GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.424358000000
Longitude: -98.493223000000
Longitude: -98.493223000000
County:
- Bexar
Date:
March 19, 1840
Time Period:
Description:
Violence erupts on the streets of San Antonio when peace talks break down between the Lamar administration and the Penateka Comanches. One of the negotiators for the Lamar administration was Hugh McLeod. Thirty-five Comanches, including Penateka head chief Muguara, are killed. The remainder of the Comanche delegation, consisting primarily of women and children, are taken prisoner. Seven Texans are killed, including two judges.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:21-31.
Handbook of Texas Online, Jodye Lynn Dickson Schilz, "Council House Fight," accessed July 13, 2016, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/btc01.
General Hugh McLeod Original Title: General Hugh McLeod
Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9526325/hugh-mcleod#view-photo=1187830
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.424358000000
Longitude: -98.493223000000
Longitude: -98.493223000000
County:
- Bexar
Date:
March 19, 1840
Event Description:
Violence erupts on the streets of San Antonio when peace talks break down between the Lamar administration and the Penateka Comanches. One of the negotiators for the Lamar administration was Hugh McLeod. Thirty-five Comanches, including Penateka head chief Muguara, are killed. The remainder of the Comanche delegation, consisting primarily of women and children, are taken prisoner. Seven Texans are killed, including two judges.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
female
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:21-31.
Handbook of Texas Online, Jodye Lynn Dickson Schilz, "Council House Fight," accessed July 13, 2016, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/btc01.
General Hugh McLeod Original Title: General Hugh McLeod
Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9526325/hugh-mcleod#view-photo=1187830