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- ↑ Nolan, Frederick (16 February 2015). The West of Billy the Kid. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780806148878.
- ↑ Nolan, Frederick W. (2009). The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History. Sunstone Press. p. 345. ISBN 9780865347212.
- ↑ Caldwell, C. R. (2010). Dead Right: The Lincoln County War. Lulu.com. p. 240. ISBN 9780615171524.
- ↑ Bloom, Lansing Bartlett; Walter, Paul A. F. New Mexico historical review. Vol. 32. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, Historical Society of New Mexico, School of American Research. p. 234.