GeoCoords:
Latitude: 35.906114000000
Longitude: -101.112565000000
Longitude: -101.112565000000
County:
- Hutchinson
Date:
November 25, 1864
Time Period:
Description:
In one of the largest battles fought between whites and Indians on the Great Plains, a force of more than 300 U.S. cavalry, under Col. Christopher "Kit" Carson, locate and attack a Kiowa and Comanche camp off the Canadian River near present-day Borger. They kill 60 Indians, including women and children, and torch many lodges and supply stockpiles. Six soldiers die in the battle; more than twenty are wounded.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 156-157.
Kit Carson Original Title: Kit Carson
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Image Viewed: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003688452/
Image Accessed: May 14, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 35.906114000000
Longitude: -101.112565000000
Longitude: -101.112565000000
County:
- Hutchinson
Date:
November 25, 1864
Event Description:
In one of the largest battles fought between whites and Indians on the Great Plains, a force of more than 300 U.S. cavalry, under Col. Christopher "Kit" Carson, locate and attack a Kiowa and Comanche camp off the Canadian River near present-day Borger. They kill 60 Indians, including women and children, and torch many lodges and supply stockpiles. Six soldiers die in the battle; more than twenty are wounded.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
- Kiowas
Gender:
male
female
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 156-157.
Kit Carson Original Title: Kit Carson
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Image Viewed: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003688452/
Image Accessed: May 14, 2019