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Military in the Mojave
In 1850, southwestern territory was annexed by the U.S. Army, the beginning of military encroachment on the region.
New transportation routes were critical to an expanding nation, and a wagon trail was opened. In 1858, the first
wagon train en route to California was attacked when it lingered at the
Colorado River
crossing near present-day
Needles. Indian
fighters were sent to the area from San Francisco. Though there was no combat
and the
Mohave
claimed no responsibility for the wagon attack, prominent tribe members were jailed and the
army established
Ft. Mojave
at the crossing. When several Mohaves escaped from prison, soldiers hunted
them and others, eventually banishing the tribe from its homelands near the river crossing.
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