GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.276935000000
Longitude: -97.687471000000
Longitude: -97.687471000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
June 10, 1840
Time Period:
Description:
Joseph Rogers is killed by Comanches between Coleman Fort and Hornsby’s Station, in present-day northeast Austin.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
John W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 261-262.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:49.
Noah Smithwick, The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 202.
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: 30.276935000000
Longitude: -97.687471000000
Longitude: -97.687471000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
June 10, 1840
Event Description:
Joseph Rogers is killed by Comanches between Coleman Fort and Hornsby’s Station, in present-day northeast Austin.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
John W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 261-262.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:49.
Noah Smithwick, The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 202.
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