GeoCoords:
Latitude: 27.158897000000
Longitude: -98.116130000000
Longitude: -98.116130000000
County:
- Brooks
Date:
May 12, 1854
Time Period:
Description:
Cpl. William Wright and a number of other soldiers attack a Lipan Apache camp at Arroyo Baluarte, five miles south of present-day Falfurrias. The Indians wound six soldiers. Four Indians are killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Citation:
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), 125-126.
Apache Camp Original Title: Lipan Apache Camp
Image Type: Painting
Creator: George Nelson; image used with permission
Collection: Institute of Texan Cultures, University of Texas at San Antonio
Image Viewed: https://texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/peoples/apache.html
Image Accessed: April 4, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 27.158897000000
Longitude: -98.116130000000
Longitude: -98.116130000000
County:
- Brooks
Date:
May 12, 1854
Event Description:
Cpl. William Wright and a number of other soldiers attack a Lipan Apache camp at Arroyo Baluarte, five miles south of present-day Falfurrias. The Indians wound six soldiers. Four Indians are killed.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Apaches
- Lipans
Citation:
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), 125-126.
Apache Camp Original Title: Lipan Apache Camp
Image Type: Painting
Creator: George Nelson; image used with permission
Collection: Institute of Texan Cultures, University of Texas at San Antonio
Image Viewed: https://texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/peoples/apache.html
Image Accessed: April 4, 2019