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Battle of Adobe Walls Ends in Frontier Aid and Death
In June 1874 a Comanche Kiowa Cheyenne and Kiowa Apache war party attacked the Adobe Walls buffalo hunters camp on the Canadian river in Texas. The defenders led by Jim Hanrahan and A. Myers repelled repeated assaults with buffalo guns, killing 3 attackers and one defender, Billy Tyler. With losses mounting, the Indians withdrew. a later scout report noted a disparaging myth about a long-range shot by Billy Dixon. Monuments now mark the site for those who fought and died during the siege.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Adobe Walls
Canadian River
Hutchinson County
Texas Fanhandle
Wathen
Arkansas River
Dodge City
Kin
Myers
Dodge
Kansas
Fred Leonard
Jim Hanrahan
Thomas O'Keefe
Billy Dixon
Bat Masterson
William Bent
Cerin St. Vrain
Leonard
Sie
Hanrahan
O'Keefe
Rath
Wright
James Langton
William Olds
Quanah
Cynthia Ann Parker
Texas
Peta Nocona
Mike Welch
Hiram Watson
Billy Ogg
James McKinley
Bermuda Carlisle
Shepherd
Myers and
James Campbell
Edward Trevor
Frank Brown
Harry Armitage
Billy Tyler
Man Keeler
Mike McCabe
Huanrahan
Dixon
Alanrahan
Esse
Hanratan
Isatal
Hanrahan Saloon
Andrew Johnson
Shadler
Leonard and Myers
Isaial
Pend Rite
Henry Lease
Adobe Walle
Adlotn
Atenlleinh
Erarlte
Shadler Brothers
Adobe Walth
Unter