Pecos War

Pecos War
Pecos War
Part of the Range Wars and American Indian Wars
	The Pecos River as seen in the 1880s, where the conflict took its name
Date	1876 - 1877
Location	Pecos River, New Mexico
Caused by	Stock and grazing dispute
Resulted in	Inconclusive
Parties
Lead figures
	John Chisum; James Highsaw Henry M. "Hugh" Beckwith; Santa Fe Ring Frederick C. Godfrey
Number
Casualties and losses

The Pecos War, also known as the War of the Pecos and the Chisum War, was a range war fought by cattle baron John Chisum against neighboring small ranchers, farmers, and Native Americans from 1876-1877 along the Pecos River in New Mexico.^[2] The conflict was caused primarily by competition: Chisum believed that his livestock and other resources were being depleted upon by people he alleged to be rustlers.^[1] At the same time, Chisum was also fighting Mescalero Apaches from the nearby reservations who were said to prey on his herds.

^ ^a ^b DeArment, Robert K. (2009). Deadly Dozen: Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West, Vol. 1 (Volume 1). OUP; Illustrated edition. pp. 115-116. ISBN 978-0806137537
^ ^a ^b Caldwell, Clifford R. (2008) Dead Right: The Lincoln County War. Clifford R. Caldwell; First Edition. pp. 30-32. ISBN 978-0615171524

[Deadly-1] DeArment, Robert K. (2009). Deadly Dozen: Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West, Vol. 1 (Volume 1). OUP; Illustrated edition. pp. 115-116. ISBN 978-0806137537

[Indian-2] Caldwell, Clifford R. (2008) Dead Right: The Lincoln County War. Clifford R. Caldwell; First Edition. pp. 30-32. ISBN 978-0615171524

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