GeoCoords:
Latitude: 28.390069000000
Longitude: -99.490367000000
Longitude: -99.490367000000
County:
- Dimmit
Date:
May 13, 1850
Time Period:
Description:
Comanches attack Capt. John S. Ford and his men while they are patrolling near San Roque Creek, a few miles west of present-day Cotulla. The rangers, repelling the attack, kill four Indians and wound four others.
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 6.
The Nueces Valley, Vol. 2, No. 16, May 25, 1850.
Bob Alexander and Donaly E. Brice, Texas Rangers: Lives, Legend, and Legacy (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2017), 59-60.
John Salmon Ford Original Title: John Salmon Ford
Image Type: Half-Plate Ambrotype, ca. 1858
Collection: Used with permission of Heritage Auctions
Image Viewed: https://historical.ha.com/itm/photography/ambrotypes/-texas-rangers-john-s-rip-ford-half-plate-ambrotype-circa-1858/a/6104-44141.s
Image Accessed: June 26, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 28.390069000000
Longitude: -99.490367000000
Longitude: -99.490367000000
County:
- Dimmit
Date:
May 13, 1850
Event Description:
Comanches attack Capt. John S. Ford and his men while they are patrolling near San Roque Creek, a few miles west of present-day Cotulla. The rangers, repelling the attack, kill four Indians and wound four others.
Tribe:
- Comanches
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 6.
The Nueces Valley, Vol. 2, No. 16, May 25, 1850.
Bob Alexander and Donaly E. Brice, Texas Rangers: Lives, Legend, and Legacy (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2017), 59-60.
John Salmon Ford Original Title: John Salmon Ford
Image Type: Half-Plate Ambrotype, ca. 1858
Collection: Used with permission of Heritage Auctions
Image Viewed: https://historical.ha.com/itm/photography/ambrotypes/-texas-rangers-john-s-rip-ford-half-plate-ambrotype-circa-1858/a/6104-44141.s
Image Accessed: June 26, 2019