"Hembrillo Battlefield" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Mar 2024 5:07 p.m. PST |
"More than 119 years ago, the Hembrillo Basin was the scene of a major battle of the Victorio War. The Victorio War began with a promise by Ulysses S. Grant that the area around Ojo Caliente (Warm Springs), near Monticello, New Mexico, would always be the home of the (Chiende) Red Paint People, known to outsiders as the Eastern Chiricahua or Warm Springs Apache. That promise was made in 1874. It was not kept. With political changes came changes in policy. Victorio and his people found themselves forced to move to undesirable reservations. After two such moves Victorio vowed that if he was moved again, that he would take his people and leave their bones scattered across the land of their ancestors…"
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