GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.485286000000
Longitude: -101.469447000000
Longitude: -101.469447000000
County:
- Crockett
Date:
October 1, 1867
Time Period:
Description:
Kickapoos kill Cpl. Emanuel Wright and Pvt. E. T. Wright near Howard’s Well, twenty-one miles west of present-day Ozona, as the two men escort a mail wagon. The Kickapoos wound the coach driver and other passengers.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 211.
Kickapoo Indian Original Title: Ah-tón-we-tuck, Cock Turkey, Repeating His Prayer
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1830
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/ah-ton-we-tuck-cock-turkey-repeating-his-prayer-4001
Image Accessed: May 8, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.485286000000
Longitude: -101.469447000000
Longitude: -101.469447000000
County:
- Crockett
Date:
October 1, 1867
Event Description:
Kickapoos kill Cpl. Emanuel Wright and Pvt. E. T. Wright near Howard’s Well, twenty-one miles west of present-day Ozona, as the two men escort a mail wagon. The Kickapoos wound the coach driver and other passengers.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kickapoos
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 211.
Kickapoo Indian Original Title: Ah-tón-we-tuck, Cock Turkey, Repeating His Prayer
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1830
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/ah-ton-we-tuck-cock-turkey-repeating-his-prayer-4001
Image Accessed: May 8, 2019