GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.658596000000
Longitude: -98.425942000000
Longitude: -98.425942000000
County:
- Burnet
Date:
Early August 1873
Time Period:
Description:
Comanches ambush a party of whites, including "Capt." Dan W. Roberts, seeking to avenge the murders of Thomas Phelps and his wife. Four Indians are killed in the fighting east of Colorado River, eleven miles northwest of Marble Falls. Two whites are wounded.
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), 269.
Lt. Daniel W. Roberts Original Title: D.W. Roberts
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections, Garrett Collection
Image Citation:
Gillett, James B., Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875-1892, Austin, TX: Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., 1921, p. 40
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.658596000000
Longitude: -98.425942000000
Longitude: -98.425942000000
County:
- Burnet
Date:
Early August 1873
Event Description:
Comanches ambush a party of whites, including "Capt." Dan W. Roberts, seeking to avenge the murders of Thomas Phelps and his wife. Four Indians are killed in the fighting east of Colorado River, eleven miles northwest of Marble Falls. Two whites are wounded.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
female
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 269.
Lt. Daniel W. Roberts Original Title: D.W. Roberts
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections, Garrett Collection
Image Citation:
Gillett, James B., Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875-1892, Austin, TX: Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., 1921, p. 40