieber and Horn were also able to locate an old mine in the later tombstone, and both had its claim registered. They also earned a little by hunting deer. In the spring of 1878 both were ordered back to Fort Wipple by the newly appointed General Willcox. They were previously able to sell their mine claim to Charley Leach for $ 2,800, which was a profitable deal for them within eight months.

"Al Sieber claims" known by name:
  • He held 1/5 holdings: Hal and Al, Dan and Mack, Monroe Doctrine, Arbitration, Lost Coon, Fraction, Wedge, Sure Thing, and Iron Cop , all of which were in Gila County. For all of these claims he received a total of $ 1,000.
  • He had half a share in the three Salt River claims: Sulphide N ° 1, N ° 2 and N ° 3 . Although they did nothing, they were valued at $ 500 each.
  • Last Chance and Blackbird were both gold claims in the Del Shay Basin .
  • There was a copper claim in Pinto Creek that brought in a few hundred dollars.
  • further claims (over 72) were brokered by him until 1898 in Pinto Creek.

Battle of Big Dry Wash

Battle area position: 34 ° 27 ′ 15.1 ″  N , 111 ° 15 ′ 2.5 ″  W

General Adna R. Chaffee

On July 7, 1882, the San Carlos Apache had left their reservation and were on the warpath.

The farmer John Meadow was killed on July 17, 1882 on his ranch near Diamond Valley by these escaped Apaches. Also on July 17, 1882, Scout Captain JL Colvig ("Cibicue Charlie") and three other men were murdered by about sixty White Mountain Apaches on the San Carlos reservation. The assassins escaped after the attack and fled into the mountains scorching and murdering. Five companies of the 3rd and 6th Cavalry, led by Captain Adna Chaffee , took up the chase. Sieber and his scouts accompanied them. The energy-consuming path led through the Tonto Basin and along the Mogollon Mountains. The refugees were warned of the approach of the soldiers by smoke signals . Above a tributary of East Clear Creek at the edge of a canyon over 300 meters deep, the Apaches collected boulders in order to tumble them down on the soldiers as soon as they rode below. Sieber discovered the trap while exploring. The cavalry, immediately warned, was able to surround the Apaches. In the following battle, which took place 37 miles southeast of the city of Sedona, sixteen Apaches and their leader Na-ti-o-tish were shot and forced to leave their rock hideout . The rest escaped in the dark. Second Lieutenant George H. Morgan was hit in the heart by a bullet during this battle. He survived, but the bullet could not be removed. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery. "Battle of Big Dry Wash" was the last battle of the Apaches against the soldiers in the Arizona area and marked the end of the Apache Wars.

The area around Arizona (1867) with the adjoining New Mexico Territory

At the beginning of September 1882 the Apaches and their gangs were in the Sierra Madre Occidental . An Apache named "Tso-ay" left Chato's gang and betrayed the camp of his tribesmen to Crook. With all available soldiers, led by Sieber and his scouts, Crook left Fort Willcox on May 1, 1883 and set out on the trail of the Apaches with such tenacity that they surrendered by the end of the month. Crook treated the leaders humanely and thus achieved two years of calm in the Apache country. Although Loco buried the hatchet forever, it did not prevent the army command from sending him into exile in Florida in 1886. However, the military attacks of the Apaches were still not over. Another 73 soldiers and settlers were killed by Apaches. Crook sent his cavalry under Captain Emmet Crawford with 92 Indian scouts led by Sieber.

On June 11, 1883, Al Sieber was charged with the capture of Geronimo, after hundreds of soldiers had tried to do so for years without result. The scouts encountered Geronimo's camp, but the daring chief escaped. For another six months he repeatedly escaped the numerically far superior troops. Crook was replaced on April 2, 1886 by General Nelson Appleton Miles . Sieber's long-time companion Tom Horn took over the post of chief scout.

Only First Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood was able to move to the task with some Apache Geronimo Scouts. Geronimo and his remaining 36 warriors did not finally surrender until September 4, 1886, after a bounty of $ 2,000 had been offered. Geronimo was brought to the reservation in Florida with the Apache scouts.

George Crook described Al Sieber as follows in 1884:

"He's six feet [approx. 1.83 meters] tall, weighs 190 pounds [approx. 86 kg] and seems to consist only of bones and muscles. Eyes and hair are dark, his appearance is not exceptional. He can cover sixty miles a day with his scouts and is an incomparable rifleman. His fearlessness is famous. "

- George Crook, 1884

Wounding

Apache Kid , a former Scout Siebers, who had achieved the rank of sergeant in 1882 , grew up among whites and was the son of the Apache chief Toga-De-Chuz , who was killed by Indians in the San Carlos reservation in 1887. The Apache Kid, as the then 27-year-old Ski-Be-Nan-Ted was later called, wanted to pursue the murderers, but was not given permission to leave the reservation. He then stole away and killed his father's murderers. When he returned, he was supposed to be arrested by Sieber and brought to his conviction. Reluctantly the old Scout Sieber obeyed and explained to the young man the reason for his arrival. What happened on June 1, 1887 has not been clarified with absolute certainty. It was not found until 1889 that Apache Kids companion, Apache "Curly", opened fire on Sieber, shot him and then all fled to the mountains.

