GeoCoords:
Latitude: 34.812972000000
Longitude: -102.228012000000
Longitude: -102.228012000000
County:
- Deaf Smith
Date:
September 23, 1841
Time Period:
Description:
Three members of the Santa Expedition are foraging for berries ten miles east of present-day Hereford. They do not return to camp, presumably killed by Kiowa Indians.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Noel M. Loomis. The Texan-Santa Fe Pioneers (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958), 108.
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: 34.812972000000
Longitude: -102.228012000000
Longitude: -102.228012000000
County:
- Deaf Smith
Date:
September 23, 1841
Event Description:
Three members of the Santa Expedition are foraging for berries ten miles east of present-day Hereford. They do not return to camp, presumably killed by Kiowa Indians.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kiowas
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Noel M. Loomis. The Texan-Santa Fe Pioneers (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958), 108.
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