Much like the Sioux defeat of Custer at Little Big Horn, the Jicarilla's victory over the Army led to retribution and disaster. The Jicarilla were defeated and faded from memory before the Civil War. These are the events that brought them to ruin.

"In the early 1800s, thousands of pioneers made a long, perilous westward journey from Missouri to New Mexico. They paved the way for more settlers looking to start a new life in the West. They endured many hardships and made many tough choices. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather get bitten by a poisonous snake or suffer from cholera? Would you take the longer route across mountains with more available water? Or would you take the shorter...

The unexplored plains and mountains west of the Missouri River, known only to Indians and a few mountain men, land between St. Louis and the Mexican hamet of Santa Fe, became the talk of young America in the 1820s. After the yoke of Spanish rule was lifted from Santa Fe in 1821 pack mules with trading merchandise headed out across the unknown prairie to trade with Mexico. Soon thousands of covered wagons were using the dangerous Santa Fe Trail, the...