GeoCoords:
Latitude: 35.059230000000
Longitude: -100.606092000000
Longitude: -100.606092000000
County:
- Donley
Date:
September 7, 1874
Time Period:
Description:
Four U.S. soldiers encounter an unknown number of Kiowa and Comanche Indians on Whitefish Creek in northeast Donley County. A skirmish ensues in which at least eight Indians are killed or wounded.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno and Susan J. Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2008), 294-295.
Image Type: Wood engraving
Collection: The New York Public Library, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, Harper's Magazine. (New York: Harper Brothers, 1850-)
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1bdf-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 35.059230000000
Longitude: -100.606092000000
Longitude: -100.606092000000
County:
- Donley
Date:
September 7, 1874
Event Description:
Four U.S. soldiers encounter an unknown number of Kiowa and Comanche Indians on Whitefish Creek in northeast Donley County. A skirmish ensues in which at least eight Indians are killed or wounded.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kiowas
- Comanches
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno and Susan J. Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2008), 294-295.
Image Type: Wood engraving
Collection: The New York Public Library, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, Harper's Magazine. (New York: Harper Brothers, 1850-)
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1bdf-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019