- affected: Grant County (1879-1880) [chunk:5448] - fought_in: southwestern New Mexico (1879-1880) [chunk:5448] - fought_in: Black Range [chunk:5458] - fought_in: Mimbres Mountains [chunk:5458] - located_in: Grant County [chunk:5479] - located_in: Black Range [chunk:5479] - located_in: Mogollons [chunk:5479] - located_in: Animas Mountains [chunk:5479]
- Victorio's War (1879-1880) affected Grant County — [chunk:5448] - fought in southwestern New Mexico (1879-1880) — [chunk:5448] - fought in Black Range — [chunk:5458]; also [chunk:5451] says Black Range and Mimbres Mountains of Grant County - fought in Mimbres Mountains — [chunk:5458]; [chunk:5451] - located in Grant County — [chunk:5479] - located in Black Range — [chunk:5479] - located in Mogollons — [chunk:5479] - located in Animas Mountains — [chunk:5479]
- [chunk:5479]: Dan Thrapp's classic study, Victorio the great Warm Springs Apache leader, one of most effective guerrilla campaigns in American history; Victorio's band — the Chihenne — struggle against U.S. and Mexican forces across mountains of Grant County incl. - [chunk:5448]: final decade of Chiricahua Apache resistance, Cochise's death through Geronimo's final surrender; Warm Springs (Chihenne) band under Victorio; essential for understanding Victorio's War (1879-1880) which directly affected Grant County. - [chunk:5451]: oral history from James Kaywaykla, child survivor; flight from San Carlos reservation; battles through Black Range and Mimbres Mountains of Grant County; massacre at Tres Castillos, Chihuahua; one of few Apache-side accounts. - [chunk:5458]: companion oral history, Warm Springs Apache experience after Victorio's death; exile to Florida, Mount Vernon Barracks, Oklahoma; includes detailed accounts of Victorio's War in Black Range and Mimbres Mountains of Grant County. - [chunk:4690]: Parker's scouts below box canyon on main Palomas surrounded old Victorio's camp and engaged hostiles; Indians escaped during night leaving dead; commission from Washington to investigate reported massacre. - [chunk:4432]: Roman Chiquito; Victorio sweeping down like whirlwind on unprotected settlements of southern New Mexico deluged soil with blood of three hundred slaughtered citizens; Roman Chiquito rode day and night to warn settlers near White and Sacramento mountains. - [chunk:4530]: same Roman Chiquito text + Victorio defeated Hatch and whipped ninth cavalry at San Andreas; Roman Chiquito nursed Captain Henry Carrol shot through body; Hatch attacked peaceable Mescaleros at Mescalero agency, surrounded with ninth and tenth cavalry, opened fire; twenty-two Mescaleros mostly women and children left dead; remainder fled to mountains. - [chunk:4433]: same as 4530 partial — Victorio defeated Hatch, whipped ninth cavalry at San Andreas, Roman Chiquito nursed Captain Henry Carrol.
Lead sentence (present tense): "Victorio's War (1879–1880) was a major Apache guerrilla campaign fought in southwestern New Mexico that directly affected Grant County [chunk:5448]."
LEAD: Victorio's War (1879–1880) was a major Apache guerrilla campaign fought in southwestern New Mexico that directly affected Grant County [chunk:5448].
LEAD: Victorio's War (1879–1880) was a major Apache guerrilla campaign fought in southwestern New Mexico that directly affected Grant County [chunk:5448].
BODY (one paragraph, past tense): Led by Victorio, the great Warm Springs Apache (Chihenne) leader, the campaign is considered one of the most effective guerrilla campaigns in American history [chunk:5479]. Victorio's band fought U.S. and Mexican forces across the mountains of Grant County, including the Black Range, Mogollons, and Animas Mountains [chunk:5479], with battles also recorded in the Mimbres Mountains [chunk:5458][chunk:5451]. After fleeing the San Carlos reservation, the band fought through the Black Range and Mimbres Mountains before the war ended in the massacre at Tres Castillos, Chihuahua [chunk:5451]. James Kaywaykla, who survived the war as a child, later provided one of the few Apache-side accounts of the fighting in southwestern New Mexico [chunk:5451]. In one engagement, Parker's scouts surrounded Victorio's camp below a box canyon on the main Palomas, but the Indians escaped during the night, leaving their dead behind [chunk:4690].
LEAD: Victorio's War (1879–1880) was a major Apache guerrilla campaign in southwestern New Mexico that directly affected Grant County [chunk:5448].
BODY: Led by Victorio, the great Warm Springs Apache (Chihenne) leader, it ranks as one of the most effective guerrilla campaigns in American history [chunk:5479]. Victorio's band fought U.S. and Mexican forces across Grant County's mountains, including the Black Range, Mogollons, and Animas Mountains [chunk:5479], with fighting also in the Mimbres Mountains [chunk:5458][chunk:5451]. After fleeing the San Carlos reservation, the band battled through the Black Range and Mimbres Mountains before the war ended in the massacre at Tres Castillos, Chihuahua [chunk:5451]. Child survivor James Kaywaykla later recorded one of the few Apache-side accounts of these campaigns [chunk:5451]. In one clash, Parker's scouts surrounded Victorio's camp below a box canyon on the main Palomas, but the Indians slipped away overnight, leaving their dead on the field [chunk:4690].