Robert Goldthwaite Carter and a detail of five men mounted a rear guard action against the Comanches, and the remainder of the unit retreated. The cavalry fought their way clear, but suffered the loss of one cavalryman, the sole Army fatality of the entire campaign. As the pursuing cavalry reached the top of a hill on the top of the canyon, they found a much larger party of Indians, who were waiting in ambush. The next morning, a unit of cavalry set off down the canyon in pursuit of Indians who were seen driving what appeared to be stolen cavalry horses. Late that evening Quanah Parker personally led a small Comanche force which stampeded through the cavalry camp, driving off sixty-six horses.
In the afternoon of October 9, 1871, the cavalry force reached the White River and Blanco Canyon.
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