Battle of Plum Creek

Battle of Plum Creek
Part of the Texas–Indian wars
DateAugust 12, 1840
Location
Lockhart, Texas
29°53′2.1186″N 97°40′4.67″W / 29.883921833°N 97.6679639°W / 29.883921833; -97.6679639 (Plum Creek Battlefield)
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
 Republic of Texas
Tonkawa		 Comanche
Commanders and leaders
Mathew Caldwell
Edward Burleson
Chief Placido
Ben McCulloch
Felix Huston		 Buffalo Hump, but effective control of the war party had broken down
Strength
Approximately 200 Estimates range from 400 to 1000.
Casualties and losses
One killed, seven wounded[1] Unknown; 12 bodies recovered, Texans claimed 87 killed at Plum Creek
Plum Creek Battlefield is located in Texas
Plum Creek Battlefield
Plum Creek Battlefield
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Location within Texas

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 near Lockhart, Texas, on August 12, 1840, following the Great Raid of 1840 as that Comanche war party then returned to west Texas.[2]

  1. ^ Utley 2002, p. 39: "The Texans came out of the fight with one killed and seven wounded."
  2. ^ The Comanche Barrier to South Plains Settlement: A Century and a Half of Savage Resistance to the Advancing White Frontier. Arthur H. Clarke Co. 1933.