Longitude: -97.782173000000
- Williamson
The surveying party and family of land-speculator John Webster is attacked by Comanches near the headwaters of Brushy Creek in present-day Leander. Webster’s wife Dolly, her daughter Virginia, and son Booker are captured. All 13 men in the party are killed—eleven whites, a Mexican, and a black slave. Webster and her children would escape to San Antonio in March, 1840. Note: Some accounts incorrectly place the Webster attack in August.
Benjamin, Dolbeare, A Narrative of the Captivity and Suffering of Dolly Webster Among the Camanche Indians in Texas: With an Account of the Massacre of John Webster and His Party, as Related by Mrs. Webster (New Haven: Yale University Library), 1986.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1838-1839 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2006), 2:290-293.
Comanche Warriors Original Title: Comanche warriors
Creator: George Catlin
Collection: Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library
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Longitude: -97.782173000000
- Williamson
The surveying party and family of land-speculator John Webster is attacked by Comanches near the headwaters of Brushy Creek in present-day Leander. Webster’s wife Dolly, her daughter Virginia, and son Booker are captured. All 13 men in the party are killed—eleven whites, a Mexican, and a black slave. Webster and her children would escape to San Antonio in March, 1840. Note: Some accounts incorrectly place the Webster attack in August.
- Comanches
Benjamin, Dolbeare, A Narrative of the Captivity and Suffering of Dolly Webster Among the Camanche Indians in Texas: With an Account of the Massacre of John Webster and His Party, as Related by Mrs. Webster (New Haven: Yale University Library), 1986.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1838-1839 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2006), 2:290-293.
Comanche Warriors Original Title: Comanche warriors
Creator: George Catlin
Collection: Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library
Image Viewed: https://dp.la/item/75aa112e54c203de46a7d6bc8de2d7a5
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019