GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.306867000000
Longitude: -100.821276000000
Longitude: -100.821276000000
County:
- Val Verde
Date:
December 21, 1856
Time Period:
Description:
Three days after encountering and attacking Apaches near their post, U.S. troops at Fort Clark (present-day Brackettville) locate another band of Apaches near the Rio Grande River. They kill two and wound two others.
Event Type:
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), 51.
Apache Indian Original Title: Apache Indian
Image Type: Wood engraving
Creator: Antonio Zeno Shindler
Collection: New York Public Library, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1c0a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.306867000000
Longitude: -100.821276000000
Longitude: -100.821276000000
County:
- Val Verde
Date:
December 21, 1856
Event Description:
Three days after encountering and attacking Apaches near their post, U.S. troops at Fort Clark (present-day Brackettville) locate another band of Apaches near the Rio Grande River. They kill two and wound two others.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Apaches
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 51.
Apache Indian Original Title: Apache Indian
Image Type: Wood engraving
Creator: Antonio Zeno Shindler
Collection: New York Public Library, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1c0a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019