Battle of Blanco Canyon begins Comache Campaign
10/10/1871 AD attacked
The first time the Comanches had been attacked in the heart of their homeland. It was also the first time a large military force explored the heart of Comancheria. On 12 August 1871 Mackenzie and Colonel Benjamin Grierson were asked by Indian Agent Lawrie Tatum to begin an expedition against the Kotsoteka and Quahadi Comanche bands, both of whom had refused to relocate onto a reservation after the Warren Wagon Train Raid
Blanco Canyon, TX
Lattitude: 33.6658° N
Longitude: 101.1605° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 33.6658° N
Longitude: 101.1605° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What attacked?
Objects To Whom or What was attacked?
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Comanche (Nʉmʉnʉʉ) Nation
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