Sieber survived, but had to rest in his apartment for five months in the burning Arizona summer heat. The bullet shattered his left leg five inches. He was spared an amputation and his leg remained crippled . Despite his limited mobility, he went back in pursuit, but could not find any trace of the Apache Kid.

Sieber's discharge from the scouting service, after 20 years of loyal and unsurpassed service , on December 5, 1890, was preceded by a four-year argument with agent John Bullis , which began even before the Apache Kid's arrest attempt. Sieber campaigned for fairer treatment of the Apaches on San Carlos, who were betrayed and badly treated by the corrupt Indian agent .

The last few years

For a long time Al Sieber received no thanks, no payment in old age and received little attention after his release. He settled on Pinto Creek near Globe, Arizona and made a successful living by appreciating mines he had previously located. Albert Sieber had never married, and being married did not suit his lifestyle. He always tried to find the Apaches who did reliable work.

Roosevelt Dam

As in 1905 with the construction of Roosevelt Dam was started, took Sieber, including rheumatism suffering, directing the Apaches that the road work on the Tonto Road, about 76 Miles (about 120 km) northeast of Phoenix (Arizona) were doing, .

On February 2, 1906, Albert Sieber was appointed by Dr. RF Palmer examined for a medical certificate so he could receive a pension. This protocol has been handed down and describes Sieber as follows:

“Mr. Seiber is a man of 62 years, 198 lbs, 5.11 1/2 ft. Chest measures 38 to 40 inches. Abdomen 40 in. General appearance is that of a man who has led a life of exposure. Walks slowly with a decided limp on the left leg, and with apparent stiffness in all of the joints. He presents the following wounds and scars:
Head, About middle of R. Occipito-parietal suture is a depression which will admit the tip of a finger. Said to have been caused by a shell wound at Gettysburg, July 2nd and 1863. Right leg, Extant surface at about middle of leg is a circular scar 1 in diameter. Another scar between the knee cap and head of fibula, oval in shape, 1 3/4 in long. Said to be entrance and exit of bullet received at Gettysburg July 2 nd , 1863. Left leg is 3 inches shorter than right. An old ulcer 2 1/2 in diameter over lower third of tibia inner surface and a similar ulcer 1 3/4 in diameter over external surface. Said to have been received at San Carlos June 1 st 1887. 5 in of tibia said to have been removed at the time and many small pieces have ulcerated through at various times since. "

"Sieber is a man of 62 years, 198 lbs (= lbs), 5 feet 11 ½ inches tall, Bust 38 to 40 inches, 40 inches lower abdomen. The general appearance is that of a man who has led a life of extremes. Walking slowly with a severe limp on the left leg and with obvious stiffness in all joints. The left leg is 3 inches shorter than the right. Various scars (wounds from the war days in Gettysburg July 2, 1863) are also documented. Sieber reported that he was wounded on June 1, 1887 (by Apache Kids companions) on the San Carlos Indian Reservation, Arizona. "

- Dr. RF Palmer

The last search for clues

Many events in Globe revolved around the famous old boy scout Al Sieber. Even in the last year of his life, Sieber was drawn into a dramatic event.

On January 31, 1907, Laura Morris and her four and a half year old daughter Arminta Ann were brutally murdered with a knife near the Roosevelt Dam, which was under construction. Arizona Ranger Jim Holmes requested Al Sieber as Deputy U.S. Marshal for help clearing the case. Sieber took two Apache scouts with him to help. Since it had rained earlier, the scouts were able to follow in the killer's footsteps. They came to a puddle in which the murderer had washed his hands. Through their scouting experience, they could read from the tracks that the killer must have thrown something away from this point. They threw some stones in the suggested direction. When they checked where the stones had fallen, they found the murder weapon. They knew the knife and knew it belonged to William Baldwin. As a result, Sieber's murder was quickly cleared up.

death

Eight days before his 64th birthday, Al Sieber was still busy building on Tonto Road. On February 19, 1907 (Tuesday), he was killed while removing a large boulder when it rolled down and crushed everything under itself. Record from Doctor Frank Pennell, Roosevelt, AZ, February 19, 1907 at the inquest: "I hereby confirm the cause of Al Sieber's death was due to injuries sustained by a rolling boulder." The injuries were in detail: On the right side the thorax was completely crushed, the right leg was completely crushed below the knee, both bones on the right forearm were broken. ”Signed Pennell FC MD

The exact details of his death are unclear. The following four versions are available:

Different representations

On the website of the Karl May Foundation , his death is described as follows:

