Petone
Petone (Si-gos-ky) (abt. 1839-1881) was born about 1839. He was the son of Pedro. He succeeded Pedro as a chief of the White Mountain Apache People and Wilford Woodruff met with him many times between 1879 and 1880 in Apache Co., Arizona Territory. He died about Feb. 1881 in Apache Co., Arizona Territory.
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