GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.022733000000
Longitude: -99.157957000000
Longitude: -99.157957000000
County:
- McCullach
Date:
Early July, 1847
Time Period:
Description:
Wichita Indians (Wacos) kill four Germans surveying on the San Saba River. Comanches are initially blamed for the attack.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, July 26, 1847
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: 31.022733000000
Longitude: -99.157957000000
Longitude: -99.157957000000
County:
- McCullach
Date:
Early July, 1847
Event Description:
Wichita Indians (Wacos) kill four Germans surveying on the San Saba River. Comanches are initially blamed for the attack.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Wichitas
- Wacos
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, July 26, 1847
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