GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.853765000000
Longitude: -97.917442000000
Longitude: -97.917442000000
County:
- Hays
Date:
Mid-April 1835
Time Period:
Description:
Party of settlers from Gonzales led by James H. C. McClure skirmish with a Comanche raiding party, numbering about 50, on the Rio Blanco, near present-day San Marcos. Five or six Comanches are killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Citation:
Andrew J. Sowell, Early settlers and Indian fighters of southwest Texas, Austin: B.C. Jones, 1900), 438-440.
“Unfortunate Occurrence,” The Texas Republican, May 2, 1835.
Comanche Indian Original Title: His-oo-sán-chees, Little Spaniard, a Warrior (Comanche)
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/his-oo-san-chees-little-spaniard-warrior-4213
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.853765000000
Longitude: -97.917442000000
Longitude: -97.917442000000
County:
- Hays
Date:
Mid-April 1835
Event Description:
Party of settlers from Gonzales led by James H. C. McClure skirmish with a Comanche raiding party, numbering about 50, on the Rio Blanco, near present-day San Marcos. Five or six Comanches are killed.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Citation:
Andrew J. Sowell, Early settlers and Indian fighters of southwest Texas, Austin: B.C. Jones, 1900), 438-440.
“Unfortunate Occurrence,” The Texas Republican, May 2, 1835.
Comanche Indian Original Title: His-oo-sán-chees, Little Spaniard, a Warrior (Comanche)
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/his-oo-san-chees-little-spaniard-warrior-4213
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019