GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.014653000000
Longitude: -100.207500000000
Longitude: -100.207500000000
County:
- Edwards
Date:
April 4, 1857
Time Period:
Description:
Lt. Walter H. Jenifer leads twelve other soldiers on a scouting mission near present-day Rocksprings. They encounter a 100-strong Lipan Apache camp and engage in a skirmish when the Indians discover them. Two Indians are killed.
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), 143-144.
Apache Indian Original Title: Paso (or Pacer)
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43263591-0
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.014653000000
Longitude: -100.207500000000
Longitude: -100.207500000000
County:
- Edwards
Date:
April 4, 1857
Event Description:
Lt. Walter H. Jenifer leads twelve other soldiers on a scouting mission near present-day Rocksprings. They encounter a 100-strong Lipan Apache camp and engage in a skirmish when the Indians discover them. Two Indians are killed.
Tribe:
- Apaches
- Lipans
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), 143-144.
Apache Indian Original Title: Paso (or Pacer)
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43263591-0
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019