Apache Wars in Grant County, NM
Grant County sat at the heart of the Apache homeland. The Mimbres / Chihenne / Bedonkohe bands and US Army campaigns against Mangas Coloradas, Victorio, Nana, and Geronimo's group define the region's 1850-1886 history.
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Depredations by Apache tribes described in Browne's travel account.
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An event in which Mimbres and Gila Indians sought peace, as reported in correspondence from Doña Ana County citizens and Albert Bloomfield.
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Wars that followed the breakdown of peace between the Apache and Spanish/Mexican forces.
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A cultural celebration involving Apache Indians with elements of ceremony, festival, horses, and teepees, associated with New Mexico and potentially documented …
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This raid caused severe suffering in Grant and Graham counties, prompting ranchers to take action.
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Victorio's War is one of the major campaigns in Grant County covered by the book.
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Hostilities between the Sonoran, Mogolloneros, and Coyotero Apache bands, along with captive-taking, are documented during Steck's agency period.
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An attack by Apaches on a cabin where a man's wife and child were murdered and mutilated.
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Attacks by Apache groups on settlers in the Silver City area, covered in Ailman's memoirs.
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Encounters with Apache people covered in McKenna's tales.
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An Apache raiding party killed John Bullard in February 1871 on the road between Silver City and Pinos Altos.
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August 1869 attack in which Apaches killed Hurlburt's wife and child at their cabin near Silver City.
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Conflict in which Al Sieber participated, leading Apache scouts.
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Conflict period including the joining of Chokonen and Chihene bands under Cochise and Mangas Coloradas.
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An 1885 engagement in which six American volunteers were ambushed by Geronimo and about thirty Apache warriors.
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The Classic Mimbres collapse is a subject of the Mimbres Foundation's final report.
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The archaeological period of the Mattocks site, associated with Classic Mimbres communities.
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A phase of Mimbres culture covered in the overview.
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Potsherds picked from surface of ruin on former bed of Mimbres River on 30 Jul 2020.
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A gunfight on the Mimbres River involving Pilar and other Mexicans, arising from an abduction.
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A fight occurred when scouts attempted to arrest the Apache murderers, resulting in one killed and one captured.
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The Geronimo campaign involved efforts to capture Geronimo.
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Apache raid during which Frenchy narrowly escaped capture or death near the Mexican line.
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Geronimo's surrender in 1886 concludes the U.S. Army's Apache campaigns described in the book.
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End point of the U.S. Army campaigns against the Apache.
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Gila Apache raids against settlers and travelers were the reason Fort Seldon was established in 1865.
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J. W. Taylor's first appointment as Indian Agent for the Southern Apache is recorded in the Michael Steck Papers.
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In 1886, Mexicans abducted a girl on the Mimbres, and Pilar Perez fatally shot Deputy Sheriff Hall during the pursuit.
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The pursuit of Geronimo through the Mogollons and Gila Wilderness is a major campaign in Grant County covered by the book.
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Subject of the letter, an Apache band engaged in raiding.
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Apache band that was raiding, subject of the letter from D.J. Miles to Michael Steck.
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Event referenced in Albert Bloomfield's statement about Mimbres and Gila Indians suing for peace.
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Final surrender of Geronimo in 1886.
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Victorio attacked Cooney Mine on April 28, 1880, killing three men.
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Attack by Victorio on April 28, 1880, on the Cooney Mine and Alma.
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Victorio fled San Carlos Reservation with 300 Chihenne and Bedonkohe Chiricahua on September 2, 1877.
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Victorio swept down on settlements, resulting in the slaughter of three hundred citizens.
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Subject of correspondence between David Meriwether and Michael Steck.
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An uprising that occurred a year ago last spring, resulting in the deaths of Mike Grace and Diehl.
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Raids that Fort Bayard was established to provide security against.
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An 1871 attack on an Apache camp by Anglo and Mexican civilians and their O'odham allies in Arizona Territory.
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Campaign during which Al Sieber operated in southwestern New Mexico.
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A battle on September 27, 1861 in which Apache warriors under Mangas Coloradas and Cochise attacked the settlement of Pinos Altos and were repelled by roughly t…
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The Panama-California Exposition features colored photographic slides of the Lower Mimbres Valley's agriculture and wells as part of a publicity campaign.
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A cowardly assault committed by cowboys on an inoffensive Chinaman in the lower Mimbres.
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A cowardly assault on an inoffensive Chinaman by cowboys in the lower Mimbres.
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Engagement between Parker's scouts and Victorio's hostiles at Palomas canyon.
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Felix Knox was killed by Apaches in the spring of 1882 while protecting his family.
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J.C. Cooney was killed by Victorio's Apaches on April 29, 1880, in Mogollon, New Mexico.
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A hot fight between cowboys and Apaches near Stein's peak.
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A ceremonial event in Gallup, New Mexico, featuring Apache Devil Dancers.
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Great Mining Activity is an event mentioned in the Mimbres Valley and Cooks Peak Region.
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An 1883 attack by Apaches on Pat Devine and Bob Anderson.
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The Indian wars of the Territory involved violent conflicts in the Southwest, including raids and massacres, particularly associated with Geronimo.
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