The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926 Page: 197
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The Jacksboro Indian Affair of 1871
as commander of the Department of Texas, also seemed to regard
these reservation tribes as being chiefly responsible for this increase
in losses when he said: "All these outrages were committed by
Indians belonging to the Fort Sill reservation, where they are fed
by the government and officially regarded as friendly, and their
pursuit and punishment within the limits of their reservation pro-
hibited."07
This evident increase in depredations from across the Red River
helped to determine the military authorities in 1874 to administer
summary punishment to the savages; so orders were given to hunt
them out and chastise them wherever found.8 General Augur
made every effort to put into the field all the available forces at
his command. General MacKenzie, with one column, consisting
of eight companies of cavalry, five companies of infantry, and
thirty Indian scouts, was to operate from a camp on the "Fresh
Water Fork of the Brazos," and was to draw his supplies from Fort
Griffin, a distance of one hundred and twenty miles; Lieutenant
Colonel Davidson, with six companies of cavalry, three companies
of infantry, and forty-four Indian scouts, was to operate west from
Fort Sill, drawing his supplies from that post; and Lieutenant
Colonel Buell, with another column, consisting of six companies
of cavalry, two companies of infantry, and about thirty Indian
scouts, was to operate between the two with a supply camp near
where the Wanderers Creek empties into the Red River.69 At the
same time Colonel Nelson A. Miles, with eight companies of the
Sixth Cavalry and four companies of the Fifth Infantry, with
three small field guns, was sent down from Camp Supply, Indian
Territory, to co-operate with these forces, while still a smaller force
consisting of four companies of the Eighth Cavalry under the com-
mand of Major Price was to move east from Fort Union along
the Canadian River as far as Antelope Hills, where the latter two
bodies were to unite if necessary.7o
As a result of these several converging military expeditions, the
Indians were severely punished. They were given no rest, night
or day, summer or winter. They were followed up to their hunt-
ing grounds and hunted down, cornered and defeated. So vigorous
"Report of General Augur, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C.
8Ibid.
6Ibid.
70Ibid.197
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