GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.973356000000
Longitude: -96.683021000000
Longitude: -96.683021000000
County:
- Robertson
Date:
June 24, 1840
Time Period:
Description:
Cherokee and Kickapoo Indians attack the Tidwell family at their home on Tidwell Creek in present- day Calvert. Joseph Tidwell is killed, and his wife and three children are captured. They are ransomed from the Choctaws in U.S. Indian Territory in October.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:50, 55.
Kickapoo Indian Original Title: Kee-án-ne-kuk, Foremost Man, Chief of the Tribe
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1830
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/kee-ne-kuk-foremost-man-chief-tribe-4061
Image Accessed: May 8, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.973356000000
Longitude: -96.683021000000
Longitude: -96.683021000000
County:
- Robertson
Date:
June 24, 1840
Event Description:
Cherokee and Kickapoo Indians attack the Tidwell family at their home on Tidwell Creek in present- day Calvert. Joseph Tidwell is killed, and his wife and three children are captured. They are ransomed from the Choctaws in U.S. Indian Territory in October.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kickapoos
- Cherokees
- Choctaws/Chickasaws
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:50, 55.
Kickapoo Indian Original Title: Kee-án-ne-kuk, Foremost Man, Chief of the Tribe
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1830
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/kee-ne-kuk-foremost-man-chief-tribe-4061
Image Accessed: May 8, 2019