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The History of Fort Wingate 151 THE HISTORY OF FORT WINGATE BY HAROLD L. JAMES New Mexico State Highway Commission, Santa Fe, New Mexico INTRODUCTION: 1846 mixed feelings of joy and suspicion were certainly in order. One thing was sensed, however, that here was a possible Fort Wingate traces its colorful history back through deliverance from their greatest plague—the Indian. two locations and three different name designations be- To fulfill this promise Kearney directed his first efforts ginning with the acquisition in 1846. toward the troublesome "Nomads of The Redrocks"—the In the late summer of that year the Army of The West Navajo. On September 18, 1846, he dispatched three paused in its march at the mud village of Las Vegas. It companies of Missouri Volunteers, under the command of was there on the 15th of August that General Stephen Lt. Colonel Cosgreve Jackson, to the remote mission vil- Watts Kearney stood on the top of an adobe building and lage of Seboyeta located sixty miles west of Albuquerque. proclaimed himself a "protector" instead of a conqueror. No name was given to this frontier outpost and the gar- To the Mexican population who gathered for this address, rison which was stationed there functioned mainly as a Chairman, Sites Committee, New Mexico Historical Society show of strength against marauding Indians. The Seboyeta Chu l ka Mts. - Ft. Defiance 1851-1861 Ft. Canby 1863- 1864 present Site of Jemez Gallup, N.M. Est 1880 A_Zi a dotS anta A no Shosh 13 Tow er Fclunlltrot 11160 -11181 .? ,Z v•-■■ (Bear Springs) Ft.FL Lyon 18 81 Ft. WingoteII 18 68— .X<A, 0,. SSon Felipe ti Zun `,;---,j':m• 2. • Seboyeta Sandia (Outpost 1846-1851) 1-• Zuni Site of present ----Grants N.M. Est. 1882 n. del Gallo Laguna io EI Moro <Cr (Inscription Rock) I:2. Z Ft. Wingate Acoma o 1888 N crlw Wirt et 1Z WESTERN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO 1846-1868 By 0 10 20 SCALE HAROLD L. JAMES Drawn By, M L NELSON 152 NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY—EIGHTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE FIGURE 2. This excellent photograph, taken by James Mooney of the Bureau of Ethnology, shows the fort as it appeared in the win- ter of 1893. Photo Courtesy: Smithsonian Institute. guard failed to impress the Indians. Incursions and depre- and the release of all Mexican captives. The Indians made dations continued to increase. In the weeks that followed, their mark upon a treaty paper. However, their outward the situation worsened to the point where Kearney was show of friendship and goodwill was misleading. Their continually besieged with delegations from communities animosities toward the Mexicans were too deeply-seated all demanding protection from the Navajo menace. A to be simply dissolved by the signing of a document. changed course of action appeared necessary. In November, 1846, a treaty approach was tried. Colonel THE WARS: 1847-1862 Alexander W. Doniphan, representing General Kearney, The Doniphan Treaty proved to be a failure. Further- met with the chiefs of The People on November 22nd at more, the presence of a foreign military power in their a noted rendezvous point in the northern foothills of the homeland served only to incite the Indians. During the Zuni Mountains called Shash 'B Tow (Bear Springs). In years 1847 to 1850 incursions and hostilities reached formal terms it was stated that the Navajos would swear enormous proportions. Fort Marcy at Santa Fe became allegiance with the Americans, and that all residents of nothing more than a huge staging area for outfitting ex- the now acquired territory would be administered by the peditions into Navajoland. More treaties were signed. United States government. Further it was stipulated that More treaties were broken. Several peace negotiations the Indians would cease all warlike activities against the failed even before the treaty expedition had returned to residents of New Mexico. Also included were provisions Santa Fe. It became an endless frustrating game to which for full restoration of all stolen property and livestock, a solution seemed impossible. NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY—EIGHTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE 153 FIGURE 3. Cavalry inspection of K Troop. Early 1890s. Photo Courtesy: National Archives. On July 19, 1851, a soldier of considerable experience, By the late 1850s the Indians became restless. This Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner, assumed command of the uneasiness grew from the reservation treaties of Meri- Ninth Military Department of New Mexico. He imme- wether (1855), and Bonneville (1858 ), in which the diately undertook to revolutionize the whole system of Navajos were geographically restricted within specified frontier defense. He authorized the erection of Fort boundary lines. These limits were defined by the San Juan Union to serve as departmental headquarters, replacing River on the north to the Zuni River on the south at a Fort Marcy. He withdrew the garrison from the Seboycta point just