PAGE BURIAL SITE-BIG
Page and his horse were both hit hard during the initial attack but they galloped off through it. They followed the trail around the hillside and then dropped in to a wash headed back to Samaniego's Ranch. Page and his horse both gave out in the wash while a less injured companion went for help. The ranch staff were not about to go off and engage the Apache, so the trusty companion rode on to Tucson for help. Help returned the next day, but by then a corpse was all that remained of John Page. He was buried where he died and his wallet and a lock of his hair were returned to widow, Larcena
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