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    Annals of Old Fort Cummings, New Mexico 1867-1868
    Annals of Old Fort Cummings, New Mexico 1867-1868
    Annals of Old Fort Cummings, New Mexico 1867-1868
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    Annals of Old Fort Cummings, New Mexico 1867-1868

    By William Thornton Parker M. D.

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    "Apaches Incidents in New Mexico; Annals of Old Fort Cummings, New Mexico 1867-1868" by William Thornton Parker M. D. is an eyewitness look at the early history of Fort Cummings, New Mexico. This fort was established to protect the Pony Express riders & emigrants to California on the Texas-California Trail through the Gadsden Purchase of 1854.

    William Thornton Parker born 1849 was a doctor, genealogist, and Indian cultural expert who served as a medical officer in the U. S. Army in the American West from the 1860s to the early 1900's. He was stationed at Fort Cummings which was established in 1863. The Fort was situated near Cooke's Springs, the only large supply of fresh water between Mesilla and the Mimbres River for wagons heading to California. Cooke's Springs was located at the eastern mouth of the upper part of Cooke's Canyon, a narrow gap in the Mimbres Mountains. The pass was a dangerous place for travelers who were often ambushed and killed by the Apache as they passed through it. Following the "Bascom Affair", things became worse as the Apache, formerly friendly, destroyed Stage stations, coaches and killed passengers and hundreds of other travelers. Cooke's Pass was a favored location for these ambushes and acquired the name Massacre Canyon.

    Parker's short book of 13,000+ words, and approximately 43+ pages at 300 words per page, gives a description of this pivotal fort & early troubles with the Apache Indians mostly due to the mishandling & mistreatment of Cochise's band of Apache by Lieutenant George Bascom. This led to the Apache Wars which lasted about 30 years & cost thousands of settler's lives on both sides of the border.

    This inexpensive e-book, now long-out-of print & expensive in its original binding, gives a brief view of some early history of the New Mexico Territory& the reasons for the long struggle known as the Apache Wars.

    NOTE: This book has been scanned then OCR (Optical Character Recognition) has been applied to turn the scanned page images back into editable text. Then every effort has been made to correct typos, spelling, and to eliminate stray marks picked up by the OCR program. The original and/or extra period images, if any, were then placed in the appropriate place and, finally, the file was formatted for the e-book criteria of the site. This means that the text CAN be re-sized, searches performed, & bookmarks added, unlike some other e-books that are only scanned---errors, stray marks, and all.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMaine Book Barn Publishing
    Release dateNov 3, 2013
    ISBN9781501453335
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      Annals of Old Fort Cummings, New Mexico 1867-1868 - William Thornton Parker M. D.

      ANNALS OF OLD FORT CUMMINGS

      NEW MEXICO 1867-1868

      BY

      WILLIAM THORNTON PARKER M. D.

      Author of personal Experiences among our North American Indians

      Records of the association of Acting Assistant Surgeons U.S. Army, etc.

      Formerly Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army And

      Surgeon U.. S. Indian Service:

      Companion, 1st Class, Order of Indian Wars, U. S.

      Member National Committee National Indian War Veterans Association

      formerly Adjutant Society Veterans Indian Wars, etc.

      Published by the Author

      Northampton, Massachusetts

      A. D. 1916

      WILLIAM THORNTON PARKER, MD

      As A boy of 17 years & the youngest first-class Hospital Steward ever appointed in the U. S. Army, 1867-68. Serving with the 3rd U. S. Cavalry on the Plains during the Indian Wars, and at Fort Cummings New Mexico, with the 125th Regiment U. S. Colored Troops. Appointment signed by General U. S. Grant, U. S. Army, February 1, 1867.

      Additional materials Copyright © by Harry Polizzi and Ann Polizzi 2013.

      All rights reserved.

      DEDICATION

      To the memory of the Officers and Enlisted Men of the whose faithful and gallant service, at Fort Cummings, New Mexico, during the Apache Indian War, in the 1860's, won the respect of their Indian foes, and the admiration of their friend, the author.

      WILLIAM T. PARKER

      Northampton, Massachusetts

      February 1916.

      FORT CUMMINGS, NEW MEXICO 1867

      Fort Cummings! What memories cling to its short but honorable record. Staunch and strong it seemed to derive inspiration from the glorious hills arid mountains at whose feet it nestled. Here it stood, a shelter to its faithful garrisons, and a haven of refuge to the weary and imperiled emigrants and travelers who hastened to it for succor and relief.

      Twenty years of existence; short, indeed, as compared with older and stronger forts over which has floated the stars and stripes of our beloved land. Designed by General George B. McClellan of the United States Army, it presented a unique and military appearance and was well adapted for the purposes for which it was constructed.

      Fort Cummings in Latitude 32 degrees 26 minutes north, Altitude 4778 feet above sea level, was located at Cook's Spring, and near the southern entrance to Cook's Canyon guarding Butterfields trail to the Miembres River. Cook's Peak of the Cook's range, one of those isolated peaks peculiar to this region, located at the southern end of the Black or Miembres Mountains towered above the reservation——the snow clad Sentinel of the Southwest, or as the soldiers familiarly called it Old Baldy. This grand old peak has an altitude of from ten to twelve thousand feet and is the highest land mark in Southern New Mexico. The reservation was established in what is now Luna County, October 2nd, 1863. The reservation was declared by the President in 1870.

      The post was abandoned in August 1873, and reoccupied in 1880. It was abandoned again on October 3, 1886, and turned over to the Interior Department on October 2, 1891. A pyramid of stones was erected at each mile of the boundary. Cook's Peak is about seven miles northwest of the post. The site of the flagstaff was in the center of the reservation as originally planned, but this was added to by authority of the President, November 26, 1880.

      I am indebted to my friend, Edward Pennington of Deming, New Mexico, who has known this section for more than thirty years, and who has patiently labored to preserve the historical records of this interesting region, for much valuable information concerning this old fort.

      It is recorded that as early as 1853, Captain Cook, U. S. Army with a command of the famous Second Dragoons of Mexican war, fame came down into this section of New Mexico on an exploring expedition. The advance guard under a lieutenant found the spring and camping ground at the base of a bald and snow capped mountain, and named it Mount Republic, but when the main command some days later reached the spring, the commanding officer named the peak, the canyon and this portion of the Miembres Mountains, Cook's Peak, Cook's Spring, Cook's Canyon and Cook's Range which names have been retained to the present time "thus making record that Captain Cook of the 2nd U. S. Dragoons once lived, and had his being in this important locality. After the mustering out of Company B 1st California Volunteers, and the 125th Colored Infantry Volunteers, and the 38th U. S. Colored Infantry, detachments of the 8th and 4th U. S. Cavalry formed the garrisons. One of the last commandants was Captain Adna R. Chaffee U.S. Army, afterward Chief of Staff

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