The Texas Canyon Battle Where U.S. Cavalry Captured 1,400 Native Horses — Then Destroyed About 1,000 Of Them
This was rearguard action — the warriors were not trying to defeat Mackenzie’s force, which significantly outnumbered them in effective fighting strength and was supported by artillery.
They were buying time for the women, children, and elderly to get out of the canyon.
By all available accounts, the buying of time worked.
The families escaped.
The recorded human cost of the battle was: four Native dead, zero cavalry casualties.
The Central Puzzle
Four dead.
This number appears on the Texas Historical Commission marker.
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