“When the construction of the Roosevelt Dam began in 1905, Sieber took over the management of the Apaches who did the road works. In 1907 a rock spike was blown away during construction, leaving a large boulder behind; the latter was unsteadily balanced on a smaller stone. Sieber had not shied away from shooting at Indians during the Apache Wars, but he recognized the danger here and held the Apaches back in order to knock out the supporting stone himself. Because of his lame leg, he could not jump back quickly enough and was killed by the falling rock. That happened on February 19, 1907. He was buried in Globe with military honors . Upon news of his death in Phoenix, the Legislative Assembly postponed its session until the following day in honor of his memory. The Territorial Authority erected a memorial to him in the Globe cemetery; a second was set for him at the place where he had died - the Apaches suggested this, and they helped with the installation. The mountain on which this monument stands is called "Sieber". The 'man of iron' was never forgotten by the Apaches. "

The writer Dan L. Thrapp describes in his book Al Sieber Chief of Scouts , on page 400 f. following version:

"19th February 1907, all day long the Apaches buried a round monolith weighing about five or six tons. They shoveled the path to roll it down the slope. In the evening the work was still not finished and should be postponed to the next day. Sieber hated not finishing a job. So try again to roll the stone down the slope. The boulder did not give way. The old scout shouted, 'Wait a minute, I want to see what the problem is.' Sieber hobbled slowly down the slope in pain, picked up a club and slipped out of sight of the workers under the large monolith. Suddenly the boulder moved, fell down the slope and leveled everything on its way. Thirty Indians froze in shock. They ran down the mountain and found the old man's crushed body. But it was too late, Al died silently. He died as he lived, without fear, without complaining, without shouting and without complaint. Al Sieber, immigrant, soldier, lawyer, scout, Indian warrior - a man ended his last adventure. "

Armin M. Brandt describes the same day in his book Not only heroes - not only villains on pages 128 f. as follows:

“On February 19, 1907, this project had to be blasted because a rock threatened to fall onto the road. The fuse was already lit when Sieber saw some Indian workers who were not lying under cover. He limped screaming towards them and tried to draw their attention to the impending danger. The Apache had barely escaped safety when the explosion occurred. A rain of rock fell on Al Sieber, who met his death. His body was brought to Globe and buried with military honors. "

The latest information about his death emerges from other records. WH Napier wrote to his comrade from the 14th Arizona Cavalry Marvin C. Hepler on August 1, 1956:

“Al Sieber was killed… Was it an accident? Many of the old fighters shook their heads. He had many enemies among the Apaches. "

Adam Marty, a comrade since her days with the B Company , made the following note in his notebook on the day of his death:

"Chief of the boy scouts under Crook in Arizona, killed by (Apache) kid."

Perhaps both knew something more precise about Al Sieber's death, which can no longer be fathomed today.

Funeral and memorial stone

His funeral took place with military honors on Friday, February 22, 1907 in Globe Cemetery, Gila County .

The tombstone was created by the Territorial Authority as a souvenir by President of the Arizona Territorial Council and later Governor of Arizona George WP Hunt and can still be visited in Arizona today. Sieber is buried among other well-known men, including Phin Clanton , Sheriff Henry Thompsen , Edward P. Shanley, and Frank A. Nash .

Sieber's old memorial stone by the roadside at Roosevelt Lake

A second memorial stone was made from the rock that killed him and erected on the site of Sieber's death. This was off Tonto-Road Route 188, on the old Apache Trail in Gila County, Arizona. The Apaches gave the suggestion for this and also helped with its installation. When the Tonto-Road was extended, this stone was moved to the side of the road. In 2002 it was replaced by a new memorial stone on a pedestal .

reception

eagle

The bravest, brightest, and most respected Chiricahua chief, Cochise , after many violent meetings, made peace with Al Sieber after accepting him as his blood brother . During this ceremony , Cochise bestowed the highest possible honor on his former opponent. Al Sieber's Indian name became the Eagle ('eagle').

Seiber Point

Will Barnes of the United States Board on Geographic Names worked to ensure that Al Sieber was posthumously honored by the government for his actions . In 1932 the time had come, a lookout point was named. Unfortunately, it was misspelled as "Seiber Point" (in English, "ei" is usually pronounced like German "ie") and so marked on the maps. This mountain peak is located at the northeast corner of the Grand Canyon at an altitude of 1,964.13 m (coordinates: 36 ° 18 ′  N , 111 ° 57 ′  W ).

Sieber Creek

As early as 1879 a small stream was named Sieber Creek for the “famous government scout” . This stream is only noted on detailed maps, which flows south of Green Valley about 25 miles south of Mazatzal City in Gila County.

Street names

50 km east of Phoenix (Arizona) was named after him in Apache Junction , two streets with N Al Sieber Road and S Al Sieber Road .

Arlington National Cemetery

On General Georg Crook's memorial stone in Arlington National Cemetery , Sieber is immortalized on a relief from the historic meeting with Geronimo in 1883 in the Sierra Madre, Mexico.

