GeoCoords:
Latitude: 28.841255000000
Longitude: -97.064552000000
Longitude: -97.064552000000
County:
- Victoria
Date:
Winter 1829
Time Period:
Description:
John McSherry killed by Indians, possibly Tawakonis (Wichita) on the west side of Guadalupe River, at the lower edge of the DeWitt Colony.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: State House Press, 1988), 88.
Tawakoni (Wichita) Indians Original Title: Tahuacanos
Image Type: Watercolor and ink on paper
Creator: Lino Sánchez y Tapia after Jean Louis Berlandier
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Image Citation:
Berlandier, Jean Louis, The Indians of Texas in 1830. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1969, Plate 13
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 28.841255000000
Longitude: -97.064552000000
Longitude: -97.064552000000
County:
- Victoria
Date:
Winter 1829
Event Description:
John McSherry killed by Indians, possibly Tawakonis (Wichita) on the west side of Guadalupe River, at the lower edge of the DeWitt Colony.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Wichitas
- Tawakonis
Gender:
male
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: State House Press, 1988), 88.
Tawakoni (Wichita) Indians Original Title: Tahuacanos
Image Type: Watercolor and ink on paper
Creator: Lino Sánchez y Tapia after Jean Louis Berlandier
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Image Citation:
Berlandier, Jean Louis, The Indians of Texas in 1830. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1969, Plate 13