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Billy the Kid escaped from prison and went to see Chisum to collect a $500 debt. Chisum refused payment, claiming that he instead had given the Kid horses, supplies, and protection over the years. The Kid promised to steal $500 worth of cattle from Chisum to make up this sum.
Nov 16, 2009 · Chisum and the big ranchers turned their cowboys into gunslingers—including a friendly young man named William Bonney, better know as Billy the Kid. Billy the Kid became one of the ranchers’...
John was the second son of Lucinda Armstrong-Chisum, who at 16 married a cousin twice her age, Claiborne Chisum. John had four brothers and a sister, and his family held a mix of Scottish, English, and Welsh ancestry. The Chisum family played a significant role in the early history of Texas.
Nov 7, 2023 · The Lincoln County War was a cattle war between rival factions in the New Mexico Territory. The war became famous because of its famous gunslingers. Specifically Billy the Kid, Sheriff William J. Brady, John Chisum, Jose Chavez y Chavez Alexander McSween, James Dolan, and Lawrence Murphy. The war began over the business.
When Billy the Kid went to see Chisum, believing that the cattle baron owed him $500, Chisum refused to pay. In retaliation, Billy and his gang of “Rustlers,” including Dave Rudabaugh , Billy Wilson , Tom O’Folliard , and Charles Bowdre , began to steal Chisum’s cattle.
Jul 29, 1970 · Chisum: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson. Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.
They are assisted by Billy "The Kid" Bonney, a notorious killer who was recently hired and given a chance to reform by John Henry Tunstall, Chisum's philanthropic British neighbor. Chisum's niece Sallie arrives in Lincoln to live with her uncle, and Billy begins to court her.
