GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.264740000000
Longitude: -100.643643000000
Longitude: -100.643643000000
County:
- Tom Green
Date:
January 8, 1865
Time Period:
Description:
A combined force of 486 Texas militiamen and Confederate soldiers attack a Kickapoo camp on Dove Creek, nearby present-day Knickerbocker. The Kickapoos repel the attack, losing fewer than twenty in the battle. Eight Confederates and eighteen militiamen die in the attack. Dozens of others sustained wounds, some of whom died days later.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 162-163.
Kickapoo Indian Original Title: Kee-án-ne-kuk, Foremost Man, Chief of the Tribe
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1830
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/kee-ne-kuk-foremost-man-chief-tribe-4061
Image Accessed: May 8, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.264740000000
Longitude: -100.643643000000
Longitude: -100.643643000000
County:
- Tom Green
Date:
January 8, 1865
Event Description:
A combined force of 486 Texas militiamen and Confederate soldiers attack a Kickapoo camp on Dove Creek, nearby present-day Knickerbocker. The Kickapoos repel the attack, losing fewer than twenty in the battle. Eight Confederates and eighteen militiamen die in the attack. Dozens of others sustained wounds, some of whom died days later.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Kickapoos
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 162-163.
Kickapoo Indian Original Title: Kee-án-ne-kuk, Foremost Man, Chief of the Tribe
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1830
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/kee-ne-kuk-foremost-man-chief-tribe-4061
Image Accessed: May 8, 2019