Cinematic reception

Several films deal with his life and battles with the Apaches:

See also

literature

English

  • John Gregory Bourke : On the Border with Crook. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln 1891, ISBN 0-8094-3583-7 ;
  • John Gregory Bourke: The Diaries of John Gregory Bourke , University of North Texas Press, 2003, ISBN 1-57441-161-6
  • Frank C. Lockwood: More Arizona Characters ... University of Arizona , 1943
  • Donald E. Worcester: The Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest ' University of Oklahoma Press, 1992, ISBN 0-8061-1495-9 (English)
  • Britton Davis: The Truth About Geronimo , Bison Books, 1976, ISBN 0-8032-5840-2
  • Angie Debo: Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place , University of Oklahoma Press, 1982, ISBN 0-8061-1828-8
  • John S. Goff: Arizona Biographical Dictionary. Black Mountain Press, Cave Creek, 1983
  • Andrew J. Fenady: Claws of the Eagle , Walker and Company, New York, 1984, ISBN 0-8027-4027-8
  • George Crook: General George Crook: His Autobiography , University of Oklahoma Press, 1986, ISBN 0-8061-1982-9
  • Thomas Cruse: Apache Days and After. University of Oklahoma Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8032-6327-9
  • Frank Cummins Lockwood: The Apache Indians , University of Nebraska Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8032-7925-6
  • Ben T. Traywick: Legendary Characters of Southeast Arizona. Red Marie's, Tombstone, 1992, ISBN 0-940666-94-4
  • David Roberts: Once They Moved Like the Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars , Simon & Schuster, 1994 (Reprint, Touchstone, 2005) ISBN 0-671-88556-1
  • Will Henry: I, Tom Horn , University of Nebraska Press; 1996, ISBN 0-8032-7283-9
  • Peter Cozzens: Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890 (The Struggle for Apacheria) , Stackpole Books, 2001, ISBN 0-8117-0572-2
  • Charles M. Robinson: General Crook and the Western Frontier , University of Oklahoma Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8061-3358-9
  • Ron Field: US Army Frontier Scouts 1840-1921 , Osprey Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-84176-582-1
  • Edwin R. Sweeney: FROM COCHISE TO GERONIMO , The Chiricahua Apaches 1874-1886, University of Oklahoma Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-4272-2
  • Clare V. McKanna: White Justice in Arizona: Apache Murder Trials in the Nineteenth Century , Texas Tech University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-89672-554-6 *
  • Edwin L. Sabin: General Crook and the Fighting Apaches (1871-1886), Lulu Pr, 2008, ISBN 1-4097-1970-7
  • Wilbur A. Haak, Gila County Historical Museum Archive: Globe , (The people of Globe), Arcadia Publishing, 2008 ISBN 0-7385-4833-2
  • Charles B. Gatewood: Lt. Charles Gatewood & His Apache Wars Memoir , Bison Books, 2009, ISBN 0-8032-1884-2 ; Memoirs of Al Sieber's companion during the hunt for Geronimo's apostates.
  • The Founding of Fort Huachuca A MAGAZINE OF THE FORT HUACHUCA MUSEUM; Volume 6 (1999), page 106 ff. (English PDF 11 MB)
  • Michael Farmer: "Killer of Witches: The Life and Times of Yellow Boy, Mescalero Apache", Historical Novel, Five Star Publishing, 2015, ISBN 1-4328-3122-4

German

  • Benjamin Capps: The great chiefs. Time Life Magazine, 1978, ( 2. A Guerrilla War in the Wild , Cochise and Geronimo, p. 89) ISBN 90-6182-514-8
  • Armin M. Brandt: Not just heroes - not just villains. Wäser, Bad Segeberg 1981, ISBN 3-87883-005-X
  • Donald E. Worcester: The Apaches - 'Eagles of the Southwest', Econ Verlag 1982, ISBN 3-430-19854-2
  • Michael Rehs: Roots in foreign soil. On the history of the southwest German emigration to America . DRW-Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-87181-231-5 .
  • Sabine Beneke: Karl May: Imaginäre Reisen: Booklet for the exhibition of the German Historical Museum, Berlin, from August 31, 2007 to January 6, 2008, ISBN 3-939825-44-1
  • Avenger without mercy. From the life of the Apache Kid. Bastei, Bergisch Gladbach 2007 (Western Legenden Issue 87)

