GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.253465000000
Longitude: -97.626950000000
Longitude: -97.626950000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
June 7, 1845
Time Period:
Description:
Daniel Hornsby and William Adkinson are killed by Comanches while fishing on the Colorado River below Austin. The two men are believed to be the last settlers in the Austin area killed as a result of Indian depredations.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Noah Smithwick, The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 281.
Comanche Indian Original Title: Eé-shah-kó-née, Bow and Quiver, First Chief of the Tribe
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/ee-shah-ko-nee-bow-and-quiver-first-chief-tribe-3935
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.253465000000
Longitude: -97.626950000000
Longitude: -97.626950000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
June 7, 1845
Event Description:
Daniel Hornsby and William Adkinson are killed by Comanches while fishing on the Colorado River below Austin. The two men are believed to be the last settlers in the Austin area killed as a result of Indian depredations.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Noah Smithwick, The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 281.
Comanche Indian Original Title: Eé-shah-kó-née, Bow and Quiver, First Chief of the Tribe
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/ee-shah-ko-nee-bow-and-quiver-first-chief-tribe-3935