Cherokee warriors believing their lands to be…

October 1838 CE

Cherokee warriors believing their lands to be violated by the legal settlers perpetrate the October 1838 Killough massacre.

There are eighteen victims, either killed or carried away, who include Isaac Killough, Sr., and his extended family (viz. the families of four sons and two daughters).

They had immigrated to the Republic of Texas from Talladega County, Alabama, in 1837, settling on December 24 of that year.

This is believed to have been both the largest and last native attack on white settlers in East Texas.

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Larissa Cherokee Texas United States View →

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Cherokee, or Tsalagi (Amerind tribe) View → Plains Indian culture View → Comanche (Amerind tribe) View → Indian Reserve (1763) View → Mexico, Centralist Republic of View → Texas, Republic of View →

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