Reservation Era Begins 1850-1878

1871

Camp Grant Massacre, enslavement of Apache women and children (Arizona)

Old Camp Grant, Aeizona. Image: John Karl Hillers
Old Camp Grant, Aeizona. Image: John Karl Hillers

Tucson ex-Mayor William Oury leads a group of American and Mexican settlers and allied Pima on an attack on an Apache encampment, massacring 144, of which 136 are women and children. Twenty-nine children are captured and sold into slavery. (https://www.history.com/news/californias-little-known-genocide)

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