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Fred Waite (occasionally Fred Wayte) (September 28, 1853-September 24, 1895) was a Native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 who was hired as a cowboy
List of cowboys and cowgirls

The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West was compiled to show examples of the cowboy genre....
 and joined Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid

Henry McCarty , better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney, was a 19th-century American frontier outlaw and gunman who participated in the so-called Lincoln County War....
's gang. Waite was a member of the Chickasaw
Chickasaw

The Chickasaw are Native Americans in the United States people originally from the Southeastern United States . They are of the Muskogean linguistic group....
 tribe, and he was born in Fort Arbuckle
Fort Arbuckle

Fort Arbuckle was a United States military fort near Hoover, Oklahoma....
, in what is now Garvin County, Oklahoma
Garvin County, Oklahoma

Garvin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 27,210. Its county seat is Pauls Valley, Oklahoma....
.

Waite found work in New Mexico
New Mexico

New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
 with John Tunstall
John Tunstall

John Henry Tunstall was a New Mexico rancher and prominent figure in the Lincoln County War.Born in London Borough of Hackney, London, England....
, who was later to be one of the leaders of the Tunstall-McSween vs. Dolan
James Dolan (Lincoln County War)

James Dolan was an Old West businessman, cattleman, and a key factor in the Lincoln County War, in New Mexico, which launched Billy the Kid to fame....
 war, better known as the Lincoln County War
Lincoln County War

The Lincoln County War was a 19th century conflict between two entrenched factions in American Old West. The "war" was between a faction led by wealthy ranchers and another faction led by the wealthy owners of the monopoly general store in Lincoln County, New Mexico....
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Fred Waite (occasionally Fred Wayte) (September 28, 1853-September 24, 1895) was a Native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 who was hired as a cowboy
List of cowboys and cowgirls

The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West was compiled to show examples of the cowboy genre....
 and joined Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid

Henry McCarty , better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney, was a 19th-century American frontier outlaw and gunman who participated in the so-called Lincoln County War....
's gang. Waite was a member of the Chickasaw
Chickasaw

The Chickasaw are Native Americans in the United States people originally from the Southeastern United States . They are of the Muskogean linguistic group....
 tribe, and he was born in Fort Arbuckle
Fort Arbuckle

Fort Arbuckle was a United States military fort near Hoover, Oklahoma....
, in what is now Garvin County, Oklahoma
Garvin County, Oklahoma

Garvin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 27,210. Its county seat is Pauls Valley, Oklahoma....
.

Waite found work in New Mexico
New Mexico

New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
 with John Tunstall
John Tunstall

John Henry Tunstall was a New Mexico rancher and prominent figure in the Lincoln County War.Born in London Borough of Hackney, London, England....
, who was later to be one of the leaders of the Tunstall-McSween vs. Dolan
James Dolan (Lincoln County War)

James Dolan was an Old West businessman, cattleman, and a key factor in the Lincoln County War, in New Mexico, which launched Billy the Kid to fame....
 war, better known as the Lincoln County War
Lincoln County War

The Lincoln County War was a 19th century conflict between two entrenched factions in American Old West. The "war" was between a faction led by wealthy ranchers and another faction led by the wealthy owners of the monopoly general store in Lincoln County, New Mexico....
. Waite was a farm
Farm

A farm is an area of land, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibers and, increasingly, fuel....
er for Tunstall.

On February 18, 1878, Tunstall was killed, and the Regulators
Lincoln County Regulators

The Lincoln County Regulators was a deputy posse in Lincoln County, New Mexico during the Lincoln County War, consisting of a dozen or so members who wanted revenge for the killing of their boss, John Tunstall....
 were formed. The Regulators were originally a posse led by Dick Brewer
Richard Brewer

Richard Brewer , also known as Dick Brewer and Richard M. Brewer, was an United States List of cowboys and cowgirls and outlaw. He was the first leader of what historically is referred to as Billy the Kid's band, although Billy never led them....
 to serve arrest warrants on Tunstall's killers. Waite was a member of that original posse. While there, he met Billy, fellow Indian Jose Chavez y Chavez
Jose Chavez y Chavez

Jose Chavez y Chavez was an outlaw from the U.S. state of New Mexico. He was said to be of Mexico-United States and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas ancestry....
, Henry Brown, Jim French
Jim French (cowboy)

Jim French was a New Mexico cowboy.Out of all Lincoln County Regulators, French remains the most mysterious. Not much is known about him, such as where he came from or how he came to work for John Tunstall....
, and Charlie Bowdre
Charlie Bowdre

Charles Bowdre was an United States List of cowboys and cowgirls and outlaw. He was an associate and member of Billy the Kid's gang....
, forming what was later called Billy the Kid's gang.

Fred Waite was allegedly behind a wall when William J. Brady
William J. Brady

William J. Brady , was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico during the Lincoln County Wars in New Mexico, United States. He was killed in an ambush in which Billy the Kid took part....
 was killed by the gang. He was also present when the gang killed Buckshot Roberts
Buckshot Roberts

Andrew L. "Buckshot" Roberts was an United States American bison hunter and cowboy whose last stand against the Lincoln County Regulators during the Gunfight of Blazer's Mills near Lincoln, New Mexico is a part of frontier legend....
, a suspect in the murder of Tunstall.

Split between his Native American culture and his new life, Waite decided to return to life as an Indian, leaving the gang behind.

Back in Oklahoma
Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a U.S. state and a sovereignty located in the South Central United States and Southern United States of the United States of America ....
, Waite became a successful politician
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
, holding various titles at the Chickasaw nation, including senator, speaker of the house of representatives and others.

It is not known how Waite died. But when his death took place, four days away from his forty second birthday, he was being prepared to become Governor of the Chickasaw Nation.