During the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon in September of 1874, the 4th cavalry under the leadership of Colonel R.S. Mackenzie tracked a large group of Indians to their camp in Palo Duro and surprised them in the early dawn hours.
The Indians knowing every nook and cranny of the canyon had the tactical advantage.
So once Colonel Mackenzie realized that, he ordered the Indian's camp and supplies burned while the Indians were busy escaping capture. But Mackenzie's troops took with them around 1,400 of the Indian's horses eventually killing almost 1,000 of them.
This was almost a bloodless battle except for the carnage of the horses. Only 4 Indians were killed and no cavalry soldiers died. But left without their horses, camp and supplies, the Indians finally gave up and went back to their reservations at Fort Reno and Fort Sill. So the battle was successful from the viewpoint of the U.S. government.
Not our proudest moment in terms of how the Native Indians were treated in this author's opinion.
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I am totally inspired by your designs. The way you use different shapes, columns, textures, I have no idea how you do half the things, but it’s just magical :)
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very beautiful Mum! I love it, hugs! :)
Beautiful <3
Very beautiful design! Great colors, amazing details, and wonderful atmosphere! <3
Gorgeous Mum! I haven't seen it yet, been busy cranking out a canyon design myself (as per your instruction) and just finished. I love every bit of this!
Beautifully. Fresh. Stylish. <3 love it <3
Beautiful!
Stunning, I love it!!!
Great idea!
Thank you so much <3
Wonderful!
Beautiful design!
And I enjoyed the history lesson, although I am generally familiar with the literal theft of the land from the natives on the North American continent and how they were herded into reservations. What I am not familiar with is Theadora's comments about the treatment of the Japanese descendants in Canada during WW II. (Just looked it up on the net, and there is a broad history regarding internment about descendants of various immigrant groups in both Canada and the US)
Fantastic!
Stunning! <3
Beautiful design! Thank you for the history lesson...Adding to this "conversation" - the treatment Canadian and Australian Native people receive(d) was/is deplorable... Canada during 2nd world war disowned their Japanese immigrants, took away their property and put them in camps. Growing up in The Netherlands all this was never part of my history lessons.
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great !!!
Absolutely amazing !!
Es ist ein wunderschönes Design , Dali <3
Stunning design <333
Amazing!
Love it ! Wonderful design !:)
So much detail, fabulous!
This is it..stunning!
Terrific design...love the atmosphere!!!!!
Gorgeous work here! I love how comfy and open this is.
Wow. Love it! This is amazing!!
Gorgeous work . . .and I agree with you - the treatment of native Americans in the USA is disgraceful!
Wonderful as always!
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Worked very hard on this one, so i hope you'll like it <3