GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.244448000000
Longitude: -98.378476000000
Longitude: -98.378476000000
County:
- Erath
Date:
February 7, 1860
Time Period:
Description:
Comanches and Kiowas raid the Lemley farm, ten miles west of present-day Stephenville. Four women are captured; two are subsequently killed. The remaining two, Nancy and Hulda Lemley, are released two days later.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 18-19.
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, A Fate Worse than Death: Indian Captivities in the West, 1830-1885 (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2007), 182-183.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 507-508.
Kiowa Indian Original Title: Kiowa brave in war dress
Image Type: Photographic print
Collection: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900.
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43264042
Image Accessed: April 3, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.244448000000
Longitude: -98.378476000000
Longitude: -98.378476000000
County:
- Erath
Date:
February 7, 1860
Event Description:
Comanches and Kiowas raid the Lemley farm, ten miles west of present-day Stephenville. Four women are captured; two are subsequently killed. The remaining two, Nancy and Hulda Lemley, are released two days later.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
- Kiowas
Gender:
female
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 18-19.
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, A Fate Worse than Death: Indian Captivities in the West, 1830-1885 (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2007), 182-183.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 507-508.
Kiowa Indian Original Title: Kiowa brave in war dress
Image Type: Photographic print
Collection: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900.
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43264042
Image Accessed: April 3, 2019