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Birth and baptism entry of Albert Sieber in the baptismal register of the parish of St. Lambertus (Mingolsheim) baptismal register entry 1843 'Intern 390, No. 663' (microfilm archive- "Image 223"): Book page 5 (lower margin) # 16 " Albert Sieber - from Johannes “. 1844 was a leap year, but no second Albert Sieber was born. His grave stone in Globe was incorrectly labeled '* 1844' . Likewise, the date of birth is incorrectly reproduced in Thrapp's book Chief of Scouts .
  2. ↑ August Kautz was born in Ispringen as a German . Ispringen is only 40 km as the crow flies from Mingolsheim near Pforzheim . Kautz had been in command of the Arizona Defense Area from 1875 to 1878 and Sieber served as his leader in Arizona in 1877. (Thrapp, Chief of Scouts, pp. 48–49)
  3. ↑ Orlando B. Willcox was 1878 to 1882 commander of the Arizona military area.
  4. ↑ Benjamin Grierson ( memento March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) was 1888-1890 commander of the Arizona military area
  5. ↑ Page 283 OSWALD, H Immigration from Switzerland> CLAN
  6. ↑ Albert had only his 19th birthday five days earlier.
  7. ↑ Sieber's name was found differently several times in different reports: Sieber, Seber, Sebers, Seiber and Zeiber .
  8. ↑ with 28.6% - PERCENTAGES OF KILLED IN REGIMENTS, IN PARTICULAR ENGAGEMENTS. Gibbon's Regiment , 1st Minnesota
  9. ↑ Archie McIntosh in www.newworldcelts.org ( Memento of 15 December 2015, Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Tom Horn met the then 33-year-old Al Sieber at the age of 15 ( July 1876 ) in Fort Whipple ( memento from April 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Sieber hires Horn for $ 75 a month , looked after the young man like a son, and trained him to be a scout. For Tom Horn these were the happiest years of his life . Tom Horn, German page ( Memento from November 21, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ In Thrapp: Chief of Scouts there are 29 wounds.
  12. ↑ He became the known as "the paleface who knew no fear". from 1stminnesota.net
  13. ↑ Sieber mastered the various Indian dialects (languages) and Spanish (source: General Crook and the Fighting Apaches )
  14. ^ " Sieber was renowned for his honesty, his intelligence, and his brutality " ( Hal Herring : Famous Firearms of the Old West. TwoDot, 2008, ISBN 0-7627-4508-8 , German: "Sieber was famous for his honesty, his intelligence and his brutality ")
  15. ↑ “ Sieber was one of the greatest of all frontier army scouts. ”( Peter Cozzens : Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars , 1865–1890)
  16. ↑ According to Thrapp, there were over 50 Apaches. Quote from: I, Tom Horn , by Will Henry; Page 70: “ It remains my opinion that Sieber ought to have had a hundred and fifty-three Apache slashes on that gunwood of his. He easily killed more hostile Indians than the remainder of us put together. "(German:" Sieber is said to have had 153 notches on the rifle stock for killed Apaches, more than all the others put together. ")
    Quotation from the 'Preface' page VII; Dan L. Thrapp & Donald Emmet Worcester (1995). Al Sieber, Chief of Scouts , University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2770-5 “ Al Sieber took part in more Indian fights than Daniel Boone, Jim Bridger and Kit Carson together. He shot more red adversaries than all of them combined. ”
  17. ↑ also known as Cha-lipun or "Charley Pan", "Charlie Pan" by the US Army. Worcester: The Apaches, Eagles of the Southwest p. 163
  18. ↑ The administrative district of the Indian reservation in San Carlos was given at that time with 60 * 130 miles, which corresponds to approx. 12550 km² and thus almost the size of Baden (country) . He only needed two to three weeks to circumnavigate the administrative area. “ The San Carlos, or Apache, Reservation was 60 miles wide and 130 miles long […] Sieber was keeping an eye on the peace and conduct of the Indians. Sieber spoke Apache and Mexican both. "( Life of Tom Horn )
  19. ^ Lieutenant Eaton commanded the small cavalry escort team. (Quote:) For him this was the ugliest piece of work that was ever imposed on a subordinate during his service in Arizona.
  20. ↑ In 1914 (just seven years after Al Sieber's death) Jimmy Douglas and George Turner discovered the richest vein (five feet thick) that was ever found in American copper mining history. They founded the United Verde Company . The mine produced $ 150 million in copper, gold and silver. (1929) at the height of funding
  21. ^ " Ed Schieffelin, came to southern Arizona as a civilian scout in the command of Al Sieber, but resigned so that he could do prospecting [...] " ( JSTOR ). Walter Noble Burns writes in his book Tombstone : “ Schieffelin was working in 1877 as guard for the men who were making assessments at the Brunckow Mine. […] ” The Beginnings of the Tombstone School, 1879–1893 :“ In any case Schieffelin was using this mine as a base of operations when he staked out his famous claim nearby. [...] be his tombstone, meaning that the Indians would kill him. […] Monument of his claim was right at the grave of Lennox […] ”
