Fred Waite, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fred Waite

Old West gunman

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1853

Place of Birth: Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 24-Sep-1895

Profession: politician, cowboy, gunfighter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Frederick Tecumseh "Dash" Waite, occasionally spelled Fred Wayte (born September 23, 1853 – September 24, 1895) (Chickasaw) was noted for a period when he was a cowboy in New Mexico and a member of Billy the Kid's gang.
He was also known for later serving as a legislator in the Chickasaw Nation government, and as its Attorney General.
As a young man, Waite left Indian Territory to work as a cowboy in the New Mexico Territory.
While working for John Tunstall as a ranch hand, he met Bill Bonney and several other men.
After Tunstall was killed in the Lincoln County War, Bonney, Waite and the others pursued Tunstall's killers as vigilantes, calling themselves the Regulators.
As they turned to criminal activities, they became known as the "Billy the Kid gang." In 1880 at about age 27, Waite left the gang and returned to the Chickasaw Nation to build a more settled life.
He married, became a rancher, and started a family.
He lived a law-abiding life thereafter and became involved in Choctaw and Chickasaw politics.
He was elected to the Chickasaw legislature both as a representative and as a senator.
When serving as a representative, he was elected for three sessions as Speaker of the House.
He was appointed by the council and chief as Attorney General of the Chickasaw Nation.
He died of rheumatism at the age of 42.