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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Saturday, February 25, 1911. Battle of Casas Grandes and Kelley Creek.

In the one instance of his acting as a field commander, Francisco Madero successfully oversaw revolutionaries in the Battle of Casas Grandes.  

Madero, however, was almost killed, after which he stayed away from the front.



Shoshones under Mike Daggett, fleeing a killing for which they feared they would not receive proper justice, and after having butchered some cattle, were run to ground and killed at Kelley Creek, Nevada in one of the last Indian engagements of what might be regarded as the Indian Wars.  Eight Shoshones were killed, of which two were children.  Most of the party was related to Mike Daggett, who was killed in the battle.  Of four members of the Daggett family who survived, all children and grandchildren, three died within a year of disease.

Daggett's daughter Heney (Louise, 17), and two of his grandchildren, Hattie (Harriet Mosho, 4))(left) and Cleveland (Mosho, 8).

It was one of the last "massacres" of the Indian Wars.

Berber chiefs meeting at Agourai determined to assassinate Berber pasha Thami El Glaoui and Grand Vizier Muhammad al-Muqri, to take place at a gathering of the leaders on March 14.

It was a Saturday.


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