Flechas Rayadas
Appearance
Flechas Rayadas | |
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Jicarilla Apache leader | |
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Battles/wars | Cieneguilla |
Flechas Rayadas or Striped Arrows was a Jicarilla Apache chief of the band that, together with Francisco Chacon's warriors, defeated Lieutenant Davidson's detachment of 60 men from the First Regiment of Dragoons in the Battle of Cieneguilla, in the Embudo Mountains, on April 4, 1854, killing 22 and wounding 36.[1] On April 7, as Lieutenant Colonel Cooke was pursuing the Jicarillas, General Garland sent word to Cooke that Flechas Rayadas had offered to return all the horses and arms captured in that fight if peace could be made; the chief's proposal was rejected.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Haley, James L. "the Apaches: A History and Culture Portrait ", University of Oklahoma Press Norman 1981, ISBN 0806129786
- ^ Garland to Cooke, April 7, 1854, LS, DNM, v. 9, pp. 158-159, FORT UNION Historic Resource Study: Chapter Three: MILITARY OPERATIONS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, note 55