GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.240414000000
Longitude: -98.633665000000
Longitude: -98.633665000000
County:
- Eastland
Date:
August 9, 1864
Time Period:
Description:
Lt. Singleton Gilbert and fifteen Texas militiamen encounter 35 Kiowas and Comanches at Ellison Springs, near present-day Gorman. The militia attack but are repelled by the Indians, who kill three militiamen and wound three others.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 149.
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: 32.240414000000
Longitude: -98.633665000000
Longitude: -98.633665000000
County:
- Eastland
Date:
August 9, 1864
Event Description:
Lt. Singleton Gilbert and fifteen Texas militiamen encounter 35 Kiowas and Comanches at Ellison Springs, near present-day Gorman. The militia attack but are repelled by the Indians, who kill three militiamen and wound three others.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kiowas
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 149.
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