GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.714608000000
Longitude: -97.162253000000
Longitude: -97.162253000000
County:
- Tarrant
Date:
April 9, 1848
Time Period:
Description:
A party of surveyors is attacked by Indians, believed to be Wichitas (Wacos), near Johnson’s Station (in present-day west Arlington). Three surveyors are killed. The act is believed to be in response to the attack on a Waco hunting party by rangers led by Capt. Samuel Highsmith.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Citation:
House Executive Documents, 30 Cong., No. 1, 588.
Texas Democrat, April 22, 1848
Surveyors Original Title: Brownsville, Texas
Image Type: Steel engraving on paper
Creator: James D. Smillie after John E. Weyss
Collection: The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
Image Citation:
Emory, William H., Report of the United States Mexican Boundary Survey, Made under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior, 34th Congress, 1st Session, House Exec. Doc. No. 135 (3 vols.; Washington, D.C.: Cornelius Wendell, 1857), vol. 1, part 1, opp. p. 60.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.714608000000
Longitude: -97.162253000000
Longitude: -97.162253000000
County:
- Tarrant
Date:
April 9, 1848
Event Description:
A party of surveyors is attacked by Indians, believed to be Wichitas (Wacos), near Johnson’s Station (in present-day west Arlington). Three surveyors are killed. The act is believed to be in response to the attack on a Waco hunting party by rangers led by Capt. Samuel Highsmith.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Wichitas
- Wacos
Citation:
House Executive Documents, 30 Cong., No. 1, 588.
Texas Democrat, April 22, 1848
Surveyors Original Title: Brownsville, Texas
Image Type: Steel engraving on paper
Creator: James D. Smillie after John E. Weyss
Collection: The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
Image Citation:
Emory, William H., Report of the United States Mexican Boundary Survey, Made under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior, 34th Congress, 1st Session, House Exec. Doc. No. 135 (3 vols.; Washington, D.C.: Cornelius Wendell, 1857), vol. 1, part 1, opp. p. 60.