east of the Zuni Pueblo. The western boundary outpost. On September 18, 1851, he issued general orders was placed along a line running south from the San Juan for the construction of still another post to be located River (north of present Kayenta ), to the confluence of along the east front of the Defiance Mountains. The site Chcvalon Creek and the Little Colorado River between chosen was at a Navajo shrine called Tse Hot Sohih present-day Holbrook and Winslow. The eastern boundary (Meadows between The Rocks). The post was designed forbad all Indian claims east of Chaco Canyon. to house five companies, and was appropriately named These treaties, although specifying their traditional Fort Defiance. lands, restricted their travel outside the set boundaries. In Colonel Sumner, with his sometimes critized reorgani- short, the Navajos felt like prisoners in their own domain. zation, had the desired effect upon the Navajo—peace. To The strict conformity to reservation life, coupled with assure a lasting friendship he instituted commercial trade severe winters, forced many Navajos upon the plunder with the Indians. He directed the distribution of quarter- trail. A breach began to widen. Minor incidents became master stores to supplement the tribes needs during sterile major incidents. Plots were instigated in the lodges of the winters. He provided technical services and agricultural chiefs. Finally, on the morning of April 30, 1860, the aids. His assistance reached even into tribal government peace was broken. With the war-whoops of an estimated where he preached the advantages of affairs conducted in 1,000 warriors, Fort Defiance was attacked. The fort sus- a democratic manner. tained itself for the entire day. Only until evening when Fort Defiance remained the great fortress of peace for darkness made it difficult to distinguish friend from foe nearly eight years. Several violations of theft and murder did the Indians withdraw into the surrounding hills. did occur during this time but the incidents were tact- The brazen attack upon Fort Defiance threw New Mex- fully handled without provocation for war. ico back into the grip of another Indian war. Additional 154 NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY—EIGHTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE FIGURE 4. Enlisted mens barracks north of parade ground. Early 1890s. Photo Courtesy: National Archives. troops of calvary reinforced the redrock perimeters. An- name honored General Nathaniel Lyon who had been other post was established (August 31, 1860), on the killed weeks earlier at the battle of Wilson Creek, grounds of the old Doniphan Treaty site at Bear Springs. Missouri. It was named for the present Department Commander, Three months later, on December 10th, Fort Lyon was Colonel Thomas Turner (Little Lord) Fauntleroy. abandoned and the garrison was used to strengthen the Throughout the remainder of 1860 and the early part of forces at Fort Craig, below Socorro. 1861 the United States Army engaged in a full-scale On February 14, 1862, the Texas Army, CSA, under Indian campaign, the likes of which the territory had the command of Brig. General Henry H. Sibley, who had never before witnessed. replaced Col. Baylor, began its tidal march up the Rio In the Spring of 1861 the Military Department of New Grande valley. It defeated the Union forces at Fort Craig Mexico faced still another peril brought about by the in the historic Battle of Valverde on February 21st. Con- secession of the southern states, and the apparent Con- tinuing intact, Gen. Sibleys army swept up the Rio federate plan to invade the desert-southwest. To meet Grande, engulfed Albuquerque on March 2nd and Santa this threatened invasion of the territory, the newly ap- Fe on March 23rd. Their dreams of conquest were shat- pointed Department Commander, Colonel Edward S. tered, however, when they were badly defeated by Union Canby, set the Indian problem aside and began concen- troops, reinforced by Colorado Volunteers, at the Battle trating his defenses closer to the Rio Grande. Fort De- of Gloricta Pass, southeast of Santa Fe, on March 26th fiance was abandoned on April 25th, its garrison transfer- and 28th. red to Fort Fauntleroy. The Civil War in New Mexico was short lived. The By the summer of 1861 the impending Confederate Confederates, though badly beaten, were successful in threat became a reality. On July 27th, Lt. Colonel John R. avoiding capture by sustaining an agonizing, forced-march Baylor, C.S.A., struck north from El Paso and captured retreat back to Texas. Fort Fillmore ( south of present-day Las Cruces ). Baylor declared all New Mexico below Socorro to be Confederate FORT WINGATE I: 1862-1863 territory, designating Mesilla as its capitol. On September 28, 1861, a general order of the U.S. The Indians had taken full advantage of the military Department of the Army changed the name of Fort turmoil created by the Confederate invasion and their Fauntleroy to Fort Lyon; Colonel Fauntleroy had resigned raids greatly increased during that time.
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