Actions with Indians 1870

Actions with Indians 1870 3 January to 6 February 1870 - Rio Grande and Pecos, Texas (Captain J M Bacon) G Troop 9th Cavalry Detachments Companies L & K 24th Infantry 6 January 1870 - Guadeloupe Mountains, Texas H Troop 9th Cavalry 11 January 1870 - Lower Pecos River, Texas (Lt C Parker) L Troop 9th Cavalry 20 January 1870 - Delaware Creek, Texas (Captain F S Dodge) Detachments C, D, I & K Troops 9th Cavalry 23 January 1870 - Marias River, Montana (Major E M Baker) F, G, H & L Troops 2nd Cavalry Companies A, F, I & K 13th Infantry 175 Indians killed, 40 Indians wounded, 140 Indians captured 28 January 1870 - Dragoon Mountains, Arizona (Captain R F Bernard) G Troop 1st Cavalry Detachment G Troop 8th Cavalry 13 Indians killed, 4 Indians captured 9 March 1870 - Reno Road, Arizona (Sergeant F Brannon) Detachment I Troop 8th Cavalry including 1 civilian 4 Indians killed 15 March to 16 March 1870 - Sol's Wash, Arizona (Lt J F Cluley) Detachment Cmpany H 21st Infantry 2 April 1870 - Headwaters of Sweetwater River, Wyoming 6 civilians killed 3 April 1870 - San Martine Springs, Texas (N.C.O.) Detachment H Troop 9th Cavalry 3 April 1870 - North Hubbard Creek, Texas (Captain W Davis) Detachment F Troop 4th Cavalry, 4 Indians wounded 6 April 1870 - Bluff Creek, Kansas Train escort 3 Indians killed 1

6 April 1870 - Clear Creek, Texas (Lt W R Harmon) Detachment M Troop 10th Cavalry, 10 Indians captured 25 April 1870 - Crow Springs, Texas (Major A P Morrow) Detachments C & K Troops 9th Cavalry 30 April 1870 - Pinal Mountains, Arizona (Captain G B Sanford) Detachment E Troop 1st Cavalry Detachment B Troop 3rd Cavalry Detachment 21st Infantry 11 ndians killed, 4 Indians captured 4 May 1870 - Miner's Delight, Wyoming (Captain D S Gordon) D Troop 2nd Cavalry killed, 1 wounded 7 Indians killed, 1 Indian wounded 14 May 1870 - Mount Adams, Texas (Lt W Russell, jnr) Detachment M Troop 4th Cavalry 3 wounded 16 May 1870 - Kansas Pacific Railroad 1 civilians killed 17 May 1870 - Spring Creek, Nebraska (Sergeant P Leonard) Detachment C Troop 2nd Cavalry 1 wounded, 7 Indians wounded 19 May to 20 May 1870 - Kickapoo Springs, Texas (Sergeant E Stance) Detachment F Troop 9th Cavalry 4 Indians wounded 25 May 1870 - Tonto Valley, Arizona (Captain G B Sanford) E Troop 1st Cavalry E Troop 3rd Cavalry 21 Indians killed, 12 Indians captured 28 May 1870 - Camp Supply, Indian Territory 2 civilians killed 29 May 1870 Bass Canyon, Texas (Lt I W Trask) I Troop 9th Cavalry 29 May to 26 June 1870 - Camp Apache, Arizona (Captain W Hawley) Detachment 3rd Cavalry, 6 Indians wounded 30 May 1870 - Holliday Creek, Texas (Lt I N Walker) Detachment 6th Cavalry 3 killed

31 May 1870 - Carlyle Station, Kansas Military Guard 3 Indians wounded 31 May 1870 - Bear Creek, Kansas (Sergeant J Murray) Detachment 3rd Infantry - Mail Guard 2 killed, 3 wounded 5 Indians killed, 10 Indians captured 1 June 1870 - Solomon River, Kansas? Troop 7th Cavalry 4 Indians wounded 2 June 1870 - Copper Canyon, Arizona Detachment 24th Infantry 3 June 1870 - Fort Whipple, Arizona (Lt J C Graham) Detachment M Troop 3rd Cavalry 5 June 1870 - Apache Mountains, Arizona (Lt H B Cushing) Detachments B & F Troops 3rd Cavalry Detachment K Troop 1st Cavalry 30 Indians killed 5 June 1870 - Black Canyon, Arizona (Lt J C Graham) Detachment M Troop 3rd Cavalry 8 June 1870 - Between Fort Dodge, Kansas and Camp Supply, Indian Territory (Lt J A Bodamer) Detachment 10th Cavalry 3 Indians killed 8 June 1870 - Red Willow Creek, Nebraska (Lt E D Thomas) I Troop 5th Cavalry 3 Indians killed 10 June 1870 - Snake Creek, Indian Territory (Captain L H Carpenter) H Troop 10th Cavalry 11 June 1870 - Camp Supply, Indian Territory (Lt Col A D Nelson) A, F, H, I & K Troops 10th Cavalry Companies B, E & F 3rd Infantry 6 Indians killed, 10 Indians wounded 13 June 1870 - Fort Buford, Dakota (Lt Col H A Morrow) Companies C, E & H 13th Infantry 4 civilians wounded 3

