A tour of the conflict’s historic sites is a poignant reminder of how unmerciful war was meted out
against the state’s Native people.
Peaceful Pinal and Aravaipa Indians—who had settled near the Army’s original Camp Grant at the confluence of Aravaipa Creek and the San Pedro River in Arizona—were massacred on April 28, 1871. The majority of the 144 dead were women and children.Timothy O’Sullivan, NARA, no. 52
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