biography
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Crawford, John Wallace
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known as Captain Jack
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| male
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| lived:
| (1847–1917)
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| biography:
| Scout and writer, born in Co Donegal, Ireland. He went to the USA as a child (1854) and later worked as a coal miner. A soldier with the Union forces in the Civil War, he also served as a scout in campaigns against the Sioux and Apache Indians. He established a ranch in New Mexico and wrote books and plays, including The Poet Scout (1879). |
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