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Red River Canyon Affair : ウィキペディア英語版 | Red River Canyon Affair
The Red River Canyon Affair, or the Battle of Red River Canyon, was a military action fought during the Taos Revolt of the Mexican-American War. Although the Americans mistakenly called this river by the name "Red", it was actually then and now more correctly called the Canadian River.〔Magoon, Charles E. "Reports on the law of civil government in territory subject to military occupation by the military forces of the United States". War Department, 1903, pg.708.〕 On 26 May 1847, a detachment of American troops, traveling through northern New Mexico, were attacked by a combined force of Mexican militia with their Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche allies.〔Hughes, J.T., 1847, Doniphan's Expedition, Cincinnati: U.P. James〕 ==Background== On May 26, 1847, United States Army Major Edmondson, with a company of two hundred infantry and cavalry under Captains Holaway and Robinson, were marching at almost sunset along the Red (Canadian)River.〔 They had just entered Red River Canyon when ambushed by an estimated 500 Mexicans and natives, according to reports given to Colonel Alexander Doniphan, a commander during the New Mexican Campaign.〔
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