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2. Historic Trails Along the western side of the St Charles ran a famous historic trail known variously as the War Road. the Taos Trail, the Fur Trapper's Trail and the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail, It was the return trail of the de Anza's Comanche Campaign where a great Comanche war chief , known to the Spaniards as Cuerno Verde or Green Horn and many of his nation were killed near the St. Charles - Greenhorn area at what is known as the Battle Greenhorn Creek It was on the St Charles river , that the San Carlos de Jupe Comanche Reservation was established by Gov de Anza in 1787.In 1866,Col. Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving established their famous Cattle Trail that ran along a portion of the St Charles. In 1866, the St. Charles Station was built and later owned by Charles Goodnight This is the two story adobe structure that was referred to the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation and is located near the confluence of the St. Charles and Greenhorn Creek and is presently the home of Al & Clara Toni who are very concerned about possible damage to their historic family home and their registered water wells. This historic structure was once.a U.S. Post Office (1866 -76) and a way station on the old Denver & Santa Fe Stage Road(USGS;1954). Refer to Map Section Pages # 23,29,30,31,32 3. Historic Route of Spanish Colonial Exploration This portion of the route that was used by Gov. de Anza during his punitive expedition against the Comanche in 1779 was also used by other famous Spanish expeditions . Don Juan de Archuleta, 1664;Gov. Diego de Vargas ,1696; Don Juan de Ulibarri,1706;Gov. Antonio de Valverde,1719; Col. Don Pedro de Villasur,1720. There is also a strong probability that an even earlier expedition led by Don Juan de Onate traveled from this area in 1601 where they discovered "600 ranchos de Scanjacques " (Coinanches). Refer to Map Section: Page #29.30,31,24 EXHIBIT D : Tribes with Possible Historical, Cultural and Religious Interest The Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma: PO Box 908,Lawton,OK 73502 The Affected land area was ceded to the Comanche on at least two different occasions; on July 27, 1853 by US Senate in which the United States signed a treaty with the Comanche ,Kiowa and Apache Nations, that guaranteed their lands "South" of the Arkansas River. The Treaty of 1853 was ratified by US Senate, National Archives and the Office of Indian Affairs and their commissioner, Thomas Fitzpatrick. In 1778 it was ceded to the Comanche by the Spanish Colonial Governor of New Mexico, Don Juan Batista de Anza and the San Carlos de Jupe Comanche Reservation was established under the auspices of the King of Spain. At the end of the Mexican- American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo continued the treaties and land grants established by the Spanish and Mexican governments Refer to Map Section Pages # 21,25,29 Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 369.Carnege,OK 7301 The Kiowa were originally a Puebloan cultu e . In the seventeenth century , they abandoned their adobe ellings ar_._ agrarian way of life and adopted the horse to become plains Indians . They began to meet and fight the Comanche along the Arkansas and formally aligned with the Comanche about 1790. In 1S53, they signed the US treaty along with the Comanche which ceded to them their lands south of the Arkansas River. Map Section Page #25 The Jicarrilla Apache Tribe :P.O. 507, Dulce NM 87528 This "Affected Land" area was also the historic homelands of the three bands of the Jicarilla Apache Nation prior to the southward movement of the two Shoshone groups, the Ute and the Comanche. The Jicarilla territory covered the entire Eastern Slope of Colorado for over 200 years . The "Affected " area was part of the land claim in the successful 1963 Federal law suit (Apache vs. United States Indian Land Claims Commission). The 1853 treaty initiated by the US Senate also included those Apaches bands that resided in the St. Charles River basin which lies south of the Arkansas River. For other documentation of the land area ,see Indian Claims Commission ; docket no.22A; Jicarilla Apache Tribe . United States.455 U.S. 130 (1982) Refer to Map Section Pages 25,33