▁g host ▁because ▁he ▁couldn ' t ▁believe ▁that ▁a ▁twenty - three - year - old ▁woman ▁could ▁surv ive ▁so ▁long ▁under ▁such ▁trying ▁circumstances . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁men ▁took ▁L arc ena ▁into ▁a ▁building ▁and ▁had ▁her ▁fed ▁and ▁was hed ▁while ▁another ▁man ▁went ▁to ▁get ▁a ▁doctor ▁in ▁T uc son ▁and ▁inform ▁John , ▁who ▁was ▁prepar ing ▁for ▁a ▁third ▁expedition ▁to ▁find ▁his ▁wife . ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 , ▁L arc ena ▁was ▁taken ▁to ▁T uc son ▁where ▁she ▁fully ▁recovered ▁under ▁the ▁care ▁of ▁Dr . ▁C . B . ▁Hugh es . ▁The ▁young ▁Mexican ▁girl , ▁Mer cedes , ▁was ▁later ▁found ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Army ▁and ▁trad ed ▁for ▁Apache ▁prisoners ▁at ▁Fort ▁Buch an an . ▁She ▁later ▁married ▁Charles ▁A . ▁Sh ib ell ▁and ▁had ▁four ▁children , ▁but ▁died ▁at ▁age ▁ 2 6 . ▁ ▁Later ▁life ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 1 ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War ▁was ▁about ▁to ▁begin ▁and ▁L arc ena ▁was ▁wor ried ▁that ▁the ▁Ap aches ▁would ▁turn ▁more ▁violent ▁with ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁military ▁personnel . ▁L arc ena ▁and ▁her ▁family ▁soon ▁moved ▁to ▁Pat ag onia . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁Bas com ▁Aff air , ▁Chief ▁C och ise ▁and ▁Mang as ▁Color adas ▁were ▁attack ing ▁American ▁settlement s ▁all ▁across ▁southern ▁New ▁Mexico ▁Territ ory . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁or ▁April ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁her ▁husband