Corn production had been sufficient in 1865…

Corn production had been sufficient in 1865 and 1866, but it had been much less than adequate in 1867.

Army officers and Indian Agents realize that the Bosque Redondo is a failure, offering poor water and too little firewood for the numbers of people who are there.

The Navajos have stayed a few years longer than had the Mescalero, but in May 1868 are permitted to return to a portion of their former homeland, where they rejoin thousands of their fellows, who have avoided imprisonment through hiding on Black Mesa or elsewhere in the vicinity.