GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.192424000000
Longitude: -95.937562000000
Longitude: -95.937562000000
County:
- Henderson
Date:
June 8, 1841
Time Period:
Description:
Nacogdoches militiamen pursue a party of Cherokees, killing seven, eight miles east of the upper Trinity River.
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), 3:254-255.
Telegraph and Texas Register, February 23, 1842.
Cherokee Indian Original Title: Téh-ke-néh-kee, Black Coat, a Chief
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/teh-ke-neh-kee-black-coat-chief-3923
Image Accessed: May 29, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.192424000000
Longitude: -95.937562000000
Longitude: -95.937562000000
County:
- Henderson
Date:
June 8, 1841
Event Description:
Nacogdoches militiamen pursue a party of Cherokees, killing seven, eight miles east of the upper Trinity River.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Cherokees
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), 3:254-255.
Telegraph and Texas Register, February 23, 1842.
Cherokee Indian Original Title: Téh-ke-néh-kee, Black Coat, a Chief
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/teh-ke-neh-kee-black-coat-chief-3923
Image Accessed: May 29, 2019