Wratten, George
August 21, 2026
George M. Wratten, not Tom Horn, served as Geronimo’s interpreter and chief scout during the negotiations that led to the Apache leader’s surrender at Skeleton Canyon in 1886. Born in California in 1865, Wratten came to the Southwest as a boy, learned Apache languages while clerking on…
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