GeoCoords:
Latitude: 34.432358000000
Longitude: -101.024202000000
Longitude: -101.024202000000
County:
- Briscoe
Date:
August 27, 1841
Time Period:
Description:
Francis Keenan, a member of the Santa Fe Expedition, wanders off from the main group of Texans near the Cap Rock Escarpment and is never found. He is presumably killed by Kiowa Indians, who were following the expedition as it headed west.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Noel M. Loomis. The Texan-Santa Fe Pioneers (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958), 62.
Kiowa Indian Original Title: Kotz-a-tó-ah, Smoked Shield, a Distinguished Warrior
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/kotz-ah-smoked-shield-distinguished-warrior-4377
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 34.432358000000
Longitude: -101.024202000000
Longitude: -101.024202000000
County:
- Briscoe
Date:
August 27, 1841
Event Description:
Francis Keenan, a member of the Santa Fe Expedition, wanders off from the main group of Texans near the Cap Rock Escarpment and is never found. He is presumably killed by Kiowa Indians, who were following the expedition as it headed west.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kiowas
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Noel M. Loomis. The Texan-Santa Fe Pioneers (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958), 62.
Kiowa Indian Original Title: Kotz-a-tó-ah, Smoked Shield, a Distinguished Warrior
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/kotz-ah-smoked-shield-distinguished-warrior-4377
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019