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Army officer notes Apache encounter near Fort Davis 1849
Lt H C Whiting recalls a five sided Apache siege north of Fort Davis in 1849 as scouts raced to warn the column. The narrative describes Mescalero Apaches Kiowas and Comanches raiding through the Trans Pecos and across the Rio Grande with Fort Davis founded in 1854 to guard travelers.
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Fort Davis
Davis Mountains
H.C. Whiting
Big Bend
Texas
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Trans-Pecos
Sierra Blanca
Guadalupe Mountains
New Mexico
Buffalo Plains
Mexico
Presidio del Norte
Ojinaga
el Paso del Norte
Juarez
Big Bend National Park
Prairies
Red River
C.L. Sonnichsen
Mescalero
Jornada del Muerto
Chihuahua
Whiting
Gomez