GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.773106000000
Longitude: -98.142635000000
Longitude: -98.142635000000
County:
- Hamilton
Date:
July 11, 1867
Time Period:
Description:
Unidentified Indians attack a schoolhouse on the Leon River, near present-day Hamilton. The Indians kill the teacher, wound some of the children, and take a boy, John Kuykendall, captive. They kill another settler, a man named Strangeline, during their escape.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 203-204.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 472-478.
John Kuykendall and Family Collection: Image provided courtesy of Marshall Kuykendall
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.773106000000
Longitude: -98.142635000000
Longitude: -98.142635000000
County:
- Hamilton
Date:
July 11, 1867
Event Description:
Unidentified Indians attack a schoolhouse on the Leon River, near present-day Hamilton. The Indians kill the teacher, wound some of the children, and take a boy, John Kuykendall, captive. They kill another settler, a man named Strangeline, during their escape.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Gender:
male
female
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 203-204.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 472-478.
John Kuykendall and Family Collection: Image provided courtesy of Marshall Kuykendall