GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.267200000000
Longitude: -97.743100000000
Longitude: -97.743100000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
March 13, 1840
Time Period:
Description:
Two Austin residents, a butcher and an English laborer, are killed in the recently-establish city by Comanches.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:17.
Comanche Indian Original Title: His-oo-sán-chees, Little Spaniard, a Warrior (Comanche)
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/his-oo-san-chees-little-spaniard-warrior-4213
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.267200000000
Longitude: -97.743100000000
Longitude: -97.743100000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
March 13, 1840
Event Description:
Two Austin residents, a butcher and an English laborer, are killed in the recently-establish city by Comanches.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:17.
Comanche Indian Original Title: His-oo-sán-chees, Little Spaniard, a Warrior (Comanche)
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/his-oo-san-chees-little-spaniard-warrior-4213
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019