Timeline Saturday 27 June 1874

Events on Saturday 27 June 1874 1

• 1874 Battle of Adobe Walls Comanche and allied warriors attack a Texas buffalo hunters' outpost A large force of Comanche, Kiowa and Cheyenne warriors led by Quanah Parker attacked a trading post of buffalo hunters in the Texas Panhandle. The hunters, armed with long-range rifles, repelled the attack despite being heavily outnumbered. The battle helped trigger the Red River War, the US Army's campaign to force the southern Plains tribes onto reservations.