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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.
Former police officer turned bounty hunter based in Akron, Ohio. Bounty Tank has a YouTube channel with raw footage of real life bounty hunting as Bounty Tank chases down fugitives who have skipped court on bond. Mickey Free: 1851–1915 A Mexican-born Apache scout and bounty hunter on the American frontier. In his time as a bounty hunter, Free ...
James Kirker (1793–1852) was an Irish-born American privateer, soldier, mercenary, merchant, Mountain man, and scalp hunter. He is best known for his contracts with the Mexican government to enslave, kill and scalp Apache Indians. [1] James Kirker (signed Don Santiago at bottom of photo) 1847, by Thomas Martin Easterly
Later, Chihuahua offered the same bounty for males plus a bounty of 50 pesos for the capture of an adult female and 25 pesos for a child under 14. Bounty hunters were also allowed to keep any Apache property they captured. The bounty for one Apache male was more than many Mexicans and American workers earned in a full year. [18]
The first Apache raids on Sonora and Chihuahua took place in the late 17th century. To counter the early Apache raids on Spanish settlements, presidios were established at Janos (1685) in Chihuahua and at Fronteras (1690) in what is now northeastern Sonora, then Opata country. In 1835, Mexico had placed a bounty on Apache scalps.
Jonah Hex continued to work as a bounty-hunter until he retired at the age of 66 in 1904, having settled down with a Native American woman named Tall Bird. By then he was a living legend, with others amazed to see the greatest gunman of the Old West still alive in an era of airplanes and automobiles.
A bounty hunter is a private agent working for a bail bondsman who captures fugitives or criminals for a commission or bounty. The occupation, officially known as a bail enforcement agent or fugitive recovery agent , has traditionally operated outside the legal constraints that govern police officers and other agents of the state.
Duane Chapman (born February 2, 1953), also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, is an American television personality, bounty hunter, and former bail bondsman. [1]Chapman came to international notice as a bounty hunter for his successful capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Mexico in 2003 and, the following year, was given his own series, Dog the Bounty Hunter (2004–2012), on A&E.