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Rye, Colorado
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In the late summer of 1779, New Mexico's Spanish governor, Juan Bautista de Anza, led roughly 600 soldiers south from Santa Fe, joined along the way by about 200 Ute and Jicarilla Apache allies, in a campaign against Cuerno Verde ("Green Horn"), a Comanche leader whose raids had devastated Spanish settlements for years. After several running engagements, Anza's combined force cornered Cuerno Verde's band at the foot of the mountain that still carries his name, near present-day Rye. Cuerno Verde was killed there on September 3, 1779, along with his eldest son and six of his sub-chiefs. The exact spot of the final fight is still debated among historians, and the marker that commemorates it stands near Rye. Visitors describe whispers in Spanish and Comanche near the marker, and a presence felt rather than seen.
A roadside marker at Greenhorn Meadows Park on Colorado Highway 165 in Rye marks the 1779 battle where the Comanche leader Cuerno Verde was killed. The battle itself took place on the slopes of Greenhorn Mountain, much of it private or forest land. Stay at the marker and treat the site respectfully.
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