Pilar, NM
August 20, 2026
In March 1854, near Cieneguilla in the mountains west of Taos, New Mexico, U.S. soldiers under 1st Lt. John Davidson fought a fierce battle with Jicarilla Apache warriors, joined by a few Utes, in one of the Army’s worst defeats in New Mexico. The Jicarillas, a small Apache tribe of about 500…
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