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Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877, the Glossary

The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877, also known as the Staked Plains Horror, occurred when a combined force of Buffalo Soldier troops of the United States Army 10th Cavalry and local buffalo hunters wandered for five days in the Llano Estacado region of northwest Texas and eastern New Mexico during July of a drought year, where four soldiers and one buffalo hunter died.^[1]

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1877 in the United States
Battles in 1877
Battles involving the Comanche
Bison hunting
Comanche campaign

American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Apache

The Apache are several Southern Athabaskan language–speaking peoples of the Southwest, the Southern Plains and Northern Mexico.

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Armed Forces Journal

Armed Forces Journal (AFJ) was a publication for American military officers and leaders in government and industry.

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Bison

A bison (bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini.

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Bison hunting

Bison hunting (hunting of the American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo) was an activity fundamental to the economy and society of the Plains Indians peoples who inhabited the vast grasslands on the Interior Plains of North America, before the animal's near-extinction in the late 19th century following US expansion into the West.

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Borden County, Texas

Borden County is a rural county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Buffalo Hunters' War

The Buffalo Hunters' War, or the Staked Plains War, occurred in 1877. Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877 and Buffalo Hunters' War are 1877 in the United States, Battles in 1877, Battles involving the Comanche, bison hunting, Comanche campaign, Texas–Indian Wars and wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America.

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Buffalo Soldier

Buffalo Soldiers were United States Army regiments composed exclusively of African Americans soldiers, formed during the 19th century to serve on the American frontier. Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877 and Buffalo Soldier are buffalo Soldiers.

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Buffalo Soldier Hill

Buffalo Soldier Hill is a summit, a hill, in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, in the United States.

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Bull Creek (Texas)

Bull Creek is a tributary of the Colorado River originating in the Texas Hill Country.

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Caprock Escarpment

The Caprock Escarpment is a term used in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico to describe the geographical transition point between the level High Plains of the Llano Estacado and the surrounding rolling terrain.

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Comanche

The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") is a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877 and Comanche are Texas–Indian Wars.

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Comanchero

The Comancheros were a group of 18th- and 19th-century traders based in northern and central New Mexico.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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Dehydration

In physiology, dehydration is a lack of total body water, with an accompanying disruption of metabolic processes.

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Desertion

Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning.

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Dora, New Mexico

Dora is a village in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States.

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East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean.

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Eastern New Mexico

Eastern New Mexico is a physiographic subregion within the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Endorheic basin

An endorheic basin (also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other, external bodies of water (e.g. rivers and oceans); instead, the water drainage flows into permanent and seasonal lakes and swamps that equilibrate through evaporation.

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First sergeant

First sergeant is typically a senior non-commissioned officer rank, used in many countries.

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Fort Concho

Fort Concho is a former United States Army installation and National Historic Landmark District located in San Angelo, Texas.

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Fort Sill

Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Oklahoma City.

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Heat stroke

Heat stroke or heatstroke, also known as sun-stroke, is a severe heat illness that results in a body temperature greater than, along with red skin, headache, dizziness, and confusion.

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Holbrook, Arizona

Holbrook (Tʼiisyaakin) is a city in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.

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Indian agent

In United States history, an Indian agent was an individual authorized to interact with American Indian tribes on behalf of the government.

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Indian Territory

Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the United States government for the relocation of Native Americans who held original Indian title to their land as an independent nation-state.

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Irish people

Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and culture.

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James Truslow Adams

James Truslow Adams (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949) was an American writer and historian.

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Jose Tafoya

Jose Piedad Tafoya (1834 - ca. 1913), sometimes called the Prince of the Comancheros, was one of the more notable traders from New Mexico who traveled throughout the Southern Great Plains exchanging goods with the Comanches and their allies the Kiowa for stolen horses, cattle, and sometimes human captives.

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Llano Estacado

The Llano Estacado, sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas.

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Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County.

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Mescalero

Mescalero or Mescalero Apache (Naa'dahéńdé) is an Apache tribe of Southern Athabaskan–speaking Native Americans.

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Military discharge

A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from their obligation to serve.

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Mushaway Peak

Mushaway Peak is a small but conspicuous butte located southeast of Gail in central Borden County, Texas.

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Nicholas M. Nolan

Nicholas Merritt Nolan (March 10, 1835 – October 24, 1883) was a United States Army major. Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877 and Nicholas M. Nolan are buffalo Soldiers, Comanche campaign and Texas–Indian Wars.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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North Concho River

The North Concho River is a river in west-central Texas and one of three tributaries of the Concho River.

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Pronghorn

The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America.

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Quanah Parker

Quanah Parker (Kwana,; – February 23, 1911) was a war leader of the Kwahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche Nation. Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877 and Quanah Parker are Comanche campaign.

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Ranald S. Mackenzie

Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, also called Bad Hand, (July 27, 1840 – January 19, 1889) was a career United States Army officer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877 and Ranald S. Mackenzie are buffalo Soldiers and Comanche campaign.

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Roosevelt County, New Mexico

Roosevelt County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier_tragedy_of_1877

Also known as Staked Plains Horror.

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Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877, the Glossary

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See also

1877 in the United States

Battles in 1877

Battles involving the Comanche

Bison hunting

Comanche campaign

References