GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.051527000000
Longitude: -97.292012000000
Longitude: -97.292012000000
County:
- Bastrop
Date:
April 11, 1844
Time Period:
Description:
Waco Indians steal horses at Hill’s Prairie, four miles south of Bastrop, and are pursued by local residents. Six Wacos are killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Clarksville Northern Standard, May 22, 1844.
Lorna Geer Sheppard, ed., An Editor’s View of Early Texas (Austin: Eakin Press, 1998), 63-4.
Waco Indians Original Title: Hueco Indians
Image Type: Print from lithograph based on original sketch
Creator: H.B. Möllhausen
Collection: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
Image Citation:
Henry, Joseph, and Baird, Spencer Fullerton. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Washington: Print, 1856, p. 27
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.051527000000
Longitude: -97.292012000000
Longitude: -97.292012000000
County:
- Bastrop
Date:
April 11, 1844
Event Description:
Waco Indians steal horses at Hill’s Prairie, four miles south of Bastrop, and are pursued by local residents. Six Wacos are killed.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Wichitas
- Wacos
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Clarksville Northern Standard, May 22, 1844.
Lorna Geer Sheppard, ed., An Editor’s View of Early Texas (Austin: Eakin Press, 1998), 63-4.
Waco Indians Original Title: Hueco Indians
Image Type: Print from lithograph based on original sketch
Creator: H.B. Möllhausen
Collection: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
Image Citation:
Henry, Joseph, and Baird, Spencer Fullerton. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Washington: Print, 1856, p. 27