Battle of the Mimbres River

The Battle of the Mimbres River was a surprise attack launched by a troop of American militia against an encampment of Chiricahua Apaches along the western shore of the Mimbres River.

Battle of the Mimbres River
Part of the Apache Wars

An Apache warriors by William F. Farny.
DateDecember 4, 1860
Location
Mimbres River, New Mexico Territory
Result United States Victory
Belligerents
 United States Apache
Commanders and leaders
James Henry Tevis Mangas Coloradas
Strength
30 militia unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown 4 killed
Civilian Casualties: 13 captured

On December 4, 1860 a force of thirty armed miners led by James Henry Tevis attacked at sunrise, claiming it was retaliation for stolen livestock. The surprised Apaches, led by Mangas Coloradas, were quickly defeated in a short close quarters action. Four warriors were killed and an unknown number were wounded. The settlers' casualties are unknown, if any at all. Thirteen women and children were captured and several warriors fled, leaving their families behind. Mangas Coloradas survived. The Americans recovered some of their livestock.[1]

See also

References
  1. Edwin Russell Sweeney, Mangas Coloradas, chief of the Chiricahua Apaches, University of Oklahoma Press, 1998 pp. 395-397
  • Cochise, Ciyé "The First Hundred Years of Nino Cochise" New York: Pyramid Books 1972
  • Lavender, David. The Rockies. Revised Edition. N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1975.
  • Limerick, Patricia Nelson. The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West. N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 1987.
  • Thrapp, Dan L. (1979). The Conquest of Apacheria. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-1286-7.
  • Williams, Albert N. Rocky Mountain Country. N.Y.: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1950.


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