GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.547412000000
Longitude: -98.304274000000
Longitude: -98.304274000000
County:
- Hamilton
Date:
April 15, 1860
Time Period:
Description:
William Jenkins and John Willis track a small party of Indians in Mills County, 17 miles northwest of present-Goldthwaite. Two Indians are killed; Jenkins suffers a fatal wound and dies two days later.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 38.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 481-482.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.547412000000
Longitude: -98.304274000000
Longitude: -98.304274000000
County:
- Hamilton
Date:
April 15, 1860
Event Description:
William Jenkins and John Willis track a small party of Indians in Mills County, 17 miles northwest of present-Goldthwaite. Two Indians are killed; Jenkins suffers a fatal wound and dies two days later.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 38.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 481-482.