CategoryComancheria

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria In the spring of 1857 Col. E. V. Sumner, commander at Ft. Leavenworth, took the field in an effort to subdue the Cheyenne Indians who had been making life unpleasant for emigrants on the...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 27 October 1875; Russell Springs, Kansas: On 1 October, 30 Arapaho men and 5 women left the Red Cloud Agency and headed south to join the Southern Arapahos in Indian Territory. After...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 3 May 1881; Northern Coahuila, Mexico: On 14 April, Lipan raiders from Mexico looted ranches at the head of the Frio River in Real County, Texas. They killed a Mrs. McLauren and a boy...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 29-30 November 1877; Boquillas del Carmen, Coahuila, Mexico: Following Capt. Thomas C. Lebo's September raid on the Lipans and Kickapoos in Mexico, Capt. Samuel B.M. Young, 8th Cavalry...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 29 January 1881; Salt Flat, Texas: A number of survivors from Victorio's decimated Apache band-12 warriors, 4 women, and 4 children-came back into Texas in January 1881 and attacked a...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 28 April 1882; Los Huerigos, Chihuahua, Mexico: Following Loco's Apache band after the Horseshoe Canyon fight, Capts. Tullius C. Tupper and William A. Rafferty and 39 troopers of...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 17 September 1852; Cotulla, Texas: Citizens of Laredo, Texas, were alarmed when Indians, probably Lipans, crossed the Rio Grande and began raiding up and down the river. A Texas Ranger...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria On April 6, more than 150 cheyenne prisoners escaped from the Darlington Agency on the North Fork of the Canadian River, and were pursued and surrounded by elements of the 5th Infantry...