From Fort Marion to Fort Sill by Alicia Delgadillo

Author:Alicia Delgadillo [Delgadillo, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4962-1056-2
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2013-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Loco (Dexter)

c. 1863–? ws FIg. 16; fig. 19, no. 25

Dadespuna.

His Apache name Dadespuna means “stands in that place.” A son of Chishodlnetln and Loco, he had one half-sibling: John Loco. Beyihtsun was Dexter’s sister. Dexter is listed as a twenty-one-year-old single man in his father’s band. On January 23, 1884, under order of General Crook, a group of children and youths, mainly those of chiefs and important headmen, departed Fort Apache for Carlisle. Of the twenty-two Western Apaches enrolled, six were Chiricahua or Warm Springs Apaches. He was enrolled on February 2, 1884, as “Dexter Loco, father living, mother living, age 17, height 5'4½", weight 140.”

Dexter was assigned to Isaac Wright of Newton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1886–July 1, 1888; E. Livezey of Buckmanville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, September 17–December 31, 1888; and W. Church of Taylorsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1891–September 9, 1892. Discharged on November 21, 1892, he was readmitted on December 16, and his work assignments were to G. Michael of Bernuik, Pennsylvania, January 2, 1893–January 3, 1894; Isaac Wright of Newton, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1894–April 10, 1895; and E. Atkinson of Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, April 10–November 1, 1895.

Discharged on November 7, 1895, Dexter visited Fort Apache, then went to Fort Sill, where he married Nalthchedah. They settled at Mescalero.7

See also Nalthchedah.

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