GeoCoords:
Latitude: 27.864110000000
Longitude: -97.598678000000
Longitude: -97.598678000000
County:
- Nueces
Date:
December 28, 1841
Time Period:
Description:
William Cairnes’ spy company attacks a party of Mexican traders near Kinney’s Fort (present-day Corpus Christi). One Mexican merchant is killed by the Texans, who seize the traders’ goods and mules.
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), 3:307.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 27.864110000000
Longitude: -97.598678000000
Longitude: -97.598678000000
County:
- Nueces
Date:
December 28, 1841
Event Description:
William Cairnes’ spy company attacks a party of Mexican traders near Kinney’s Fort (present-day Corpus Christi). One Mexican merchant is killed by the Texans, who seize the traders’ goods and mules.
Event Type:
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), 3:307.