GeoCoords:
Latitude: 33.151072000000
Longitude: -98.740851000000
Longitude: -98.740851000000
County:
- Young
Date:
March 23, 1853
Time Period:
Description:
U.S. troops under Capt. Henry H. Sibley detain a party of more than twenty Wichitas (Taovayas) at Fort Belknap. Preferring death to imprisonment, Taovaya chief Koweaka kills his wife and child, then rushes his guards, and is killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, The Caddos, the Wichitas, and the United States, 1846-1901 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1996), 36.
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), 120-121.
South-Western American, Vol. 4., No. 44, April 13, 1853.
Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley Original Title: Portrait of Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley, officer of the Confederate Army
Image Type: Wet collodion negative
Creator: Compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, ca. 1860-65
Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540
Image Viewed: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018666548/
Image Accessed: November 10, 2020
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 33.151072000000
Longitude: -98.740851000000
Longitude: -98.740851000000
County:
- Young
Date:
March 23, 1853
Event Description:
U.S. troops under Capt. Henry H. Sibley detain a party of more than twenty Wichitas (Taovayas) at Fort Belknap. Preferring death to imprisonment, Taovaya chief Koweaka kills his wife and child, then rushes his guards, and is killed.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Wichitas
- Taovayas
Gender:
male
female
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, The Caddos, the Wichitas, and the United States, 1846-1901 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1996), 36.
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), 120-121.
South-Western American, Vol. 4., No. 44, April 13, 1853.
Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley Original Title: Portrait of Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley, officer of the Confederate Army
Image Type: Wet collodion negative
Creator: Compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, ca. 1860-65
Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540
Image Viewed: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018666548/
Image Accessed: November 10, 2020