The White massacre was an engagement between American settlers and a band of Utes and Jicarilla Apaches that occurred in northeastern New Mexico on October 28, 1849.

White, a veteran of the trail, along with his wife Ann and baby daughter and "negro servant",[2] plus a German named Lawberger and several others, then decided to separate from the train and advance to Santa Fe alone.

As they began to pick through what was left of the wagon train, the Apaches and Utes attacked them, killing or driving them away but leaving a wounded Mexican boy.

The Jicarillas started packing their goods for flight and a shot was fired that struck Captain Grier, causing no serious injury.

(because Grier had a pair of heavy gauntlets tucked in his jacket) The captain ordered a charge, but the delay allowed all but one of the Indians to escape.

In about 200 yards, pursuing the Indians, the body of Mrs. White was found, perfectly warm, had not been killed more than five minutes - shot through the heart by an arrow....

LaCome met with Utes affiliated with the Jicarilla Apache and confirmed that the child had been killed shortly after the attack on the camp and her body thrown in a river.