Tuesday, December 21, 1875. Hot Springs Reservation

December 21, 1875

Executive Mansion

It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of New Mexico, lying within the following-described boundaries, viz:

Beginning at a point on the east side of the Canada about 1,000 yards directly east of the ruins of an ancient pueblo in the valley of Canada Alamosa River—about 7 miles above the town of Canada Alamosa, and running thence due north 20 miles to a point; thence due west 20 miles to a point; thence due south 35 miles to a point; thence due east 20 miles to a point due south of the place of beginning; thence due north to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and set apart for the use and occupancy of the Southern Apache and such other Indians as it may be determined to place thereon, to be known as the "Hot Springs Indian Reservation;" and all that portion of country set apart by Executive order of April 9, 1874, not embraced within the limits of the above-described tract of country, is hereby restored to the public domain.

U. S. Grant

This reservation is no longer there due to the results of the then ongoing wars with the Apaches.

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Friday, December 17, 1875. Bread riots in Montreal.

Labels: 1870s, 1875, Food, Montreal Quebec, Poverty, Quebec (Montreal)

Thursday, February 22, 1725. A burial at Tumacácori

En veinte y dos de febrero de mil setecientos y veinte y cinco años, como Teniente de Cura de éste Presidio, enterré de cruz baja a Diego, indio parvulo de nación Apache, de cuenta de Juan Ruis, soldado, y por ser así lo firmé en dicho día ut supra.

 Bachiller Thomas Anttonio Bezerra Nietto (rúbrica)

It was coincidentally the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter.

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Thursday, February 8, 1725. The death of Pyotr Alexeevich Romanov.

Labels: 1720s, 1725, Frederick the Great, Monarchy, Peter the Great, Prussia, Russia

Sunday, November 1, 1874. The Battle of Sunset Pass

The small unit action The Battle of Sunset Pasas occured between the 5th Cavalry, with Apache scouts, and Tonto Apaches.

The engagement was caused by the Army attempting to recover stolen stock.  Under Lt. Charles King, the unit bivouacked for the night and was ambushed when King tried to recon up a hill, leading to the wounding of Lt. King.  He was rescued by a sergeant who carried him back to the camp, but his wounds forced his early retirement from the Army several years later.  He none the less went on to serve again during the Spanish American War, and became a noted author.

His rescuer, Sgt. Bernard Taylor, would win the Medal of Honor, but died shortly after receiving it the following year from pneumonia at age 31.

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Tuesday, October 27, 1874. Proclaiming Thanksgiving.

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Wednesday, June 6, 1900. A busy day in Washington.

President William McKinley signed into law the federal charter for the American Red Cross.

Congress  enacted a civil and judicial code for Alaska, set the capital at Juneau and created a territorial government.  It also approved the 1892 Agreement with the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache and funded the reinterment of 267 Southern soldiers from Northern grounds to a special section of the Arlington National Cemetery.

A lion dragged the Superintendent of Police in British East Africa out of a rail car while he was sleeping, killed him, and ate him.

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Monday, June 4, 1900. Battle of Makahambus Hill.

Labels: 1900, 1900s, Army, Battle of Makahambus Hill, Philippine Army, Philippine Insurrection