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<h2 id="early-life">Early life</h2> <p>Before serving as a scout for the army, Tso-ay rode with <a href="/facts/Chatto_(Apache)/25wkuKrk">Chatto</a> in a raid. The raid consisted of twenty six men and they traveled 400 miles. They covered between seventy five and one hundred miles a day and killed twenty six settlers. During the raid, Tso-ay, deciding he had had enough of raiding, left the war party to return to the <a href="/facts/San_Carlos_Apache_Indian_Reservation/RaSCVczJ">San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Following this Tso-ay was captured by Lieutenant Britton Davis who was accompanied by thirty scouts and some <a href="/facts/Tonto_Apache/vTIfp1bE">Tonto Apache</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Davis sent a telegram to Crook notifying him of the capture of Tso-ay, and Crook requested that Davis enlist Tso-ay as a scout, if Tso-ay was willing. Tso-ay joined and was sent to meet with Crook at Willcox, where he was given the nickname "Peaches",<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> because of his fair complexion and the smoothness of his skin.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Tso-ay led Crook and his men into the upper Rio Bavispe and brought them to the camps of Chato and Benito.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>Tso-Ay was one of Crook's primary scouts and played a major role in leading the army into several of the strongholds the Apache had in Mexico.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> Although Tso-ay had served loyally he was exiled with Geronimo to Florida following the Apache wars.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>He retired in <a href="/facts/Cibecue/vtffypMS">Cibecue</a> and shortly before his death in 1933 he converted to Christianity.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="legacy">Legacy</h2> <p>Tso-Ay has been mentioned in <i>Valdez is Coming</i>, a western novel by <a href="/facts/Elmore_Leonard/xvPKhlSJ">Elmore Leonard</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul><li>Blackman Nunis, Doyce (1992). <i>The life of Tom Horn revisited</i>. Golden West Books. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0870951077.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Odie_B._Faulk/YqLYBS4R">Faulk, Odie B.</a> (1993). <i>The Geronimo Campaign</i>. Oxford University Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0195083514.</li> <li>Hayes, Alden C. (2000). <i>A Portal to Paradise</i>. University of Arizona Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0816521449.</li> <li>Jastrzembski, Joseph C. (2007). Paul C. Rosier (ed.). <a href="https://archive.org/details/apachewarsfinalr0000jast"><i>The Apache Wars: The Final Resistance</i></a>. Chelsea House. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0791093436.</li> <li>Langellier, John P. (2011). <i>Southern Arizona Military Outposts</i>. Arcadia. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0738579924.</li> <li>Leonard, Elmore (2012). <i>Valdez Is Coming</i>. William Morrow & Company. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0062227850.</li> <li>Radbourne, Allan (1 January 2005). <i>Mickey Free: Apache Captive, Interpreter, and Indian Scout</i>. Arizona Historical Society. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-910037-46-4.</li> <li>Thrapp, Dan L. (1979). <i>The Conquest of Apacheria</i>. University of Oklahoma Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0806112862.</li> <li>Worcester, Donald E. (1979). <i>The Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest</i>. University of Oklahoma Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0806114958.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Faulk 1993, p. 36. - Faulk, Odie B. (1993). The Geronimo Campaign. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195083514. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Jastrzembski 2007, p. 86. - Jastrzembski, Joseph C. (2007). Paul C. Rosier (ed.). The Apache Wars: The Final Resistance. Chelsea House. ISBN 978-0791093436. <a href="https://archive.org/details/apachewarsfinalr0000jast" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/apachewarsfinalr0000jast</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Worcester 1979, p. 254. - Worcester, Donald E. (1979). The Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806114958. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Thrapp 1979, p. 271. - Thrapp, Dan L. (1979). The Conquest of Apacheria. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806112862. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Blackman Nunis 1992, p. 28. - Blackman Nunis, Doyce (1992). The life of Tom Horn revisited. Golden West Books. ISBN 978-0870951077. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Thrapp 1979, p. 272. - Thrapp, Dan L. (1979). The Conquest of Apacheria. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806112862. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Langellier 2011, p. 108. - Langellier, John P. (2011). Southern Arizona Military Outposts. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0738579924. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Hayes 2000, p. 149. - Hayes, Alden C. (2000). A Portal to Paradise. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0816521449. <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Jastrzembski 2007, pp. 87. - Jastrzembski, Joseph C. (2007). Paul C. Rosier (ed.). The Apache Wars: The Final Resistance. Chelsea House. ISBN 978-0791093436. <a href="https://archive.org/details/apachewarsfinalr0000jast" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/apachewarsfinalr0000jast</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Langellier 2011, p. 108. - Langellier, John P. (2011). Southern Arizona Military Outposts. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0738579924. <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Radbourne 2005, p. 259. - Radbourne, Allan (1 January 2005). Mickey Free: Apache Captive, Interpreter, and Indian Scout. Arizona Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-910037-46-4. <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Leonard 2012, p. 61. - Leonard, Elmore (2012). Valdez Is Coming. William Morrow & Company. ISBN 978-0062227850. <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>