Uvalde County, Texas During the summer of 1872, the Indians killed Theodore Kindla while herding sheep for Judge J.B. Davenport, in the Sabinal canyon a short distance below the present town of Utopia. Kindla was roped, shot with several arrows...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America 1675-76, the most devastating war between the colonists and the Indians in New England. The war is named for King Philip, the son of Massasoit and chief of the Wampanoag. His...
San Saba County, Texas Capt. John Williams' Men Encounter Indians Near Richland Springs During November of 1858, John Burns was hauling supplies to Capt. John Williams' company of rangers, who were camped in Bowsers Bend on the Colorado in the...
Jack County, Texas We are not certain when this massacre occurred. But since it happened sometime during the sixties, it will be reported at this time. Isaac F. Knight, according to reports, was guarding horses on the J.B. Earhart ranch, near the...
Bosque County, Texas During the same day, and at some time in the evening, the Indians charged and killed James Knight. He was working for John Pancake and Wm. Babb, who lived on Neil's Creek, about four miles south of Cranfill Gap. This young man...
Clay County, Texas False and Determined Ideas Lead Goddleck Koozer to His Grave About 1870, Goodleck Koozer, a quaker from Illinois, and his family passed through Montague, on their way to establish a colony in Clay County while the Indians were as...
Mason County, Texas During 1866 the Indians captured Adolph Korn, son of Lewis Korn, of San Antonio. At the time, Adolph Korn was herding sheep and staying with August Laisester in Loyal Valley about eighteen miles southeast of Mason. Adolph was...
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