  22. ↑ also known as Lennox
  23. ↑ They received $ 2½ for every stag they shot.
  24. ↑ Inaccurate days here: The Payson Pioneer Cemetery Page says July 4th 1882
  25. ↑ His son Henry was wounded and died two months later on September 17, 1882. Father and son were the first burials in the Payson Pioneer Cemetery.
  26. ↑ Different number of killed Policemen, depending on the source: Big Dry Wash lists four "Policemen" on
    " [...] killed Chief of Scouts Colvig and 5 or 6 Indian police. ”( Will C. Barnes : The Apaches' last stand in Arizona (BATTLE OF BIG DRY WASH) , 36-59)
    The Apaches are said to have been between 16 and 27 years old. Battle of Big Dry Wash describes “ From sixteen to twenty-seven warriors were killed. ”
  27. ↑ Here at Payson Pioneer Cemetery there are reports of 86 Apaches who fled, 80 of whom were killed and 6 captured. Only one soldier was killed in the fight.
  28. ↑ There are 16 dead and many wounded here. Trapp also reports from the "Cronological List" of 16 people killed, of which Sieber himself had killed six or eight.
  29. ↑ The bullet only led to his death in 1948.
  30. ↑ Thrapp: Chief of Scouts, pp. 270-287 INTO MEXICO
  31. ↑ According to "Super women from the wild west": ' Lozen the brave warrior of the Apaches (Geronimo)', up to 5000 soldiers and 250 Indian scouts were involved in the search.
  32. ↑ Here there are 5000 soldiers, 500 Apache scouts and 100 Navajo scouts
  33. ↑ Dane Coolidge writes in his 1932 book Fighting Men of the West , p. 88: 'Tom Horn followed in Al Sieber's footsteps. Sieber was the greatest man in the world. ' (" Al Sieber was the grandest man in the world ")
  34. ↑ from formerly 500 warriors
  35. ↑ Apache Kid surrendered and was sentenced to ten years in prison in 1889. When he entered detention, he killed the guards and fled. The military failed to track and catch him, despite a high $ 5,000 premium. $ 5000 REWARD APACHE KID DEAD OR ALIVE
  36. ↑ Sieber's leg was three inches shorter.
  37. ↑ Paperback: Journal of Arizona History Autumn 1970, Volume 11 Number 3 - 1970; TUCSON INCORPORATES 1871, MARRIAGE OF AL SIEBER, GRAPHIC ARTS ON THE ARIZONA FRONTIER: “ The Indians apparently liked him because he left their women alone. He was a lifelong bachelor and there is no evidence of a wife, an Indian mate, or direct offspring. The "marriage" of Al Sieber is nothing but a rumor. “Sieber was a bachelor all his life and marriage was only a rumor.
  38. ↑ In the original spelling is S ei given over
  39. ↑ One was called "Rabbit" and the other was called "Yesterday".
  40. ↑ As foreman, he was paid $ 2.50 per day ! Source: Raising Arizona's Dams ISBN 0-8165-1492-5
  41. ↑ Correction to the Karl May Foundation text: The monument of the territorial authority is only the gravestone
  42. ↑ The 2nd monument stands between Roosevelt Lake and the side of the Tonto Road 'Route 188' (also Apache Trail)
  43. ↑ The "mountain" (without a monument) is the viewpoint "Seiber Point" (see above ).
  44. ↑ This report also reports that the mother died around 1856, which is also wrong; see under corrections by Dan L. Trapp.
  45. ↑ English: “ Wait a minute, I'll see what's the trouble ”
  46. ↑ This statement is also confirmed by the inscription on the memorial stone “ […] KILLED ON THIS SPOT FEBRUARY, 19TH 1907 BY A ROLLING ROCK […] ”
  47. ↑ corrections against Dan L. Thrapps book Chief of Scouts :
    • The date of birth of February 26th or 29th, 1844, which is also stated on the tombstone, is incorrectly given; according to the church book, February 27th, 1843 is correct.
    • The mother does not come from Rauenburg, but from Rauenberg .
    • The grandmother was born Gladly not Gorner and also came from Rauenberg.
    • The wedding of Johann Sieber and Eva Katharina Fischer took place in Rotenberg , a neighboring town of Rauenberg, not in Rothenburg , in 1822 .
  48. ↑ Corrigendum: It was not rock rain, but a monolith that fell over.
  49. ^ Correction: The book further reports that the mother died around 1856. That is wrong, Albert's mother Catharina Fischer died at the end of September 1889 at the age of 87 with her daughter Theresia Oswald in Minneapolis. She was buried on October 1, 1889 in St. Antony Cemetery, Minneapolis, so the siblings were not orphans as described in the book in 1856.
  50. ↑ Trailer / Preview: Mr. Horn with David Carradine and Richard Widmark , Scouts (1979) at IMDb ; A second film adaptation in 1980 as "I, Tom Horn" with Steve McQueen as Tom Horn (but without "Al-Sieber" actors) - Sieber is only addressed in the text.
  51. ↑ Geronimo - A legend at IMDb ; Correction to the film: The film death of Al Sieber in "Geronimo - Eine Legende" (shot in Mexico) is fictitious and does not correspond to his actual death!
  52. ^ Dan L. Thrapp in The New York Times (report of May 4, 1994)
  53. ↑ This figure is set against equally compelling portraits of Al Sieber, chief of scouts under General Crook, and apache leaders in the Four Families of the Chiricahuas, names now fabled in American frontier history Nana, Chato, and Geronimo.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thrapp; Chief of Scouts
