GeoCoords:
Latitude: 28.386191000000
Longitude: -97.481622000000
Longitude: -97.481622000000
County:
- Bee
Date:
December 26, 1850
Time Period:
Description:
A ranger company led by Lt. King tracks a number of Lipan Apaches near Corpus Christi. The rangers find the Indians’ encampment on the east branch of Medio Creek. Two Indians are killed, one ranger is wounded.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense, 2nd edition (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 143.
Apache Camp Original Title: Lipan Apache Camp
Image Type: Painting
Creator: George Nelson; image used with permission
Collection: Institute of Texan Cultures, University of Texas at San Antonio
Image Viewed: https://texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/peoples/apache.html
Image Accessed: April 4, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 28.386191000000
Longitude: -97.481622000000
Longitude: -97.481622000000
County:
- Bee
Date:
December 26, 1850
Event Description:
A ranger company led by Lt. King tracks a number of Lipan Apaches near Corpus Christi. The rangers find the Indians’ encampment on the east branch of Medio Creek. Two Indians are killed, one ranger is wounded.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Apaches
- Lipans
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense, 2nd edition (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 143.
Apache Camp Original Title: Lipan Apache Camp
Image Type: Painting
Creator: George Nelson; image used with permission
Collection: Institute of Texan Cultures, University of Texas at San Antonio
Image Viewed: https://texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/peoples/apache.html
Image Accessed: April 4, 2019