GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.501626000000
Longitude: -97.452493000000
Longitude: -97.452493000000
County:
- Gonzales
Date:
July 2, 1826
Time Period:
Description:
DeWitt colonist John Wightman is killed near Gonzales by party of Comanches and Tawakonis and Wacos (Wichitas).
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: State House Press, 1988), 15
Tawakoni (Wichita) Indians Original Title: Tahuacanos
Image Type: Watercolor and ink on paper
Creator: Lino Sánchez y Tapia after Jean Louis Berlandier
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Image Citation:
Berlandier, Jean Louis, The Indians of Texas in 1830. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1969, Plate 13
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.501626000000
Longitude: -97.452493000000
Longitude: -97.452493000000
County:
- Gonzales
Date:
July 2, 1826
Event Description:
DeWitt colonist John Wightman is killed near Gonzales by party of Comanches and Tawakonis and Wacos (Wichitas).
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Wichitas
- Wacos
- Comanches
- Wichitas
- Tawakonis
Gender:
male
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: State House Press, 1988), 15
Tawakoni (Wichita) Indians Original Title: Tahuacanos
Image Type: Watercolor and ink on paper
Creator: Lino Sánchez y Tapia after Jean Louis Berlandier
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Image Citation:
Berlandier, Jean Louis, The Indians of Texas in 1830. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1969, Plate 13