Just passing through West Texas en route to Mexico, the Kickapoos went out of their way to avoid a fight on Jan. 8, 1865.
The first sign of the Kickapoo exodus from the Indian Territory was detected the previous month at the headwaters of the Brazos River. Militiamen on routine reconnaissance stumbled across an empty camp of 92 wigwams and 10 tents that had been vacant a couple of days at most. The…
