![]() ![]() Still, more Indians came to Camp Grant, while Chiricahua bands continued waging war against white and Hispanic settlers in what had been their country. Whitman, a New Englander, told the Apaches he had no authority to establish a reservation. In early 1871, a few small bands of Pinal and Aravaipa Apaches began settling at Camp Grant, even though 3rd Cavalry Lt. While the Army and civilians waited for the establishment of reservations, Apache Indians were issued rations at what the locals called “feeding stations.” The soldiers, many civilians thought, should have been fighting Apaches rather than feeding them or building roads. General George Stoneman, commander of the Department of Arizona, was not a popular figure in Tucson in 1871. The majority of the 144 dead were women and children. Peaceful Pinal and Aravaipa Indians-who had settled near the Army’s original Camp Grant at the confluence of Aravaipa Creek and the San Pedro River in Arizona-were massacred on April 28, 1871. ![]() A tour of the conflict’s historic sites is a poignant reminder of how unmerciful war was meted out ![]()
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