  2. ↑ Exkiminzin German description ( Memento from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ B. Strominski: Mingolsheim local family book ; End of 2016 (in preparation)
  4. ^ Klaus Rössler: Family book (Ortssippenbuch) Rauenberg with Rotenberg (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis) ; Ubstadt-Weiher: Verlag Regionalkultur, 2004, ISBN 3-89735-280-X
  5. ↑ Model of the Duchesse D'Orleans The original "Paketschiff" was launched in New York in 1838 with 798 register tons.
  6. ↑ Al Sieber at 1stminnesota.net ( Memento of December 17, 2014 Internet Archive ) report to the 1th Minnesota
  7. ↑ Fox's Regimental Losses - Chapter III
  8. ^ Arizona Historical Review, 1931 p. 60: "For Sieber's service with this regiment the State of Massachusetts paid him the sum of $ 300 bounty."
  9. ↑ James H. McClintock: Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern: The Nation's Youngest Commonwealth Within a Land of Ancient Culture, p. 321, ISBN 1-142-89187-9
  10. ↑ Among them were z. Example: Edmund G. Peck ( Ed Peck ( Memento from May 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )) and Dan O'Leary ; Q: Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: GO , p. 1078
  11. ^ New Hance Trail ( Memento from August 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Arizona Historical Review (12 MB PDF)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 1931, Volume 3, Number 4, Page 61: Stoneman hired Scout Al Sieber in July 1871.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.uair.arizona.edu  
  13. ^ Thrapp, A Man of Note : "He was the only scout regularly on the government payroll."
  14. ^ Mickey Free in Geocities.com ( Memento October 15, 2004 in the Internet Archive ); Literature: The Legend of Mickey Free ISBN 0-312-97931-2
  15. ↑ Mickey Free in True West Magazine, accessed July 29, 2016
  16. ↑ Quotation from: I, Tom Horn , by Will Henry; Page 70: “ When i met Al Sieber, he carried twenty major knife, lance, arrow and gunshot wounds in his body. When he quit the service ten years later, he had garnered another eight serious scars. Also at that time of discharge or separation, he carried fifty three knife cuts on the butts and stocks of his various guns. He said that twenty eight of these represented those Apaches who had left their marks on him. ”(Around 1877 Sieber had 20 serious wounds from knife, spears, arrows and bullets on his body, until around 1887 another 8 wounds were added.)
  17. ^ " Crook discovered what none of his predecessors had learned; only Apaches could catch Apaches. ”
  18. ↑ Arizona Historical Review Vo3, N ° 4
  19. ^ Writer Dan L. Thrapp ( Memento from February 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  20. ↑ Paul R. Machula: Arizona Apache Wars ( Memento of 15 March 2003 at the Internet Archive )
  21. ↑ Apache Warrior Chalipun
  22. ↑ Also known as Cha-Thle-Pah, Choltepun, was the chief of a bilingual group from Kwevkepaya-Yavapai and Tonto-Apache, himself belonged to the Mazatzal group of the southern Tonto-Apache, his Apache followers belonged to this group and four of the six Klein -Groups of the Southern Tonto-Apache, but his gang consisted largely of Wikedjasapa, a sub-group of the Kwevkepaya-Yavapai
  23. ↑ Fort Verde
  24. ↑ Worcester: The Apaches, Eagles of the Southwest, pp. 177 ff
  25. ↑ Fort Apache & Pictures
  26. ↑ Little Daisy Mine 1876 (small daisy mine) Senator Clark's United Verde Copper Mine
  27. ↑ In 1883 the claims were sold
  28. ↑ located in 1875
  29. ↑ Description of the mine at Minedat.org
  30. ^ Bulletin- The Arizona Bureau of Mines
  31. ↑ ... as there was no money in the treasury to pay their wages
  32. ↑ Arizona, prehistoric ... pp. 405 ff 1877 Sieber staked out a claim who called 'Verde' in the Black Hills . The mine later passed to the Verde Queen Company.
  33. ^ William MacLeod Raine: Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws ; Incredible True Stories of Wild West (Google Books) "Horn and Sieber locate a claim and sold out for a few thousand dollars. They had enough of mining, and General Wilcox wanted them to join up again as scouts. "
  34. ^ Charley Leach bought the claim in Life of Tom Horn, Government Scout and Interpreter
  35. ^ Thrapp, Chief of Scouts, afterword, pp. 407, 408
  36. ^ Arizona Historical Review, Jan.1931, p. 74
  37. ↑ Arizona Republican. (Phoenix, Ariz.), July 27, 1898, Image 7 July 27, 1898
  38. ↑ Arizona silver belt., December 22, 1898, Image 2 : “Al Sieber who came in from Pinto creek last Tuesday, informed us that a great deal of development work has been done on the Mines in that part of Globe district, which is attracting much attention. Seventy-two claims , covering practically the whole gulch, have been bonded to an eastern syndicate. "
  39. ↑ Apache Battle of Big Dry Wash and the Colonel Devin Trail in Northern Gila County ( Memento from February 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), short report with pictures (English), on www.discovergila.com
