GeoCoords:
Latitude: 28.858341000000
Longitude: -97.084956000000
Longitude: -97.084956000000
County:
- Victoria
Date:
May 1844
Time Period:
Description:
Col. L. P. Cooke is killed by Karankawas while crossing the Guadalupe River near Victoria.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Clarksville Northern Standard, June 26, 1844.
Lorna Geer Sheppard, ed., An Editor’s View of Early Texas (Austin: Eakin Press, 1998), 62.
Karankawa Indians Original Title: Carancahueses
Image Type: Watercolor and ink on paper
Creator: Lino Sánchez y Tapia
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Image Citation:
Jean Louis Berlandier, The Indians of Texas in 1830. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1969, Plate 15
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 28.858341000000
Longitude: -97.084956000000
Longitude: -97.084956000000
County:
- Victoria
Date:
May 1844
Event Description:
Col. L. P. Cooke is killed by Karankawas while crossing the Guadalupe River near Victoria.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Karankawas
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Clarksville Northern Standard, June 26, 1844.
Lorna Geer Sheppard, ed., An Editor’s View of Early Texas (Austin: Eakin Press, 1998), 62.
Karankawa Indians Original Title: Carancahueses
Image Type: Watercolor and ink on paper
Creator: Lino Sánchez y Tapia
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Image Citation:
Jean Louis Berlandier, The Indians of Texas in 1830. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1969, Plate 15