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On the Battle of Milk Creek & the Meeker Incident...
On the Battle of Milk Creek & the Meeker Incident...
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October 02, 1879
THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Oct. 2, 1879
* Meeker Massacre
* Battle of Milk Creek
* United States Army
* White River Utes - Indians
Most of the first column is take up with reports under: "New Indian Outbreak" "Disaster to Major Thornburgh's Command--Three Companies of Cavalry Ambuscaded--Major Thornburg and Other Officers Killed--Captains Payne and Price Entrenched Against Large Odds--Reinforcements Hurrying Forward from Nebraska".
This is an account of the Battle of Milk Creek, Colorado, part of the Meeker Incident.
Four pages, some archival strengthening at the margins, a bit fragile but in nice condition.
Category: The Old West