Yuma Expedition

Yuma Expedition

The Yuma Expedition was a military operation to control the unrest of the Yuma Indians in California from December, 1851, to April, 1852. [ [http://www.army.mil/cmh/books/R&H/R&H-APP.htm Appendix] , gives expedition dates.] This operation was part of a larger campaign to control Native Americans before the outbreak of the Civil War, and is part of the long history of Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans.

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