In the Days of Victorio

James Kaywaykla’s narration, recorded by Eve Ball, of the Warm Springs Apache war as a child living it — the other side of every settler account of this country.

Context: University of Arizona Press, 1970. Kaywaykla was a descendant of Victorio.

Why it’s on the list: Every source in the Catron County corpus is a settler source. This is the correction, and it is first-hand.

Where I saw it: Named in Part 2 of Debbie Lee’s four-part Catron County Centennial History, posted publicly by the Catron County Historical Society in April 2022. It is part of the Catron County reading list assembled for the Luna novel research — the county Kyle’s family town sits in.

Connections

• Victorio — the leader whose 1880 raid killed James C. Cooney
• Eve Ball — who recorded it; Indeh — her larger collection
• Catron County Centennial History — Debbie Lee — the settler account this answers