STINNETT, TX (KFDA) - The Texas Historical Commission roadside marker on Texas 207 just north of Stinnett states it clearly.
U.S. Army Col. Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson "made a brilliant defense – called the greatest fight of his career – the Indians won."
But did the Indians actually win the First Battle of Adobe Walls on Nov. 25, 1864, which happened to be Thanksgiving Day?
"That depends on who you talk to," said Clay Rinnick, director of the Hutchinson County Historical Museum in Borger.
"I think they fought to a draw," Rinnick said of the first of two battles of Adobe Walls.
"Look, Carson lost only three troops in that fight," Rinnick said. "But the Indians lived there. Carson and the soldiers then went home after the battle. I guess that's 'winning,' if you want to call it that," he said.
