Qualla: Battle of Cookes Canyon https://qualla.com/battle-of-cookes-canyon en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Cookes Canyon https://qualla.com/battle-of-cookes-canyon Battle of Cookes Canyon: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-cookes-canyon/ Moses Carson, half-brother of the famous scout Kit Carson, was traveling with the wagon train when the Apaches sprang their ambush. The Ake Party had already survived the burning of Tubac and the long road from Arizona. Now, in a narrow canyon somewhere between the Mimbres River and Mesilla, roughly 100 Chiricahua warriors descended on their livestock and wagons. The Battle of Cookes Canyon in August 1861 was just one episode in a summer of bloodshed that would make this pass the most feared stretch of trail between Mesilla and Tucson.

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/g/2/battle-of-cookes-canyon-wp/9tg2-battle-of-cookes-canyon-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Cookes Canyon: Refugees on the Road https://qualla.com/battle-of-cookes-canyon/ The Ake Party formed in the chaos of collapsing frontier settlements. U.S. troops had withdrawn from Fort Buchanan, and Apache attacks culminated in the Siege of Tubac, which left homes burned and families fleeing. By early August 1861, a procession of six double wagons, two bugg...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/g/2/battle-of-cookes-canyon-wp/9tg2-battle-of-cookes-canyon-refugees-on-the-road.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Cookes Canyon: Ambush in the Narrows https://qualla.com/battle-of-cookes-canyon/ The journey from Tucson passed without incident until the party crossed the Mimbres River and entered Cookes Canyon, making for the springs at its eastern end. Around 100 Apache warriors waited until the last wagon entered the narrow defile before springing their trap. The attack...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/g/2/battle-of-cookes-canyon-wp/9tg2-battle-of-cookes-canyon-ambush-in-the-narrows.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Cookes Canyon: The Wagon That Escaped https://qualla.com/battle-of-cookes-canyon/ One wagon carrying most of the women and children never entered the canyon. At the first sounds of gunfire, it turned and fled back toward the Mimbres River. The Apaches let it go, focused on the main party and its livestock. This wagon reached the Mimbres settlement safely and s...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/g/2/battle-of-cookes-canyon-wp/9tg2-battle-of-cookes-canyon-the-wagon-that-escaped.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Cookes Canyon: Massacre Canyon https://qualla.com/battle-of-cookes-canyon/ The Ake Party's ordeal was only one chapter in a summer of carnage. During those months of 1861, Apache warriors under Mangas Coloradas and Cochise methodically attacked travelers at Cookes Canyon. Seven settlers died near the canyon's eastern end. Nine Mexican herdsmen were kill...

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