<Tr> <Td> Feb 16 </Td> <Td> John Younger kills Captain S.W. Nichols in a gunfight in Dallas, Texas . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Feb 23 </Td> <Td> While heading an Apache - hunting force near present - day Clifton, Arizona, John M. Bullard is shot and killed when he approaches a wounded Apache warrior . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Feb 28 </Td> <Td> "Handsome Jack" John Ledford, an outlaw - turned - hotel - owner involved in counterfeiting and horse theft in Kansas and the Indian Territory, is killed in a shootout with a group of U.S. Army soldiers led by scout Lee Stewart and U.S. Marshal Jack Bridges, who claimed to have a warrant for his arrest . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mar 16 </Td> <Td> Death of Navajo chieftain Barboncito (Hastin Daagii). </Td> </Tr>

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