Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007 Series: Case Files of Indian Wars Pension Applications, 1892 - ca. 1926 File Unit: Disapproved Pension Application File for Nana Alchesay (alias Nana Nonolay), Widow of Sergeant William Alchesay (alias Chazzin, alias Tazin,

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Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007 Series: Case Files of Indian Wars Pension Applications, 1892 - ca. 1926 File Unit: Disapproved Pension Application File for Nana Alchesay (alias Nana Nonolay), Widow of Sergeant William Alchesay (alias Chazzin, alias Tazin, alias Alchisea), Indian Scouts, U.S. Army (WO-1626322)

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Alchesay, William, 1853-1928

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He was born May 17, 1853 in a part of the Arizona Territory known as Limestone Canyon. He joined the Indian Scouts at Camp Verde December 2, 1872 and served under General George Crook in actions against an uprising of the Chiricahua Apache in the winter of 1872–1873, holding the rank of Sergeant. He was cited for gallantry, and acted as an envoy from Crook to Geronimo, trying to convince him to surrender peacefully. Crook's aide (and fellow Medal of Honor recipient) John G. Bourke described A...