GeoCoords:
Latitude: 34.316185000000
Longitude: -101.063776000000
Longitude: -101.063776000000
County:
- Briscoe
Date:
September 12, 1841
Time Period:
Description:
Three members of the Santa Fe Expedition are attacked by Kiowa Indians while foraging for mesquite beans. One is killed; a second man later dies of his wounds.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Noel M. Loomis. The Texan-Santa Fe Pioneers (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958), 101-02, 105-06.
Kiowa Indian Original Title: Téh-tóot-sah (better known as Tohausen, Little Bluff), First 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-toot-sah-better-known-tohausen-little-bluff-first-chief-4408
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 34.316185000000
Longitude: -101.063776000000
Longitude: -101.063776000000
County:
- Briscoe
Date:
September 12, 1841
Event Description:
Three members of the Santa Fe Expedition are attacked by Kiowa Indians while foraging for mesquite beans. One is killed; a second man later dies of his wounds.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kiowas
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Noel M. Loomis. The Texan-Santa Fe Pioneers (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958), 101-02, 105-06.
Kiowa Indian Original Title: Téh-tóot-sah (better known as Tohausen, Little Bluff), First 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-toot-sah-better-known-tohausen-little-bluff-first-chief-4408
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019