GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.919388000000
Longitude: -99.030627000000
Longitude: -99.030627000000
County:
- Mason
Date:
May 21, 1841
Time Period:
Description:
Texas rangers under the command of Capt. Mark Lewis encounter two parties of Comanches between the San Saba and the Llano rivers. Several Indians are killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
“Memoir of Capt. C. R. Perry,” http://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/perrycrmem.htm, accessed July 20, 2018.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:231.
Comanche War Party Original Title: Comanche War Party on the March, Fully Equipped
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/comanche-war-party-march-fully-equipped-4014
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.919388000000
Longitude: -99.030627000000
Longitude: -99.030627000000
County:
- Mason
Date:
May 21, 1841
Event Description:
Texas rangers under the command of Capt. Mark Lewis encounter two parties of Comanches between the San Saba and the Llano rivers. Several Indians are killed.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
“Memoir of Capt. C. R. Perry,” http://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/perrycrmem.htm, accessed July 20, 2018.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1840-1841 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 3:231.
Comanche War Party Original Title: Comanche War Party on the March, Fully Equipped
Image Type: Oil on canvas
Creator: George Catlin, 1834
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Image Viewed: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/comanche-war-party-march-fully-equipped-4014