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Remolino Raid
By 1873 raids by the Lipan Indians into Texas from villages in Mexico had become a major political issue in the United States. The Texas congressional delegation, made more powerful by the end of Reconstruction, pressed for some sort of military action to end the raids. The Secretary of War, William Belknap, and the commander of the Division of the Missouri, Philip Sheridan, instructed Colonel Ranald Mackenzie to lead elements of his Fourth Cavalry Regiment into Mexico to put an end to the raiding.

Aftermath and legacy
The effectiveness of the Remolino Raid was debated almost as soon as Mackenzie's command recrossed the Rio Grande River. Many newspapers in Texas praised the attack, while papers farther from the Frontier were more subdued.