GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.362061000000
Longitude: -99.718221000000
Longitude: -99.718221000000
County:
- Uvalde
Date:
July 4, 1840
Time Period:
Description:
John R. Cunningham’s Frontier Regiment skirmishes with Comanches eight miles west of Frio River and eight miles above the Old San Antonio Road. An unknown number of Indians are killed and wounded, and their supplies seized.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Telegraph and Texas Register, July 29, 1840.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:68-71.
Comanches on Horses Original Title: Comanche Feats of Horsemanship
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834-1835
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/comanche-feats-horsemanship-4004
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.362061000000
Longitude: -99.718221000000
Longitude: -99.718221000000
County:
- Uvalde
Date:
July 4, 1840
Event Description:
John R. Cunningham’s Frontier Regiment skirmishes with Comanches eight miles west of Frio River and eight miles above the Old San Antonio Road. An unknown number of Indians are killed and wounded, and their supplies seized.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Telegraph and Texas Register, July 29, 1840.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:68-71.
Comanches on Horses Original Title: Comanche Feats of Horsemanship
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834-1835
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/comanche-feats-horsemanship-4004
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019