GeoCoords:
Latitude: 35.253978000000
Longitude: -100.785624000000
Longitude: -100.785624000000
County:
- Gray
Date:
November 6, 1874
Time Period:
Description:
One hundred Cheyennes led by Grey Beard attack a 29-man patrol under Lt. Henry J. Fansworth on McClellan Creek, twenty-one miles south of present-day Pampa. The Cheyennes kill two soldiers and wound four others. The soldiers, however, kill four Indians and wound ten others.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 287.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 35.253978000000
Longitude: -100.785624000000
Longitude: -100.785624000000
County:
- Gray
Date:
November 6, 1874
Event Description:
One hundred Cheyennes led by Grey Beard attack a 29-man patrol under Lt. Henry J. Fansworth on McClellan Creek, twenty-one miles south of present-day Pampa. The Cheyennes kill two soldiers and wound four others. The soldiers, however, kill four Indians and wound ten others.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- 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), 287.