GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.157401000000
Longitude: -100.129508000000
Longitude: -100.129508000000
County:
- Tom Green
Date:
May 19-20, 1870
Time Period:
Description:
Ten black soldiers led by Sgt. Emanuel Stance exchange gunfire with Comanches over the course of two days near Kickapoo Spring, twenty-eight miles southeast of present-day San Angelo. Four Comanches are wounded during 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), 242.
Michael L. Nunnally, American Indian Wars: A Chronology of Confrontations Between Native Peoples and Settlers and the United States Military, 1500s-1901 (Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007), 125.
Emanuel Stance Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6404212/emanuel-stance/photo
Image Accessed: August 2, 2022
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.157401000000
Longitude: -100.129508000000
Longitude: -100.129508000000
County:
- Tom Green
Date:
May 19-20, 1870
Event Description:
Ten black soldiers led by Sgt. Emanuel Stance exchange gunfire with Comanches over the course of two days near Kickapoo Spring, twenty-eight miles southeast of present-day San Angelo. Four Comanches are wounded during 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), 242.
Michael L. Nunnally, American Indian Wars: A Chronology of Confrontations Between Native Peoples and Settlers and the United States Military, 1500s-1901 (Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007), 125.
Emanuel Stance Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6404212/emanuel-stance/photo
Image Accessed: August 2, 2022