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Pawnee Scouts 1865-1876
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In the summer of 1864, with the Civil War raging to the East, the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians launched a devastating series of raids on American settlers in ...
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US Cavalry soldiers exhumed in Tucson AZ to be reburied in Sierra Vista AZ
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US Cavalry soldiers from Fort Lowell who were from the 1860's to the 1880's buried in the first public cemetery in Tucson, Arizona were disinterred from their graves of ove...
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Apache Indian Wars (Part 8 of 8)
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Mangas Coloradas meets with the Americans under a flag of truce. Brigadier General Joseph R. West then arrests Mangas. Mangas is killed by the Americans. He is scalped, his...
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Apache Indian Wars (Part 7 of 8)
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In 1861 an Apache Indian raid on the Ward farm resulted in the kidnapping of a 12 year old boy. Misidentification of the Chiricahua as being responsible for the raid leads ...
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Apache Indian Wars (Part 6 of 8)
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The Apache use of the American Mexican border to evade capture. The Apache warriors manner of dress. The hot and inhospitable terrain of Apache territory. The resourceful n...
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Apache Indian Wars (Part 5 of 8)
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Dan discusses scalp bounty massacres by Mexicans and Americans. One famous bounty hunter was James Kirker who with his gang of Shawnee and Delaware Indians took many Apache...
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Apache Indian Wars (Part 4 of 8)
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Dan continues his description of Apache guerrilla warfare and raiding.
The Northern Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua were especially hard it by these raids. Dan asse...
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Apache Indian Wars (Part 3 of 8)
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Dan Carlin discusses the Apache peoples reputation for violence and terror. He thinks that while the Apache have been victimized by the press and media exaggerating atrocit...
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Apache Indian Wars (Part 2 of 8)
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Asa Daklugie son of the Apache Chief Juh relates his remembrances of the Apache Indian wars to Eve Ball. Daklugie recounts an especially traumatic experience when Mexican C...
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Apache Indian Wars (Part 1 of 8)
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Dan Carlin discusses Eve Ball a retired school teacher who in the mid 20th century interviewed many Apache Indians who were involved or knew those who were involved in the ...
About Fort Defiance
This channel is dedicated to the memory of the brave men who served on the frontier in the United States Cavalry helping to protect and advance American Civilization.
Many who live off the wealth of the United States drag the name of those who built it through the mud.
Many have betrayed but I will remain loyal to the last.
"Though all the world betrays thee
One sword at least thy rights shall guard
One faithful harp shall praise thee"
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There is far more to the story of the settlement of the West than Sand Creek and Wounded Knee. All events need to be placed in their proper context and examined in light of all the available facts.
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''With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right'' - Abrahamn Lincoln
This channel is dedicated to the memory of the brave men who served on the frontier in the United States Cavalry helping to protect and advance American Civilization.
Many who live off the wealth of the United States drag the name of those who ...
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