U.S. Soldiers Fight Kiowas and Comanches | BORDER LAND: Interethnic Violence in Texas, 1820-1879

GeoCoords:

Latitude: 30.181538000000
Longitude: -101.541538000000

County:

Val Verde

Date:

April 20, 1872

Time Period:

Texas Statehood 1846-

Description:

U.S. soldiers pursue Kiowas and Comanches responsible for attacking a wagon train at Howard’s Well. The two parties engage in a skirmish near Pandale, two miles east of the Pecos River. One soldiers is mortally wounded; two Indians are wounded.

Event Type:

Reprisal

Race or Ethnicity:

Native American

White (includes Anglo-American, European)

Tribe:

Kiowas

Comanches

Age:

adult (18+)

Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 254.

Image
Image details

Wagon Train Attacked by Indians

Caption: Wagon Train Attacked by Indians
Original Title: Emigrants Attacked by the Comanches
Image Type: Engraving
Creator: James Smillie after Seth Eastman
Collection: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
Image Citation:

Referenced Schoolcraft, H. Rowe., Eastman, S., Bureau of Indian Affairs. Historical and Statistical Information respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States, with illustrations by Capt. Seth Eastman (6 vols., 1851-1857) (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo)