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Military Information:

• US Army
• Deceased
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• Multiple Family Veteran
• CPL: Corporal
• Indian Campaigns
• Cemetery: Seminole Indian Scouts, Brackettville, Kinney County, Texas
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• US Indian Scouts

Bio:

Julian Longorio was a Seminole Negro Indian Scout who was born in Mexico. He had hazel eyes, black hair, and a copper complexion. He stood 5’6”. He first enlisted at the age of 40.

He completed 10 enlistments, serving from May 5, 1879 to June 3, 1889. He served under Lt. Bullis, Cpt. Morris, Lt. French, Lt. Cunningham, Lt. Kendall, Lt. King, Lt. Hewitt, and Lt. Hanson. He was stationed at Ft. Clark, Cp. Neville, Cp. Myers, Cp. Pena, and Cp. San Carlos.

Julian and Manuel Longorio were, at an early age, captives of Indians. Julian became a paid civilian scout to Fort Clark and acted as a spy on Mexican Indians for both Col. McKenzie and Lt. Col. Shafter.

About 1876, Shafter offer a reward of $500 for the capture of an Indian in Mexico. Julian responded but broke the neck of his captive from lassoing.

In March 1877, he was jailed in Piedras Negras as an American army spy. Shafter and troops surrounded Piedras Negras but found the Mexican jail empty.

In the 1880 census, Julian Longorio was listed as a white male, age 30 (there is a discrepancy in his age). His wife Refugio was listed as a white female. They had two children, Arthur (white male, age 1) and Matildia (white female, age 3 and 1/2).