August 12, 1881 The Clanton Camp: Innocent Cowboys or “a Viper’s Nest” of Outlaws? A group of some 25 American cowboys has been raiding in Northern Sonora, Mexico, gathering all the loose stock they can find before starting home. A Mexican posse from Bavispe is sent to overtake them but is turned back with eight casualties. Now, Capt. Carrillo leads his 50-man militia on a border trek to track the cowboy raiders and their illicit herd. In Guadalupe Canyon, a bit north of the Mexico
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