GeoCoords:
Latitude: 34.933988000000
Longitude: -101.646304000000
Longitude: -101.646304000000
County:
- Randall
Date:
September 28, 1874
Time Period:
Description:
In the decisive battle of the Red River War, thirteen companies of U.S. troops led by Col. Ranald Mackenzie attack a camp of Kiowas, Comanches, and Cheyennes at Palo Duro Canyon. The soldiers kill four Indians, sustaining one casualty and several wounded of their own. They burn the camp and all of the Indians’ winter supplies.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 285-286.
Handbook of Texas Online, Thomas F. Schilz, "PALO DURO CANYON, BATTLE OF," accessed August 20, 2018,http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/btp03.
Ranald S. Mackenzie Original Title: General Ranald S. Mackenzie
Image Type: Photograph
Creator: Mathew B. Brady, 1863
Collection: U.S. National Archives, Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personailities and Scenes
Image Viewed: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen._Ranald_S._Mackenzie_(4228839170).jpg
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Image Accessed: May 13, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 34.933988000000
Longitude: -101.646304000000
Longitude: -101.646304000000
County:
- Randall
Date:
September 28, 1874
Event Description:
In the decisive battle of the Red River War, thirteen companies of U.S. troops led by Col. Ranald Mackenzie attack a camp of Kiowas, Comanches, and Cheyennes at Palo Duro Canyon. The soldiers kill four Indians, sustaining one casualty and several wounded of their own. They burn the camp and all of the Indians’ winter supplies.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kiowas
- Comanches
- Cheyennes
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 285-286.
Handbook of Texas Online, Thomas F. Schilz, "PALO DURO CANYON, BATTLE OF," accessed August 20, 2018,http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/btp03.
Ranald S. Mackenzie Original Title: General Ranald S. Mackenzie
Image Type: Photograph
Creator: Mathew B. Brady, 1863
Collection: U.S. National Archives, Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personailities and Scenes
Image Viewed: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen._Ranald_S._Mackenzie_(4228839170).jpg
Image Accessed: May 13, 2019