GeoCoords:
Latitude: 27.793869000000
Longitude: -97.396357000000
Longitude: -97.396357000000
County:
- Nueces
Date:
Late July 1844
Time Period:
Description:
A party of fifty Comanches steal several dozen horses at Kinney’s Ranch, Corpus Christi. Four Indians are killed. Other reports indicate that the Indians are Kiowas.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Clarksville Northern Standard, August 7, 1844.
Lorna Geer Sheppard, ed., An Editor’s View of Early Texas (Austin: Eakin Press, 1998), 61-62.
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: 27.793869000000
Longitude: -97.396357000000
Longitude: -97.396357000000
County:
- Nueces
Date:
Late July 1844
Event Description:
A party of fifty Comanches steal several dozen horses at Kinney’s Ranch, Corpus Christi. Four Indians are killed. Other reports indicate that the Indians are Kiowas.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
- Kiowas
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Clarksville Northern Standard, August 7, 1844.
Lorna Geer Sheppard, ed., An Editor’s View of Early Texas (Austin: Eakin Press, 1998), 61-62.
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