GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.453058000000
Longitude: -97.631911000000
Longitude: -97.631911000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
July 4, 1840
Time Period:
Description:
A young female slave owned by William Clopton is killed by Comanches while bringing cattle in from pasture on Gilleland Creek, twelve miles north of Austin, near present-day Pflugerville.
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), 3:66.
Comanche Indian Original Title: Comanche Warrior. Written on the border: “Shoshonean Tribe.” Northwestern Texas
Image Type: Wood engraving
Collection: Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b53-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.453058000000
Longitude: -97.631911000000
Longitude: -97.631911000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
July 4, 1840
Event Description:
A young female slave owned by William Clopton is killed by Comanches while bringing cattle in from pasture on Gilleland Creek, twelve miles north of Austin, near present-day Pflugerville.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
female
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), 3:66.
Comanche Indian Original Title: Comanche Warrior. Written on the border: “Shoshonean Tribe.” Northwestern Texas
Image Type: Wood engraving
Collection: Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b53-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019