GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.477806000000
Longitude: -98.293240000000
Longitude: -98.293240000000
County:
- Burnet
Date:
March 31, 1841
Time Period:
Description:
Following a rash of horse thefts in Austin, Capt. George M. Dolson and seventeen members of the Travis County Guards pursue a party of Comanches to the Pedernales River, in present-day Blanco County. Eight Comanches are killed; Capt. Dolson is severely wounded.
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), 3:204-207.
Comanches on Horses Original Title: Comanche Feats of Horsemanship
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834-1835
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/comanche-feats-horsemanship-4004
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.477806000000
Longitude: -98.293240000000
Longitude: -98.293240000000
County:
- Burnet
Date:
March 31, 1841
Event Description:
Following a rash of horse thefts in Austin, Capt. George M. Dolson and seventeen members of the Travis County Guards pursue a party of Comanches to the Pedernales River, in present-day Blanco County. Eight Comanches are killed; Capt. Dolson is severely wounded.
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), 3:204-207.
Comanches on Horses Original Title: Comanche Feats of Horsemanship
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834-1835
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/comanche-feats-horsemanship-4004
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019