GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.366696000000
Longitude: -98.896647000000
Longitude: -98.896647000000
County:
- Medina
Date:
Late December, 1946
Time Period:
Description:
Three men and a twelve-year-old boy are killed by Comanches on the Medina River north of Castroville.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
A.J. Sowell, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas (Austin: Ben C. Jones, 1900), 98-99.
Comanche Indian Original Title: His-oo-sán-chees, Little Spaniard, a Warrior (Comanche)
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/his-oo-san-chees-little-spaniard-warrior-4213
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.366696000000
Longitude: -98.896647000000
Longitude: -98.896647000000
County:
- Medina
Date:
Late December, 1946
Event Description:
Three men and a twelve-year-old boy are killed by Comanches on the Medina River north of Castroville.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
A.J. Sowell, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas (Austin: Ben C. Jones, 1900), 98-99.
Comanche Indian Original Title: His-oo-sán-chees, Little Spaniard, a Warrior (Comanche)
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/his-oo-san-chees-little-spaniard-warrior-4213
Image Accessed: April 9, 2019