The Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo

Most people don't realize that in 1864 that America had other military operations besides the Civil War. Most of them revolved around the removal of Indians  for the continuation of westward expansion.   

In January 1864, Kit Carson, in the final standoff at Canyon de Chelly, forced the Navajo to surrender and then to march to Bosque Redonde as part of Indian removal. Carson took 8,500 men, woman and children and relocated them to Bosque Rendonde, a small reservation located next to the Pecos River in Eastern New Mexico. On the 300 mile, March 200 people died due to starvation and the cold. Once the Navajo got settled in the reservation they started to run into problems with their food supply. In 1865 the American Guards left leaving the Navajo in the Bosque Rendonde reservation. Four years later the United States government declared that the Bosque Rendonde reservation was a failure.

Weiser, Kathy. "The Navajo Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo." The Navajo Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo. Legends of America, Dec.-Jan. 2012. Web. 27 Jan. 2013. <http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-navajolongwalk.html>.