GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.992125000000
Longitude: -97.390529000000
Longitude: -97.390529000000
County:
- Bell
Date:
December 13, 1840
Time Period:
Description:
Four settlers are attacked by “Northern Indians” while farming near Little River Fort. One, James Childers, is killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Dorman H. Winfrey, ed. Texas Indian Papers vol. 1, 1825-1843 (Austin: Texas State Library, 1959), 118-119;
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:173-174.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.992125000000
Longitude: -97.390529000000
Longitude: -97.390529000000
County:
- Bell
Date:
December 13, 1840
Event Description:
Four settlers are attacked by “Northern Indians” while farming near Little River Fort. One, James Childers, is killed.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Dorman H. Winfrey, ed. Texas Indian Papers vol. 1, 1825-1843 (Austin: Texas State Library, 1959), 118-119;
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:173-174.