The+Navajo+War,+1848-1868



A Brief overview of the Navajo conflicts with the United States fro 1848 until 1868 when the Navajo were forcefully moved to a reservation called Bosque Redondo on what is known as "The Long Walk."


 * Following the acquisition of Former Spanish lands such as Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and California, after the Spanish American War in 1848, the Navajo people were now in U.S. territory, which the U.S. intended on settling.
 * After the U.S. erected Fort Defiance in 1851 in what would become Arizona Territory. After Soldiers killed navajo livestock, Navajo Chiefs entered a period of launching attacks on the fort, and after 1000 Navajos almost overran the fort in 1860, the U.S. Declared total war against the tribe.
 * Led by Kit Carson, U.S. Soldiers drove the Navajo back to the Canyon de Chelly by use of a scorched earth tactic and forced thousands of surviving Navajos on a brutal journey to a reservation Called Bosque Redondo where they were forced to stay until 1868.

A look at the Bosque Redondo Memorial in New Mexico, here and also here




 * The Americans and the Navajo**


 * Navajo Long Walk to Bosque Redondo**


 * Kit Carson**