GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.332215000000
Longitude: -98.455698000000
Longitude: -98.455698000000
County:
- Bexar
Date:
June 1840
Time Period:
Description:
Comanches pretending to be friendly Tonkawas kill six male youths and steal their horses near San Juan Capistrano mission outside San Antonio. Another youth is captured but escapes.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
youth (13-18)
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: L. E. Daniel, 1896), 91.
Comanche Indian Original Title: Ish-a-ró-yeh, He Who Carries a Wolf, a Distinguished Brave
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1934
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/ish-ro-yeh-he-who-carries-wolf-distinguished-brave-4087
Image Accessed: September 15, 2020
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.332215000000
Longitude: -98.455698000000
Longitude: -98.455698000000
County:
- Bexar
Date:
June 1840
Event Description:
Comanches pretending to be friendly Tonkawas kill six male youths and steal their horses near San Juan Capistrano mission outside San Antonio. Another youth is captured but escapes.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
youth (13-18)
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: L. E. Daniel, 1896), 91.
Comanche Indian Original Title: Ish-a-ró-yeh, He Who Carries a Wolf, a Distinguished Brave
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1934
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/ish-ro-yeh-he-who-carries-wolf-distinguished-brave-4087
Image Accessed: September 15, 2020