Antelope Hills Expedition
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The Antelope Hills Expedition was an assault by the Texas Rangers and members of other allied Native American tribes on a village of the Comanche tribe in May 1858 at a place called Antelope Hills in what is now Oklahoma. These hills are also called the "South Canadians." This incident is also called the Battle of South Canadians.
On January 27, 1858, John Salmon "Rip" Ford, a veteran Ranger of the Mexican-American War, was commissioned as senior captain of the Texas Rangers. With a force of some 100 men, he began a large expedition against the Comanche and other tribes, whose raids against the settlers and their properties had become common. On May 12, Ford's Rangers, accompanied by Tonkawa, Anadarko and Shawnee scouts from the Brazos Reservation in Texas, crossed the Red River into Indian Territory and attacked a Comanche village in the Canadian River Valley, flanked by the Antelope Hills. Suffering only four casualties, the force killed a reported 76 Comanche (including a chief by the name of Iron Jacket) and took 18 prisoners and 300 horses.
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