GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.543538000000
Longitude: -98.667510000000
Longitude: -98.667510000000
County:
- Llano
Date:
February 5, 1868
Time Period:
Description:
Fifteen Comanches raid the home of John and Matilda Friend near the junction of Sandy Creek and Legion Creek, fourteen miles south of Llano. They kill seven local women and children and capture two other youths.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Handbook of Texas Online, Johnie Lee Reeves, "LEGION VALLEY MASSACRE," accessed August 11, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/btlkt.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 633-637.
Matilda Jane Jones Friend Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19030694/matilda-jane-friend
Image Accessed: October 2, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.543538000000
Longitude: -98.667510000000
Longitude: -98.667510000000
County:
- Llano
Date:
February 5, 1868
Event Description:
Fifteen Comanches raid the home of John and Matilda Friend near the junction of Sandy Creek and Legion Creek, fourteen miles south of Llano. They kill seven local women and children and capture two other youths.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Handbook of Texas Online, Johnie Lee Reeves, "LEGION VALLEY MASSACRE," accessed August 11, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/btlkt.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 633-637.
Matilda Jane Jones Friend Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19030694/matilda-jane-friend
Image Accessed: October 2, 2019