What the records say
- When
- 12 Aug 1840
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 29.88° N, 97.67° W
- Description
- 1840 battle
Battle of Plum Creek
1842 Battle Between Comanches and Texas Rangers
The Battle of Plum Creek was a clash between allied Tonkawa, militia, and Rangers of the Republic of Texas and a huge Comanche war party under Chief Buffalo Hump, which took place along Plum Creek near Lockhart, Texas, on August 12, 1840, following the Great Raid of 1840 as that Comanche war party then returned to west Texas.
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