13 June 1870 - Grinnell Station, Kansas Cavalry Detachment 3 Indians killed, 10 Indians wounded 15 June 1870 - Fort Bascom, New Mexico Guard 1 civilian killed 15 June 1870 - Rio Verde, Arizona (Captain A Sutorius) E Troop 3rd Cavalry 16 June 1870 - Mulberry Creek, Kansas Wood Choppers 3 civilians killed 18 June 1870 - North Platte, Nebraska (Captain E R Wells) E Troop 2nd Cavalry 21 June 1870 - Cason, Colorado Teamsters 5 civilians killed 24 June 1870 - White Mountains, Arizona (Captain W Hawley) Detachments A, C, L & M Troops 3rd Cavalry 3 wounded, 7 Indians captured 25 June 1870 - Medicine Bow Station, Wyoming (Lt C T Hall) I Troop 2nd Cavalry 27 June 1870 - Pine Grove Meadow, Wyoming (Lt R H Young) Detachment A Troop 2nd Cavalry 1 wounded 15is killed 27 June 1870 - Calamus River, Nebraska (Lt E C Bartlett) Detachment K Troop 2nd Cavalry 12 July 1870 - Little Wichita River, texas (Captain B McLellan) Detachments A, C, D, H, K & L Troops 6th Cavalry 2 killed, 10 wounded including 1 civilian 15 Indians killed 14 July 1870 - Mount Paso, Texas (Captain W Davis) Detachments D & F Troops 4th Cavalry 25 July 1870 - Pinal Mountains, Arizona (Lt H B Cushing) 1 August 1870 - Washita River, Indian Territory

Cavalry Detachment 2 killed, 5 wounded 3 Indians killed, 10 Indians wounded 1 August 1870 - Skirmish Canyon, Arizona (Lt H B Cushing) K Troop 1st Cavalry 6 Indians killed 10 August 1870 - Staked Plain, New Mexico (Lt H S Weeks) D Troop 8th Cavalry 2 Indians captured 18 August 1870 - Mescal Ranch, Arizona Detachment Company D 21st Infantry - Mail Escort 3 killed including 1 civilian 22 August 1870 - Camp McDowell, Arizona (Captain G B Sanford) Detachment E Troop 1st Cavalry 30 September 1870 - Fort Concho, Texas Detachment E Troop 4th Cavalry - Mail Escort 1 October 1870 - Yellowstone River, Dakota (Lt W H Nelson) Indian Scouts 5 October 1870 - Little Wichita River, Texas (Captain W A Rafferty) M Troop 6th Cavalry Indian Scouts, 1 Indian wounded 6 October 1870 - Looking Glass or Shell Creek, Nebraska (Captain J Egan) K Troop 2nd Cavalry 6 October 1870 - Pinal Mountains, Arizona (Lt H B Cushing) 6 October 1870 - Little Wichita River, Texas (Captain T C Tupper) G Troop 6th Cavalry 16 October 1870 - Guadeloupe Mountains, New Mexico (Captain W McCleave) A & B Troops 8th Cavalry 9 Indians captured 29 October 1870 - Pinal Mountains, Arizona (Captain H Moulton) C Troop 1st Cavalry 5

4 Indians killed 10 November 1870 - Carson, Colorado Attack on train 14 November 1870 - Fort Richardson, Texas (Captain A R Chaffee) Detachment I Troop 6th Cavalry 18 November 1870 - Lowell Station, Kansas 1 civilian killed 14 December 1870 - Turnbull Mountains, Arizona (Lt H B Cushing) Adjutant General's Office, Chronological List of Actions, &c., with Indians from January 15, 1837 to January, 1891, Washington, 1891