Battles of Adobe Walls
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Texas
- Date: November 26, 1864, and June 27, 1874
Article abstract: The confrontations at Adobe Walls reflect a pattern of ongoing conflict between whites and Plains Indians that culminated in the decisive defeat of the latter in the Red River War.{$IRed River War (1874-1875)}
There were two engagements in present-day Hutchinson County, Texas, near Adobe Walls, which were the ruins of a trading post built in 1843 by William Bent and abandoned before 1864.
The first clash occurred when Colonel Christopher “Kit” Carson was told to attack the winter camps of the Kiowa and Comanche, who were...
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