  40. ↑ THE MEADOWS FAMILY MASSACRE, from Rootsweb ( Memento from February 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  41. ↑ Excerpt from the book Indian Wars
  42. ↑ The future General George H. Morgan
  43. ^ " The battle of Big Dry Wash was the last major fight with hostile Apaches in the Territory of Arizona, and marked the end of an era. ”
  44. ↑ Charles Bare Gatewood in "arlingtoncemetery.net" and picture in "findagrave.com"
  45. ↑ John P. Clum was able to arrest Geronimo on April 21, 1877 , but Geronimo was able to flee again.
  46. ↑ Apache Kid Story at Desertusa.com
  47. ↑ Source: Camp Huachua History PDF p. 31 ( Memento from February 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Quotation: “At the Globe courthouse, the Kid testified that it had been an Apache named Curly who shot Al Sieber . The Kid and his scouts were found guilty on October 23, 1889, of assault on Al Sieber and given seven years each in the Yuma Territorial Prison. "
  48. ^ Sieber Goes Down, The Apache Kid vs Al Sieber ( Memento from August 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (True West History, June 13, 2012)
  49. ↑ Bild Sieber on crutches
  50. ↑ 20 years of faithful an unrivaled service! Q: Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: GO , p.784
  51. ↑ (footnote # 38)
  52. ^ Bisbee Daily Review, December 7, 1902 (p. 12): The Lame Lion of The Mongollons
  53. ↑ Newspaper: Arizona Silver Belt , 1907 and here online ( Memento from August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  54. ↑ PDF file
  55. ↑ An original photo from the Mc Clintock Library , shows the rock with an estimated size of 10 × 6 meters. Its weight was given as more than 6 tons.
  56. ↑ Records with the letterhead Dr. Frank Pennell Roosevelt, Az Feb 19, 1907 states “I hereby certify that cause of death of Al Sieber was due to injuries occasioned by rolling rock, the injuries being, R. side thorax completely crushed, R. leg below knee completely crushed, R. . forearm, both bones broken “signed FC Pennell MD
  57. ↑ The Dying Resistance ( Memento from August 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  58. ↑ General Crook and the Fighting Apaches ISBN 1-4097-1970-7 ; Quote: “ A fine man was Al Sieber. He spoke spanish and considerable Apache; had lived among the White Mountains at Camp Apache, and was a great favorite with Chief Pedro, there. "Man of Iron" the White Mountains called him. He was of powerful build, and stern-looking; apt to be of few words, right to the point; but he had a kind heart. He was now acting chief of scouts from Whipple and Camp Verde. ”
  59. ↑ The coordinates of his grave: 33 ° 23 '38.6 "  N , 110 ° 47' 41"  W
  60. ↑ Picture with Georg Hunt (right) ( Memento from July 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), 1907: Al Sieber Monument in Gila County after the erection of Al Sieber's tombstone. Source: Arizona Memory Project
  61. ^ Al Sieber in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  62. ↑ The Sieber Monument ; in "Arizona, the Grand Canyon State: A State Guide / Best Books on, Federal Writers' 1940" ; for the "Man of Iron"
  63. ↑ Picture of the base at the original accident site
  64. ↑ The coordinates of the memorial stone: 33 ° 40 ′ 45.4 ″  N , 111 ° 9 ′ 49 ″  W
  65. ↑ "Al Sieber Marker" , The Mysterious Demise of Al Sieber, Chief of Scouts, (p. 7)
  66. ↑ Close- up (April 2013) of the memorial stone at Roosevelt Lake on Flickr
  67. ↑ Quotation: “ When Cochise, on of the bravest, wisest, most respected chiricahua chiefs, made peace with Al Sieber after many fierce encounters, he took the chief of scouts as his blood brother. During that ceremony Cochise bestowed the highest possible honor on his former adversary. From that time on, Al Sieber's Indian name would be the Eagle - no other descriptive word. The purest, the highest - the eagle. "( AJ Fenady : Claws of the Eagle )
  68. ↑ Seiber Point at the US Board on Geographic Names
  69. ↑ Seiber Point Gregory McNamee: Grand Canyon Place Names, Johnson Books, 2004, ISBN 1-55566-334-6
  70. ^ Sieber Creek Al Sieber - Chief of Scouts , page 406, Ditto "Smith Map" from 1879 and "Eckhoff Map" from 1880
  71. ↑ (AZ 85219)
  72. ↑ N Al Sieber Road: 33 ° 25 ′ 46.3 ″  N , 111 ° 29 ′ 19.2 ″  W.
  73. ^ S Al Sieber Road: 33 ° 24 ′ 32.8 ″  N , 111 ° 29 ′ 19.3 ″  W.
  74. ↑ General Georg Crook's Monument in Arlington Al Sieber - his name is embossed on the edge of the picture in the middle / below, enlarged detail "Al Sieber"
  75. ↑ The Beast of the Wild at IMDb
  76. ↑ Maasai - The great Apache at IMDb
  77. ^ Railway detective Matt Clark , at IMDb
  78. ↑ Jeff Arnold's West: Al Sieber ; Apache Warrior IMDb
  79. ^ Silver Tombstone at IMDb
personal data
SURNAME Sieber, Al
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sieber, Albert (real name); Seiber, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German emigrant, soldier in the American Civil War
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Mingolsheim , Kraichgau , Baden
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1907
Place of death on the Apachen Trail, Gila County , Arizona , USA