GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.709126000000
Longitude: -98.991721000000
Longitude: -98.991721000000
County:
- Brown
Date:
November 18, 1874
Time Period:
Description:
A sixteen-man detachment of Texas Rangers led by Lt. B. F. Best attack a small group of Comanches near Brownwood. They kill three Comanches and wound another. The Indians wound two rangers in the fighting.
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), 288.
Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense, 2nd edition (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 316.
Comanche Man Image Type: Photograph
Creator: William P. Bliss
Collection: New York Public Library, Art and Picture Collection
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1bb2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 3, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.709126000000
Longitude: -98.991721000000
Longitude: -98.991721000000
County:
- Brown
Date:
November 18, 1874
Event Description:
A sixteen-man detachment of Texas Rangers led by Lt. B. F. Best attack a small group of Comanches near Brownwood. They kill three Comanches and wound another. The Indians wound two rangers in the fighting.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- 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), 288.
Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense, 2nd edition (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 316.
Comanche Man Image Type: Photograph
Creator: William P. Bliss
Collection: New York Public Library, Art and Picture Collection
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1bb2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 3, 2019