GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.310700000000
Longitude: -97.787782000000
Longitude: -97.787782000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
March 3, 1840
Time Period:
Description:
A man named Kaughman is killed by Comanches while hunting on Williamson’s Creek, a fork of Onion Creek, five miles west of Austin. Tonkawas are initially blamed for the attack.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Brazos Courier, March 3, 1840
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:16.
Comanche War Party Original Title: Comanche War Party, Mounted on Wild Horses
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834-1837
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/comanche-war-party-mounted-wild-horses-4013
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.310700000000
Longitude: -97.787782000000
Longitude: -97.787782000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
March 3, 1840
Event Description:
A man named Kaughman is killed by Comanches while hunting on Williamson’s Creek, a fork of Onion Creek, five miles west of Austin. Tonkawas are initially blamed for the attack.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Tonkawas
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Brazos Courier, March 3, 1840
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:16.
Comanche War Party Original Title: Comanche War Party, Mounted on Wild Horses
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834-1837
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/comanche-war-party-mounted-wild-horses-4013
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019