Battle of the North Fork of the Red River information
Battle of North Fork of Red River, 1872
Part of the Indian Wars
Date
September 28, 1872
Location
near McClellan Creek in Gray County, Texas
35°24′41.8068″N100°40′19.10″W / 35.411613000°N 100.6719722°W / 35.411613000; -100.6719722 (North Fork of Red River Battlefield)
Result
U.S. victory
Belligerents
United States 4th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Tonkawa scouts
Comanche Kotsoteka Band
Commanders and leaders
Ranald S. Mackenzie
Kai-Wotche (killed) Mow-way (escaped)
Strength
12 officers and 272 enlisted men, 20 Tonkawa scouts
Unknown, but the best guesses are 160 in the band, including 100 women and children
Casualties and losses
3 killed 7 wounded[1]
approximately 50 killed 130 captured[2]
North Fork of Red River Battlefield
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Location within Texas
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Texas–Indian wars
Comanche Wars
Fort Parker
Stone Houses
Arroyo Seco Fight
Killough
San Gabriels
The Neches
Council House Fight
Great Raid
Plum Creek
Village Creek
Bandera Pass
Muncey
Apache Wars
Jicarilla War
Diablo Mountains
Devil's River
Antelope Hills
Little Robe Creek
Pease River
1st Adobe Walls
Comanche Campaign
Red River War
Warren Raid
Blanco Canyon
North Fork of the Red River
2nd Adobe Walls
Palo Duro Canyon
Buffalo Hunters' War
Staked Plains Horror
Yellow House Canyon
The Battle of North Fork or the Battle of the North Fork of the Red River occurred on September 28, 1872, near McClellan Creek in Gray County, Texas, United States. A monument on that spot marks the site of the battle between the Comanche Indians under Kai-Wotche and Mow-way and a detachment of cavalry and scouts under U.S. Army Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie. There was an accusation that the battle was really an attempt "to make a massacre," as during the height of battle some noncombatants were wounded while mixed in with warriors.[3]
This battle is primarily remembered as the place where the army for the first time struck at the Comanches in the heart of the Llano Estacado in the western panhandle of Texas.[4]
^Carter, R.G., On the Border with Mackenzie, 1935, Washington D.C.: Eynon Printing Co., p. 383
^Carter, R.G., On the Border with Mackenzie, 1935, Washington D.C.: Eynon Printing Co., p. 378
^Hosmer, Brian C. "Battle of the North Fork". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
^Cite error: The named reference Comlord was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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