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Austin Colony settlers clash with Karankawas
On this day in 1824, the battle of Jones Creek was fought between
colonists of the lower Brazos River and Karankawa Indians. After several
Indian raids in which some immigrants were killed, Stephen F. Austin
commissioned Randal Jones and a company of twenty-three other settlers to
retaliate. According to Jones, the problem began at a store belonging to
James (Brit) Bailey, when braves demanded to purchase ammunition. Fighting
broke out, and the Indians fled to their encampment with Jones and the
settlers in pursuit. The next morning the settlers attacked thirty Indians
camped on the bank of what later became Jones Creek in southern Brazoria
County. Both sides had many casualties; the settlers returned home, and
the Indians retreated across the San Bernard River but continued to
trouble the settlers. The creek has since then borne Jones's name.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- JONES CREEK, BATTLE OF
- JONES, RANDAL
- BAILEY, JAMES BRITON
- KARANKAWA INDIANS
- AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER
- JONES CREEK
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