On this day in 1874, a mixed company of Texas Rangers and U.S. troops numbering 35, and led by Maj. John B. Jones encountered as many as 100 Kiowas led by Lone Wolf and Mamanti at Lost Valley, 12 miles north of Jacksboro, Texas. Two Rangers were killed in the exchange which is known as the Lost Valley Fight.
German novelist Fritz Reuter, compared to Dickens, but in the Plattdeutsch German dialect, died at age 63. His health had been impaired due to imprisonment in his youth for being involved in the mid century German revolutionary movements.
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Wednesday, July 8, 1874. March West.
Labels: 1870s, 1874, Canada, Manitoba, March West, North West Mounted Police, police, The Frontier West
