GeoCoords:
Latitude: 33.062893000000
Longitude: -99.672184000000
Longitude: -99.672184000000
County:
- Haskell
Date:
March 6, 1868
Time Period:
Description:
Capt. Adna R. Chaffee leads two detachments of cavalrymen to a Comanche encampment at Paint Creek, thirty miles southwest of Throckmorton. The cavalrymen attack the camp, killing five Comanches, one Mexican, and an African-American. Three soldiers die in the fighting.
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), 212-214.
Gen. Adna Romanza Chaffee Image Type: Photographic print
Creator: MacDonald, Pirie
Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Image Viewed: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97508364/
Image Accessed: March 7, 2023
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 33.062893000000
Longitude: -99.672184000000
Longitude: -99.672184000000
County:
- Haskell
Date:
March 6, 1868
Event Description:
Capt. Adna R. Chaffee leads two detachments of cavalrymen to a Comanche encampment at Paint Creek, thirty miles southwest of Throckmorton. The cavalrymen attack the camp, killing five Comanches, one Mexican, and an African-American. Three soldiers die in the fighting.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
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), 212-214.
Gen. Adna Romanza Chaffee Image Type: Photographic print
Creator: MacDonald, Pirie
Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Image Viewed: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97508364/
Image Accessed: March 7, 2023