Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-27
THE LATE AL SHEER
Brief History of the Former Chief of
 Indian Scouts

The following is a brief history of the late Al Sieber, who was killed at Roosevelt last week, as published by the Phoenix Republican;
 Albert Sieber was born February 29,, lS44, in the grand duchy of Baden at Mingelsheim, half way between Mum helm and Carsrhue, Germany. His father was named John Sieber and died the next year. His mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Fischer, died in Minneapolis, Minn,, in 1888. Beside Albert there were three boys and four girls in the family, of whom John and Rudolph and one sister, The resa, who married Henry Oswald, are now supposed to be living in Barnes vile, Minn., and one other sister, Mrs. Louise Taylor, lives in Minneapolis. So far as known here Al Sieber was never married.
 In the later forties John Sieber, one of the elder children, became mixed up in revolutionary affair in Germany and became refugee. He fled to Havre, from whence he wrote to his mother to join him there with her other children, and they would all come to this country. She did so and they ar rived in New York while Al was yet a small boy. They were met there by q brother-in.law, who took them to his home in Lancaster, Pa, where they remained until 1856. In that year the 1f ahs dren, including Al, went to Minneap- oils. Al worked there on the farms and in the sawmills until March 3, 1862, when with the consent of his mother he enlisted in Company B of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, his com pany joining the regiment at Yorktown, Va He served through the Peninsular campaign of the army of the Potomac. July 2. 1863, on the field of Gettys- burg, he fell with a terrible wound in shell. As he lay on the ground mo- ment later, a bullet entered his right ankle and, following up the limb, made its exit at the knee. He remained in the hospital until December of the same year, when he was transferred to Company K of the First regiment of veteran reserves, as a corporal under Captain Morrison, and the regiment was accredited to the state of Massa state later paid him $500 bounty. He did provost duty until the fall of 1864, when he was sent to Albany for cou pie of months, and then to Elmira, where he served as guard over rebel prisoners until his discharge in July, 1865.
 He then returned to Minneapolis and in 1866 left overland for the Pacific coast. A few months were spent in San Francisco and few more in get ting out ties for the Central Pacific railroad. In 1867 occurred the White Pine mining excitement in Nevada and he followed the rush. Failing to make a fortune in 1868, he came to Arizona, stopping first at Hardyville, seven miles from old Fort Mohave. In 1869 he con tinued his journey to Prescott and he worked there year for the late c. c. Bean, later delegate to congress.
 Subsequently he was employed at Hualpai, Fort Verde and Fort Whipple as driver and scout until 1872. There after he was employed as scout for the succeeding twenty years. In 1872 at Fort Hualpai, where he went to draw rations for his scouting party of eighty | five, he was severely injured, being rup- | tured by bueking horse. The next in rident of special interest occurred in 1875, when during an en- gagement with the hostiles at the head | of Cave creek he was shot through the | right arm with an arrow. From that time on until his wounding at San Carlos June l, 1887, he led life of almost continuous danger, one that can scarcely be appreciated by those who people this land of peace and order to- lay. But good fortune seemed to ac- company him and he suffered no other erious wounds. He gained the complete confidence of most of the Apaches and liter peace was finally established they ooked upon their former enemy as their pest friend.