John Pickerel Risque, brother of James Beverly Risque, was an inspector of mines in Arizona, etc (ALL American territories), until he was killed by Indians in 1882 or so. PV, in his book, THE BEALE TREASURE: NEW History of a MYSTERY wrote, "Hutter heard that his 33-year old cousin, John Pickerel Risque (ACTUALLY, a Grand Uncle, since JB Risque was his Grand-Father), had been killed by Indians in Arizona. His death came as he was returning home with a party that had been inspecting some sort of mine. This news came as a shock. Hutter had always found John's adventures fascinating." (p. 162).