<Li> Staked Plains Horror </Li> <Li> Yellow House Canyon </Li> <P> The Second Battle of Adobe Walls was fought on June 27, 1874, between Comanche forces and a group of 28 U.S. bison hunters defending the settlement of Adobe Walls, in what is now Hutchinson County, Texas . "Adobe Walls was scarcely more than a lone island in the vast sea of the Great Plains, a solitary refuge uncharted and practically unknown ." </P> <P> Adobe Walls was the name of a trading post in the Texas Panhandle, just north of the Canadian River . In 1845 an adobe fort was built there to house the post, but it was blown up by the traders three years later after repeated Indian attacks . In 1864 the ruins were the site of one of the largest battles ever to take place on the Great Plains . Col. Christopher "Kit" Carson led 335 soldiers from New Mexico and 72 Ute and Jicarilla Apache scouts against a force of more than 1000 Comanche, Kiowa and Plains Apache . The Indians forced Carson to retreat, though he was acclaimed as a hero for successfully striking a blow against the Indians and for leading his men out of the trap with minimal casualties . This is known as the First Battle of Adobe Walls . </P>

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