this day in 1873
Ranald Mackenzie leads a few hundred US soldiers fifty miles into Mexico and burns down three Indian villages, takes fifty hostages and dodges the Mexican army coming back. End of Kickapoo raids on Texas ranches. Kickapoo relocate to Fort Sill
Next up for Mackenzie: the Comanches in Palo Duro. Canyon
Ranald Mackenzie leads a few hundred US soldiers fifty miles into Mexico and burns down three Indian villages, takes fifty hostages and dodges the Mexican army coming back. End of Kickapoo raids on Texas ranches. Kickapoo relocate to Fort Sill
Next up for Mackenzie: the Comanches in Palo Duro. Canyon