Several hundred Navajo Indians attacked the livestock of Fort Defiance, New Mexico grazing near the post. The twenty-five man guard under the command of Sergeant Bernard W. Clark mounted a strong defense saving all the cattle and all the horses except three. The attackers then scattered and a pursuit under Captain George McLane brought only a running fight in which two soldiers were killed and four wounded. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"The Army and the Indians," New York Times, November 18, 1859, p. 3.