GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.205241000000
Longitude: -103.244890000000
Longitude: -103.244890000000
County:
- Brewster
Date:
August 11, 1861
Time Period:
Description:
Lt. Reuben Mays and fourteen soldiers attack a Mescalero Apache camp near present-day Marathon. Eighty Apaches repel the attack, killing all of the soldiers.
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), 87-88.
Apache Indian Original Title: Paso (or Pacer)
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43263591-0
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.205241000000
Longitude: -103.244890000000
Longitude: -103.244890000000
County:
- Brewster
Date:
August 11, 1861
Event Description:
Lt. Reuben Mays and fourteen soldiers attack a Mescalero Apache camp near present-day Marathon. Eighty Apaches repel the attack, killing all of the soldiers.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Apaches
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), 87-88.
Apache Indian Original Title: Paso (or Pacer)
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43263591-0
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019