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Sherman in Texas and the Indian wars of 1870s
The article recounts General William T. Sherman’s 1871 Texas tour and its impact on frontier policy. It details attacks by Kiowa and Comanche bands, the Schellenberger incident, the Warren wagon-train massacre, Satanta and other chiefs’ trial, and the shift to a harsher campaign led by MacKenzie and Grierson culminating in Palo Duro and subsequent pacification of the Texas plains.
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W. T. Sherman
Texas
Georgia
Sherman
Washington
Earl van Dorn
Fitzhugh Lee
Sul Ross
General Sherman
New Orleans
Galveston
Columbus
San Antonio
Alamo City
Schellenberger
Fort Concho
Fort McKavett
Fort Richardson
Fort
Government Road
Fort Griffin
Jacksboro
Young County
Old Territory
Henry Warren
Satanta
Big Tree
Satank
Pale Face
Kicking Bird
Lone Wolf
Warren Wagon Train
Bie Tres
Miz
Sam Lanham
E. J. Davis
State Penitentiary
Southwest
MacKenzie
Palo Duro Canyon
Grierson
Fort Sill
Fort Davis
Fort Worth
San Saba