1801 Navaho vs Hopi + Havasupai
1804 Apr Renewed fighting between Spanish and Navajo. Navajo raid Cebolleta
1804 Jul Spanish expedition )50 soldiers + 175 Utes + Jicarilla Apache vs Navajo
1804 Aug 4 Navajo (900) assault on Cebolleta repulsed by Spanish (50 soldiers + ~100 militia)
1805 Jan 17-18 Siege of Chelly Canyon. Spanish force (50 soldiers + 50 militia + 200 Zuni) repulsed by Navajo (100) who are defending behind entrenchment's. .
1807 Oct Apaches ? vs Zuni Pueblo. Retaliatory force includes Spanish + Zuni + Navajo
1808 Oct Apache ? vs 30 Spanish soldiers + 40 militia + 100 Navajo
1818 Navajo + Ute raid Aliquiu NM
1819 Spanish launch 2 expeditions into Navajo territory
1821 Mexicans launch 4 expeditions into Navajo territory
1822 Major Navajo raids on Mexican settlements in NM.
1823 Major Mexican campaign (1500+ men) into Navajo land. Several large skirmishes at Chelly Canyon, Carrilo Mtn and Ojo de la Vaca but no significant battles.
1823 Battle at Taos Pueblo. Navajo (100) vs Mexicans (150). 15 Navajo KIA
1825 Apr 7 Mexicans vs Navajo (40). Navajo defeated
1829-46 Mexicans expeditions at least once or twice per year into Navajo land. Little contact.
1835 Mexican (400)+ Jemez (600) vs Navajo (800?) at Washington Pass. Navajo Victory
1836 Sep Battle of Zuni Pueblo. Mexicans (~500) + Pueblos (~1500) vs (3000+) Navajo. Navajo repulsed after a lengthy battle.
1837 Jan Battle of Ojo del Carrizo. Mexicans (150) vs Navajo (500) Navajo repulsed
1837 Battle of Oraibi Pueblo. Navajo (1000) vs Hopi. Pueblo destroyed
1838 Tunica Mtns. Mexican (130) + militia (200) + 600 Pueblo defeat Navajo (300)
1839 Nov 8 Large Mexican force repulsed by Navajo near Carrizo Mtns
1840 Sep 18 Navajo raid Laguna Colorado
1840 Oct 11 Mexicans (500) capture a Navajo (200) Meas fort in a night attack.
1843 Several Navajo raids are followed by Mexican retaliatory expeditions
1844 Oct Navajo + Ute raid on Jemez
Navajo-Spanish Wars
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