The 1863 forced 350 mile walk of Navajos and Apaches from Fort Defiance, Arizona to Bosque Redondo, a reservation in New Mexico, was named this.
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The 1863 forced 350 mile walk of Navajos and Apaches from Fort Defiance, Arizona to Bosque Redondo, a reservation in New Mexico, was named this.
The Long Walk. Ten thousand members of these two Native American nations were forced to march by the U.S. Army. Once they arrived at the reservation, the Army held them in captivity. A total of 2,380 of these souls died. The causes were disease, starvation, exposure, drowning crossing the Rio Grande River, and being shot for not keeping pace with the rest of the walkers.
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