Longitude: -98.595217000000
Col. Edward Burleson engages a group of Cherokees near the mouth of the San Saba River, eight miles northwest of present-day San Saba, who are trying to make their way to Mexico. Six Cherokees are killed, including Chief Egg and Chief John Bowles, the son of Chief Bowles. One Ranger, Capt. Lynch, is killed.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1838-1839 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2006), 2:347-349.
Edward Burleson Original Title: General Edward Burleson
Collection: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Archives and Information Services Division, The Battle of San Jacinto Notebook, The McArdle Notebooks
Image Viewed: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/mcardle/sanjac/sanjac051.html
Image Accessed: May 14, 2015
Longitude: -98.595217000000
Col. Edward Burleson engages a group of Cherokees near the mouth of the San Saba River, eight miles northwest of present-day San Saba, who are trying to make their way to Mexico. Six Cherokees are killed, including Chief Egg and Chief John Bowles, the son of Chief Bowles. One Ranger, Capt. Lynch, is killed.
- Cherokees
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1838-1839 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2006), 2:347-349.
Edward Burleson Original Title: General Edward Burleson
Collection: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Archives and Information Services Division, The Battle of San Jacinto Notebook, The McArdle Notebooks
Image Viewed: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/mcardle/sanjac/sanjac051.html
Image Accessed: May 14, 2015