GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.015811000000
Longitude: -100.205331000000
Longitude: -100.205331000000
County:
- Edwards
Date:
December 10, 1873
Time Period:
Description:
U.S. soldiers led by Lt. Charles L. Hudson attack a party of thirty Kiowas and Comanches in the vicinity of Rocksprings, near the West Fork of the Nueces River. The soldiers kill nine Indians includingTau-ankia, son of Lone Wolf. One soldier is wounded in the fighting.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 272-273.
Tau-ankia, Kiowa Indian Original Title: Tan-ankia, son of Lone Wolf
Image Type: Photograph, 1868 or 1872
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43264023
Image Accessed: May 29, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.015811000000
Longitude: -100.205331000000
Longitude: -100.205331000000
County:
- Edwards
Date:
December 10, 1873
Event Description:
U.S. soldiers led by Lt. Charles L. Hudson attack a party of thirty Kiowas and Comanches in the vicinity of Rocksprings, near the West Fork of the Nueces River. The soldiers kill nine Indians includingTau-ankia, son of Lone Wolf. One soldier is wounded in the fighting.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kiowas
- Comanches
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 272-273.
Tau-ankia, Kiowa Indian Original Title: Tan-ankia, son of Lone Wolf
Image Type: Photograph, 1868 or 1872
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43264023
Image Accessed: May 29, 2019