The Battle Of Palo Duro Canyon Women's T-Shirt

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Late in the summer of 1874 Quahada Comanche, Southern Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa warriors led by Lone Wolf had left their reservations and sought refuge in Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas Panhandle and began stockpiling food and supplies for the winter. In one of the most significant battles of the 1874 - 75 Indian campaign, columns of U. S. Army troops converged from five directions into the canyon to harass the Indians who fled from the Texas panhandle plains.

The 4th Calvary under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie moving north from Fort Concho had tracked a large band of Indians to their secret canyon camp. Moving silently, at dawn down a perilous path on the south canyon rim, "Bad Hand" Mackenzie's troops reached the floor before the aroused Indian camp fled.

Some of Lone Wolf's Indian warriors took up positions on the canyon walls from which they fired on the troops, seeking to give their families time to escape. Realizing his tactical disadvantage, Mackenzie ordered the Ind...

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