GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.494057000000
Longitude: -95.688152000000
Longitude: -95.688152000000
County:
- Montgomery
Date:
June 9, 1841
Time Period:
Description:
Eli Chandler’s Robertson County militiamen encounter a hunting party of sixty Indians, including Shawnees and Ionis (Caddo), in the northwest Cross Timbers region. Four Indians are killed; fourteen are taken prisoner.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
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), 3:257-258.
Shawnee Indians Original Title: Lay-láw-she-kaw, Goes Up the River, an Aged Chief
Image Type: Painting
Creator: George Catlin, 1830
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/lay-law-she-kaw-goes-river-aged-chief-4068
Image Accessed: May 21, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.494057000000
Longitude: -95.688152000000
Longitude: -95.688152000000
County:
- Montgomery
Date:
June 9, 1841
Event Description:
Eli Chandler’s Robertson County militiamen encounter a hunting party of sixty Indians, including Shawnees and Ionis (Caddo), in the northwest Cross Timbers region. Four Indians are killed; fourteen are taken prisoner.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Shawnees
- Caddos
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), 3:257-258.
Shawnee Indians Original Title: Lay-láw-she-kaw, Goes Up the River, an Aged Chief
Image Type: Painting
Creator: George Catlin, 1830
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/lay-law-she-kaw-goes-river-aged-chief-4068
Image Accessed: May 21, 2019