A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . helpless families the following autumnand winter, and in 1840 there was a dangerous andformidable war along the whole western frontier, ledl:)y the wily and murderous Comanches. On March 19, 1840, twelve Comanche chiefs andsixty-five warriors, women and children came to SanAntonio to make a treaty with Texan commissionersappointed to meet them. The chiefs and commis-sioners entered a house to hold a council. TheIndians were supposed to have many white prisoners their possession, of whom they had delivered butone. The
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . helpless families the following autumnand winter, and in 1840 there was a dangerous andformidable war along the whole western frontier, ledl:)y the wily and murderous Comanches. On March 19, 1840, twelve Comanche chiefs andsixty-five warriors, women and children came to SanAntonio to make a treaty with Texan commissionersappointed to meet them. The chiefs and commis-sioners entered a house to hold a council. TheIndians were supposed to have many white prisoners their possession, of whom they had delivered butone. The chiefs were told that they would be held as hostagesuntil all the prisoners were brought in. A company of Rangerswas in the hall, and another outside, to enforce the Indians resisted, a desperate fight ensued, all twelve of thechiefs were killed, and the sixty-five warriors outside, joining inthe struggle, were all shot down after a heroic battle for their Period Republic 1836 TO1846 The CherokeeWar anddeath of ChiefBowles Results of thispolicy. The CouncilHouse Fightat San An-tonio, March19, 1840 266 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. Per ion I\.rm-; KEniiLic uS;,6 TO IS46 Comanchesand Kiowasmake a raid onVictoria andLinnville Location ofhe permanent:apital at\ustin lives. Several squaws were killed in the struggle, and oneIndian woman was sent to tell the tale and to demand thedelivery of all white prisoners. There were other Comanchesnear town, and they soon sent in several white children toexchange for the few squaws and Indian children who hadescaped the massacre. This was known as the Council HouseFight. In the following August, one thousand Comanches and Kio-was made a raid down through the country, attacked and cap-tured Victoria, stole two thou-sand horses, killed many persons,burned and sacked Linnville onLavaca Bay, rapidly retreated,defying the Rangers under Tum-linson and Ben McCulloch, andfinally escaped as far as what isnow Caldwell County. Here, onA
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