tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post8176481655136004894..comments2024-03-28T14:48:09.011-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: The 1857 Expedition and the Battle of Solomon's Forkc w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-53696498610221781002018-10-12T06:02:28.851-07:002018-10-12T06:02:28.851-07:00There is a slim volume by John G. Bourke entitled ...There is a slim volume by John G. Bourke entitled "An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre," describing a first hand account of a long range cavalry patrol in the spring of 1883. (Scribner's & Sons, New York, 1958.<br /><br />These patrols covered hundreds of miles. The particular patrol described consisted of about 40 cavalrymen plus officers and several white packers plus 193 Indians of various tribes. Each man carried a Springfield rifle and a pistol, some 40 rounds of rifle ammunition, one blanket and the clothes on his back. The pack animals carrier another 140 rounds of rifle ammunition per man. They carried food (hardtack) and forage for 60 days.<br /><br />A good read from a man who was there. The last actual battle between Indians and the US Army was at Bear Valley, Arizona, in 1918 (!!!) with about 30 Yaquis.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-300946015862974672018-10-12T04:56:19.201-07:002018-10-12T04:56:19.201-07:00Thank you for the history lesson. Always interesti...Thank you for the history lesson. Always interesting.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com