Barboncito’s trip to Washington influenced Navajo’s destiny
Barboncito photo by New Mexico State Archive

By Vida Volkert
Staff Writer

FORT SUMNER — In the spring of 1868, four Navajo headmen rode the train to Washington to meet the Great Father and make a case for the release of their people.

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