Scout Chiquito, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in 1872 in Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Indian Scouts.
The medal was presented on April 12, 1875, 3 years after the action.
Chiquito was born in Arizona. His Medal of Honor is credited to San Carlos, Gila County, Arizona.
Chiquito is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 16 credited to Arizona.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Indian Wars.
Places
- Born: Arizona Territory — map
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Timeline
- Date unknownBorn in Arizona
- 1872Act of valor — ArizonaIndian Scouts
- April 12, 1875Medal of Honor presented
Biography
Chiquito was a United States Army Indian scout and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States. He was chief of a band of the Pinal Coyotero, and a petty chief of the Apache. Chiquito was awarded the Medal of Honor on April 12, 1875 for his "[g]allant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches" in the "winter of 1871-73 [sic]".
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