 Apache Scouts, 
SGT William Alchesay was born between Globe and Show Low, Arizona.  

December 2, 1872, Alchesay enlisted on at Camp Verde, 
Arizona, and became the First Sergeant of A Company, 6th US Cavalry Indian Scouts, commanded by LT Charles B. Gatewood 

SGT Alchesay participated in major campaigns in the Tonto Basin area in 1872 and 1873 under MG George Crook. MG Crook had been sent to the Arizona Territory in 1872 to bring an end to years of warfare with the Indians by negotiating 
peace and moving the Indian tribes to reservations.

 By fall of that year, he facilitated a relative peace by crafting a treaty with Cochise, a chief of the Chiricahua Apache tribe. In 
November, MG Crook began a winter campaign to quell the remaining Indians who refused to surrender. Believing it would take Apaches to find Apaches, MG Crook hired Apache warriors who wanted peace to help the cavalry find those who wanted war. 

SGT William Alchesay was one of the Indian Scouts who guided Crook's columns during the winter campaign 
of 1872-1873. 

SGT Alchesay received the Medal of Honor in 1875 for "Gallant conduct during the campaigns and engagements with Apaches." 

MG Crook gave a large share of the credit for his success in these battles to the valiant Apache scouts. 

SGT Alchesay also advised MG Crook in the Geronimo Campaign in 1886. Alchesay convinced Geronimo to surrender and negotiated the peace talks. He and Geronimo remained close friends until Geronimo's death in 1909. 

After serving more than 14 years for the Army, Alchesay became the Chief of the White Mountain Apache tribe until he retired in 1925. 

Alchesay made numerous trips to Washington D.C., visiting with President Grover Cleveland and acting as a counselor to Indian Agents in Arizona Territory.

 Alchesay Barracks at Fort Huachuca was named in his honor in 1975.  He was inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame  in 2012

SGT Alchesay died in 1928, a chief to his own people. 

MG Crook on his mule with SGT Alchesay on the right and an unknown Scout on the left, Apache Pass near Fort Bowie, Arizona, 1885

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