GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.276527780000
Longitude: -99.219722220000
Longitude: -99.219722220000
County:
- Gillespie
Date:
August 8, 1864
Time Period:
Description:
A band of Kiowas attack the homestead of Matthew Taylor, killing two family members, a man and a woman, on the Pedernales River, near present-day Harper. Taylor’s daughter and four children are captured.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Handbook of Texas Online, Ola Mae Hopf, "HARPER, TX," accessed October 10, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlh25.
Kiowa Indian Original Title: Toro-Mucho, Chief of a Band of Kiowas
Image Type: Chromolithograph
Creator: William Stinson Soule
Collection: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections, Garrett Collection
Image Citation:
Emory, William H., Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey 34th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc. 108 (3 vols.; Washington, D.C.: A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1857-1859), vol. 1, opp. p. 89.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.276527780000
Longitude: -99.219722220000
Longitude: -99.219722220000
County:
- Gillespie
Date:
August 8, 1864
Event Description:
A band of Kiowas attack the homestead of Matthew Taylor, killing two family members, a man and a woman, on the Pedernales River, near present-day Harper. Taylor’s daughter and four children are captured.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kiowas
Gender:
male
female
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Handbook of Texas Online, Ola Mae Hopf, "HARPER, TX," accessed October 10, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlh25.
Kiowa Indian Original Title: Toro-Mucho, Chief of a Band of Kiowas
Image Type: Chromolithograph
Creator: William Stinson Soule
Collection: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections, Garrett Collection
Image Citation:
Emory, William H., Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey 34th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc. 108 (3 vols.; Washington, D.C.: A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1857-1859), vol. 1, opp. p. 89.