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((Short description|1879 and 1881 attacks in Arizona))
((More citations needed|date=February 2008))

:''These events should not be confused with the [[Skeleton Canyon Shootout]] in 1896.''
The '''Skeleton Canyon massacres''' refer to two separate attacks on [[Mexico|Mexican]] citizens in 1879 and 1881. [[Skeleton Canyon]] is located in the [[Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County)]], which straddles the modern Arizona and New Mexico state line border. This canyon connects the [[Animas Valley]] of New Mexico with the [[San Simon Valley]] of Arizona.

==1879 Skeleton Canyon massacre==
The first Skeleton Canyon Massacre occurred in 1879 when a group of Mexican [[Rurales]] were ambushed by cattle rustlers. In July 1879, several rustlers attacked a rancho in northern [[Sonora]], killing several of the inhabitants. After the attack on the rancho, the survivors reported the attacks to Commandant Francisco Neri, who sent out a detachment of Rurales, including Captain Alfredo Carrillo. The Rurales  crossed the border into Arizona. As they entered Skeleton Canyon, shots were fired against them. Of the large group that crossed, only three of the Rurales survived.

No action was taken by the Mexican Government, but it protested the killings to President [[Chester Arthur]], although acknowledging the Mexican policemen had crossed  into Arizona. [[Johnny Ringo]], considered to be one of an outlaw group known as the [[Cochise County Cowboys]], who were cattle rustlers and bandits, claimed to have been at the ambush. He said others there who participated in the murders were [[Newman Haynes Clanton|Old Man Clanton]], brothers [[Ike Clanton|Ike]] and [[Billy Clanton]], [[William Brocius|"Curly Bill" Brocius]], [[Florentino Cruz]], and brothers [[Frank McLaury|Frank]] and [[Tom McLaury]].<ref>((cite web|last=Traywick|first=Ben|title=Showdown: Wyatt Earp vs. Curly Bill|url=http://www.westernoutlaw.com/showdown-wyatt-earp-vs-curly-bill|publisher=Western Outlaw website|access-date=30 April 2011|date=December 11, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409214245/http://www.westernoutlaw.com/showdown-wyatt-earp-vs-curly-bill|archive-date=9 April 2011))</ref>

==1881 Skeleton Canyon massacre==
In July 1881, "Curly Bill" Brocius learned that several Mexican smugglers carrying silver were heading to Arizona through Skeleton Canyon. [[William Brocius|Curly Bill]] and around twenty other men including [[Johnny Ringo]] and Jim Crane ambushed the smugglers, killing four and stealing $4,000 in bullion and livestock. Two months after the attack was reported by the surviving smugglers, Commandant Neri again sent a detachment of Rurales led by Captain Carrillo across the border. This time, the Rurales successfully ambushed the Cowboys, killing five including Old Man Clanton and Jim Crane, in what became known as the [[Guadalupe Canyon Massacre]].<ref>((cite web|title=The Massacres at Skeleton and Guadalupe Canyons|url=https://truewestmagazine.com/skeleton-guadalupe-canyons/|publisher= True West Magazine|access-date=26 May 2019))</ref>

==In popular culture==
* In 1958 an episode of the TV series ''Tombstone Territory'' portrayed the 1881 attack.<ref>((cite episode |title=Skeleton Canyon Massacre |series=Tombstone Territory |series-link=Tombstone Territory |network=ABC |airdate=1958-04-02 |season=1 |number=25))</ref>
* In 1961, in episode 222 (Season 6/Episode 33), titled "Requiem for Old Man Clanton" of the TV series, "[[The_Life_and_Legend_of_Wyatt_Earp#Season_6_(1960%E2%80%9361)|The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp]]" mentions the killings in Skeleton Canyon, leading the episode up to the story of what happened in [[Guadalupe_Canyon_Massacre|Guadalupe Canyon]].

== References ==
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((Gunfights and feuds in the Old West))
((Cochise County Conflict))

[[Category:New Mexico Bootheel]]
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1881]]
[[Category:Arizona Territory]]
[[Category:Massacres in the United States]]
[[Category:American Old West gunfights]]
[[Category:Arizona folklore]]
[[Category:Cochise County conflict]]
[[Category:Crimes in Arizona Territory]]
[[Category:1879 in Arizona Territory]]
[[Category:1881 in Arizona Territory]]
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