GeoCoords:
Latitude: 33.311114000000
Longitude: -98.333105000000
Longitude: -98.333105000000
County:
- Jack
Date:
September 15, 1864
Time Period:
Description:
Dozens of unidentified Indians encounter five ranchers on a roundup in Lost Valley, about twelve miles northwest of Jacksboro. The Indians kill two men, State Cox and William Peveler. One Indian likely dies in the skirmish. Cole Duncan (pictured), George Hunter and Perry Harmonson escape.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 179-180.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 547-548.
John Cole Duncan Image Viewed: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/86539837/person/212253941744/media/48a5d4a9-26ae-4eec-8902-d3acb8211f76?_phsrc=yqU876&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=18&sort=-created
Image Accessed: September 12, 2022
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 33.311114000000
Longitude: -98.333105000000
Longitude: -98.333105000000
County:
- Jack
Date:
September 15, 1864
Event Description:
Dozens of unidentified Indians encounter five ranchers on a roundup in Lost Valley, about twelve miles northwest of Jacksboro. The Indians kill two men, State Cox and William Peveler. One Indian likely dies in the skirmish. Cole Duncan (pictured), George Hunter and Perry Harmonson escape.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 179-180.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 547-548.
John Cole Duncan Image Viewed: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/86539837/person/212253941744/media/48a5d4a9-26ae-4eec-8902-d3acb8211f76?_phsrc=yqU876&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=18&sort=-created
Image Accessed: September 12, 2022