Second Dragoon Expedition
Map accompanying Dodge's report to Congress
The Second Dragoon Expedition of 1835 (also called the Dodge Expedition) left Fort Leavenworth, unorganized territory May 29, 1835, charged with contacting the Indian tribes across the Central Plains to the Rockies as far west as the Mexican border. Traveling first up the Platte River they made contact with the Otoe, Omaha, Grand Pawnee, and Arickaree tribes. Continuing south along the front range of the Rockies, they reached Bent's Fort on August 6. At Bent's Fort the expedition held councils with the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Black Feet, Gros Ventres, and others. The Dragoons then followed the Santa Fe Trail eastward, arriving at Fort Leavenworth on September 16, 1835.
- Note: The First Dragoon Expedition was from Fort Gibson to the Southern Plains in 1834.
See also
- United States Regiment of Dragoons
References
- Dodge, Henry. Journal of the March of a Detachment of Dragoons, Under the Command of Colonel Henry Dodge, During the Summer of 1835. American State Papers. Class V. Military Affairs. Volume VI. 24th Cong, 1st Session, H. Doc., 138. (Serial Set 21). 1836.
- Hildreth, James (1836). Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains: Being a History of the Enlistment Organization and First Campaigns of the Regiment of U S Dragoons. New York: Wiley & Long. Retrieved August 24, 2014.