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Fetterman Monument (Cont)Henry B. Carrington,...
Fetterman Monument (Cont)Henry B. Carrington, colonel of the 18th U.S. Infantry, commanded the new post in the Dakota Territory. Under him was William Judd Fetterman, who led the eighty men wiped out on Lodge Trail Ridge by the was party of Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe under Chief Red Cloud. A captain named Tenodor Ten Eyck commanded a rescue force which reached the scene only after Fetterman's party had been wiped out. The massacre took place only a year after the territory had been ceded to the Indians as an inviolable territory. But the treaty gave way to reality and reality was that gold had been discovered in Montana and the federal treasury was exhausted after the Civil War. The easiest trail to the gold country was the Bozenian road and Carrington was ordered to establish two posts to protect this trail. One of these became Fort Phil Kearny. Carrington had been a rear-echelon soldier in the Civil War, (Two of fIVE)
Fetterman's Monument
FETTERMAN'S MONUMENT (cont)a man who more than anything else wanted to command in the field . Bookish, conscientious, a shrewd politician, he had organized and commanded the 18th Infantry when the war broke out. The regiment went on to carve a heroic battlefield record; Carrington had to stay home, recruiting, establishing prisoner-of-war camps. He was blamed and resented for this, although the best evidence is that it happened against his wishes. Fort Phil Kearny was his first command in the field. Fetterman in contrast had a brilliant Civil War record, leading his men at Corinth, Stone's River (where he was cited for bravery, the first of several times), Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Cree, the siege of Atlanta. Courageous as he was, Fetterman knew nothing about Indian warfare and to compound this ignorance, he had nothing but contempt for the Indians. He had been heard to say that one company of regulars could handle thousands of Indians, (THREE OF FIVE)
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Fetterman's Monument (cont)though prior to the massacre the Indian warriors had handed him a couple of thoughtful lessons in the field. Fetterman, anxious, at odds with his commanding officer, leader of a clique which was highly critical of Carrington, disobeyed orders on that day of Dec. 21. He was certain that this would be his chance to prove that Carrington was a cowardly and bumbling commander. If Fetterman's troubles ended that terrible day, Carrington's were only beginning. He and his subordinate Ten Eyck, who was driven out of the Army a drunken and defeated man, had to face the blame which was heaped on them. Early newspaper accounts, weak on facts and strong in lurid imagination, made Carrington and Ten Eyck the heavies. The Fetterman affair was fused as still another issue between the Army and the civilian Indian Bureau, which agreed on only one thing: a scapegoat was needed and Carrington was a convenient man for the role. (PAGE FOUR OF FIVE)
1866 Fetterman Massacre Finally Related In Detail
Fetterman Monument 1866 FETTERMAN MASSACRE FINALLY RELATED IN DETAIL by Robert Kirsch The Fetteman Massacre of 1866, the second battle in American history from which there came no survivors, has been overshadowed in the annals of the West by the Custer Massacre ten years afterward. Writers of fiction, however, have used it many times, for the incident and the characters concerned provided a source of drama and contention. Until now, there has not been a comprehensive and objective historical study. This is provided in an exciting and well-researched volume by Dee Brown, Fort Phil Kearny: An American Saga (Putnam's: $4.95; illustrated), a book which every enthusiast of Western Americana will want for his personal library. The events at Fort Kearny(not to be confused with the older post of Ft Kearney, Neb) are rooted in a tangle of larger issues and in the diverse personalities of the individuals involved. (ONE OF FIVE CARDS)
Fetterman Monument
FETTERMAN MONUMENT (cont)He was to spend more than forty years attempting to clear his name. Brown tells the story well and comprehensively, filling in background and aftermath (the epic winter march of Carrington and his party after he was relieved of his command was a terrifying ordeal); he brings the period and the participants alive in detail and dimension.
Casa Grande
Casa Grande
Organ Pipe National Monument thru cactus ***
Organ Pipe National Monument thru cactus ***
Organ Pipe National Monument ***Saguaro +...
Organ Pipe National Monument ***Saguaro + "Nurse" tree + Blossoms ***
Organ Pipe National MonumentPond and tree
Organ Pipe National MonumentPond and tree
Organ Pipe Cactus and cholla
Organ Pipe Cactus and cholla
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument+ SIGN
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument+ SIGN
Tumacacori Mission
Tummacacori Mission
Tumacacori Mission
Tumacacori Mission ***SIGN (last)
Walnut CanyonSIGN =last
Walnut CanyonSIGN =last
"Let it not be said, and to your shame..."+...
"Let it not be said, and to your shame..."+ Walnut Canyon(Cliff Dwellings)
Rapid City (South Dak) MuseumExhibit, skeleton
Rapid City (South Dak) MuseumExhibit, skeleton
San Xavier ***from left clouds & C.U.
San Xavier ***from left clouds & C.U.
San Xavier ***Cars show
San Xavier ***Cars are seen in front of building
San Xavier Mission ***and details
San Xavier Mission ***and details
Palos Verdes ***(Marineland)color on water
Palos Verdes ***(Marineland)color on water
San Xavier
San Xavier