Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria From the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. Crook moved into the Tonto Basin at heart of central Arizona Territory, using elements of the 1st and 5th Cavalry and the 23rd Infantry Regiment...
Young County, Texas Enemy of the Comanche, this tribe scouted and fought for Texans and the army but were forced into Indian Territory in the late 1850s. Viciously attacked in the early 60s, the remnants wandered back across the Red River to...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following is from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. 29 August 1865, Ranchester, Wyoming: Launching the Powder River campaign, Brig. Gen. Patrick E. Connor led...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. Another incident a year later would involve the man whose name is synonymous with the Indian War history of Montana. Lieutenant...
Mason County, Texas About 1868, Geo. W. Todd, wife, daughter and an African girl left their home on Peter's Creek about five miles south of Mason and started to the home of a Mrs. Lewis, who lived where the city of Mason now stands. According to...
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After the preceding episode, Wm. Hope, Geo. Van Pelt, Mathew B. Wilkins, Wm. Holmes, Charles Montague, Peter Wallace, and possibly one or two others had been gathering horses three miles east of Fort Davis. While driving the horses home late in the...
Needing time to catch its breath and assess the situation, the army conducted a series of councils. Plains warriors gladly met with their old trading partners in 1863 and accepted gifts and promised friendship though they made it clear they intended...
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