GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.674828000000
Longitude: -98.124099000000
Longitude: -98.124099000000
County:
- Hamilton
Date:
December 24, 1866
Time Period:
Description:
About a dozen unidentified Indians attack William Willis two miles south of Hamilton. James M Rice witnessed the attack and helped him to a neighbor's house, but dies of his wounds three weeks 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), 291-292.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 468-472.
James Monroe Rice Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34451950/james-monroe-rice/photo
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.674828000000
Longitude: -98.124099000000
Longitude: -98.124099000000
County:
- Hamilton
Date:
December 24, 1866
Event Description:
About a dozen unidentified Indians attack William Willis two miles south of Hamilton. James M Rice witnessed the attack and helped him to a neighbor's house, but dies of his wounds three weeks 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), 291-292.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 468-472.
James Monroe Rice Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34451950/james-monroe-rice/photo