Dark Canyon Ranchería Apache/Military Battle Site: Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico

Description

Authors: Adams, Christopher D.; White, Diane E.; and Johnson, David M.

Publisher: National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program and United States Department of Agriculture

Pub Date: 2000

Binding: Paperback

Condition:  Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, folds.  Lower front cover corner has an approx. 2″ bend.  Previous owner’s name on upper edge ffep/title page.  Smudging to front cover.  Edge wear.

Notes: Uncertain dates (between 1859-1865) cloud this report of a “battle” (?) between the 1st California Volunteer Cavalry and Mescalero Apaches, in Dark Canyon, a section of the Lincoln National Forest in the Guadalupe Mountains near the southeastern New Mexico/Texas border.  While not another Sand Creek, it certainly wasn’t a large scale battle–the military surprised the Apaches in their camp, fired on them, the Apaches escaped, the military didn’t pursue.  This report would have benefited from a good editor.