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Fort Wingate

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Fort Fauntleroy was renamed Fort Wingate.  This is the site where the Navajo led by Narbona signed their first treaty with the US Government when it was not yet a fort (it was called Bear Springs). 

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Fort Wingate

Fort Wingate is near Gallup, New Mexico. There were two locations in New Mexico that had this name. The first one was located near San Rafael. The current fort was established on the southern edge of the Navajo territory in 1862. The initial purpose of the fort was to control the large Navajo tribe to its north. It was involved with the Navajo's Long Walk. From 1870 onward the garrison was concerned with Apaches to the south and hundreds of Navajo Scouts were enlisted at the fort through 1890.

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