Mickey Free | |
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| Born | 1848 or 1851 Mexico |
| Died | 1914[1] Navaho County Arizona |
| Other names | Felix Telles, Felix Ward |
| Occupation | US Army Indian scout |
Mickey Free (b. 1847/1848; d. 1914, Apache name Mig-gan-la-iae), birth name Felix Telles,[2] was an Apache Indian scout and bounty hunter on the American frontier.[3][4] Following his kidnapping by Apaches as a child, he was raised as one and became a warrior. Later he joined the US Army's Apache scouts, serving at Fort Verde between December 1874 and May 1878 and was given the nickname Mickey Free.[2]
- ^ Smith, Victoria (2009). Captive Arizona, 1851-1900. University of Nebraska Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-8032-1090-5.
- ^ a b Ayers 2010, p. 17.
- ^ Heard 1997, pp. 110–111.
- ^ Sweeney 1991, p. 427.