Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877

Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877
Part of the Buffalo Hunters' War
Caprock Escarpment north of Muchaque Peak
Date 1877 Location Llano Estacado of North America 33°17′46″N 102°13′33″W / 33.296145°N 102.225949°W / 33.296145; -102.225949
Belligerents
United States	Comanche
Commanders and leaders
Nicolas Merritt Nolan
Units involved
10th Cavalry
Casualties and losses
4 Soldiers dead + 1 Buffalo hunter deceased
Nolan Expedition vicinity class=notpageimage| Location within Texas

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The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877, also known as the Staked Plains Horror, occurred when a combined force of Buffalo Soldier troops of the United States Army 10th Cavalry and local buffalo hunters wandered for five days in the Llano Estacado region of northwest Texas and eastern New Mexico during July of a drought year, where four soldiers and one buffalo hunter^{[citation needed]} died.

News of the ongoing event and speculation reached East Coast newspapers via telegraphy, where it was erroneously reported that the expedition had been massacred. Later, after the remainder of the group returned from the Llano, the same papers^[which?] declared them "back from the dead."^{[citation needed]}