Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Story 1 19 April 1867; Cimarron, Kansas: When Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock and his command approached a large Cheyenne and Lakota village on the Pawnee Fork, a party of six Cheyennes from...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Battle 1 July 9, 1848; Protection, Kansas: On 7 July 1848, Capt. John C, Griffin and 101 men of Companies A, B, C, and D of William Gilpin's Indian Battalion, with one six-pound...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria North of Santa Fe, in the spring of 1854, the conflict intensified into a series of the largest battles of the decade in which the U.S. Army would face the Apache. When Lobo Blanco's...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria Located on the White Mountain Apache Reservation, the Battle of Cibecue, August 30, 1881, was brought on by the influence of a shaman, Nockadelklinne, who preached a doctrine of...
Stephens County, Texas Mike Christeson has been gracious enough to send us the following information and invaluable pictures. Thanks again to Mike and his family. Dear Rick, Your site is great. I am writing about Lish Christesson. I have a lot of...
Wichita County, Texas About 1862, John, Richard, Isom and James Christal left their home in Denton County for a buffalo hunt, at some point in the northwest. The brothers established their permanent camp on the Wichita River, near the mouth of...
Palo Pinto County, Texas The following story is Captain R.B. Barry's first hand account of his Ranger duties from the book, Indian Depredations in Texas, by J.W. Wilbarger. On one occasion Captain Peter Garland, who was following an Indian trail...
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