GeoCoords:
Latitude: 27.625533000000
Longitude: -99.388279000000
Longitude: -99.388279000000
County:
- Webb
Date:
June 12, 1850
Time Period:
Description:
Escorting mail delivery from Fort Merrill to Laredo, Lt. Charles Underwood and his men sustain an attack from Comanches near their destination. The Comanches kill four rangers, suffering one casualty of their own.
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), 7.
The Nueces Valley, Vol. 2, No. 22, July 13, 1850.
Comanche Man Original Title: Comanche Brave
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43363843
Image Accessed: April 3, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 27.625533000000
Longitude: -99.388279000000
Longitude: -99.388279000000
County:
- Webb
Date:
June 12, 1850
Event Description:
Escorting mail delivery from Fort Merrill to Laredo, Lt. Charles Underwood and his men sustain an attack from Comanches near their destination. The Comanches kill four rangers, suffering one casualty of their own.
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), 7.
The Nueces Valley, Vol. 2, No. 22, July 13, 1850.
Comanche Man Original Title: Comanche Brave
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43363843
Image Accessed: April 3, 2019