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Show 432 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY The Kiowa Apaches, Comanches, and some other tribes of the eastern plains, roaming in the northeastern part of New Mexico, became very troublesome in 1864-6. KIOWA-COMANCHE CAMPAIGN Colonel Carson and other officers, with regulars and New Mexican volunteers, were sent against them, operating from Fort Bascom. The campaign conducted by Carson reflected small credit upon him and the troops under his command. In fact had it not been for the artil- lery his entire command would have been destroyed.*5? the Navajés to resist so powerful an enemy was broken. On the last day of February General Carleton reported that 3,000 Navajés had been captured, or surrendered for removal to Bosque Redondo. For the first time in 180 years these brutal and fierce savages were acknowledging as possible they were transferred to the Journey were very great. Many while others who were driving their greatly hindered by the deep snows. 857 Reports, 17th B. A. E. (1896), p.1: of the Comanche, made their winter camp ‘The Kiowa Apache, with a part on the South Canadian, at ‘Redand Mustang Creek in the While here early in the winter they were attacked by the famous Walls ry tee 4 ° Se ee Pee pa aur ee r * a eG E> & ty NT re a 4-2 sounded the calls as well as not been for his howitzers I learned from an_ officer in detail by Lieut. Geo. Bi the fight. The expedition and 72. Ute and Jicarilla Apache 335 volunteer of command “ear lans,consisted was under of Col.soldiers Christopher Carson, the noted scout and logge fighter, then holding a commission in the Ist N. M. Inf. . . Starting — Ft. Bascom, N. M., they proceeded down the Canadian, the intention elng to disable the Indians by taking them by surprise in their winter camp his . aie ea } >e closely indians that disputing every foot of his advance and following uP only the howitzers saved troops from destruction. e early part of the engagement, the soldiers the corralled their horses 1n a0 ee Vy Frank Here, : Springer, - ; President + New ; Mexico Paleontologist Bar = . Association— 0 — ; " rh, re: OS ee ee pee eeee sted eT Pl Reénforced from these they re and Comanche. Apache attack 2Giusa nrg =Pee Kiowa, a desperate upon the invaders so that Carson was glad Tee ri aiter_ burning the upper village, although the other camp against ee eg erg was directed was in plain sight below. The battle lasted — a small stream, since known as ‘‘Kit Carson’? creek, in what is now utchinson County, Texas, a short distance above Adobe Walls. The attack made at daybreak of November 25th, 1864. After some resistance the camps other agen a few miles down the river where there were ra * . ee ek ee Peed as Custer did on the Washita four years later. The first village, a Kiowa camp, consisted of 176 tipis, was discovered on the Canadian at the entrance i an is command. They had a regular bugler who those sounded for troops. Carson said if it had oy would have been left to tell the tale. This z oO was in the fight. The engagement is described ettis, who had charge of the two howitzers during of an army officer a few destroyed an Indian vilbut the Indians attacked to his lines and he with- eer The engagement is thus mentioned in the testimony — later. ‘I understand Kit Carson last winter — He had about four hundred men with him, se oe as any men in the world, charging up ee Ne 9 "ted scout, Kit Carson, with a detachment of troops, assisted by a number of the Ute and Jicarilla Apaches. According to the Indian account five persons of the allied tribes, including two women, were killed; the others, after a brave resistance, finally abandoned their camp, which was burned by the enemy. . oe | on] ne Adobe e between O# eet side, FS ee north er“ Panhandle. the ee | ane on As quickly 2 Bluff’ their defeat. the reservation, but their sufferings on died from their exposures to the cold, flocks across the mountain ranges were |