On the way to Ft. Oury reported only one boy and a woman, and said they were released after witnessing the hanging. Many questions remain Thus ended a watershed event in the American conquest of Apacheria. While much is known of events, much is missing. Little is known of what the participants were thinking.
Many questions remain.
All the facts will never be known. No two tellings of the tale will ever be alike. No two chroniclers will ever agree on the facts or the implications. No photograph of the great Chiricahua chief is known to exist.