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John Karner dictations : Mexia, Texas, 1887-1888.
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John Karner dictations: Mexia, Texas, 1887-1888Hubert Howe Bancroft collection
Creator/Contributor:
Karner, John, 1817-, creatorAbstract:
Includes information on Karner's experiences travelling from Germany to New York as a youth; to Texas, 1835; member of Houston's
army and at Gonzales when news arrived of the fall of the Alamo; Houston's campaign against Santa Anna, and the honorable
treatment of Texas prisoners by Ugarte; frontier service between the Colorado and the Trinity after discharge in 1837; scout
with Jack Hays and with Ben McCulloch during Woll's invasion and the Summerville campaign; member of the Snively expedition,
1843; afterward a settler in Limestone County, participating in various Indian campaigns.
Date:
1887 (issued)Subject:
n-us-txIndians of North America -- Texas
Snively Expedition, 1843
Peuples autochtones -- Texas
Indians of North America
Texas -- History -- Republic, 1836-1846
Limestone County (Tex.)
Texas -- Histoire -- 1836-1846 (République)
Texas
Texas -- Limestone County
Karner, John -- 1817- -- Archives
Note:
Includes information on Karner's experiences travelling from Germany to New York as a youth; to Texas, 1835; member of Houston's
army and at Gonzales when news arrived of the fall of the Alamo; Houston's campaign against Santa Anna, and the honorable
treatment of Texas prisoners by Ugarte; frontier service between the Colorado and the Trinity after discharge in 1837; scout
with Jack Hays and with Ben McCulloch during Woll's invasion and the Summerville campaign; member of the Snively expedition,
1843; afterward a settler in Limestone County, participating in various Indian campaigns.
Also available on microfilm.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.
Preferred citation: John Karner dictations : Mexia, Texas, 1887-1888, BANC MSS P-O 100, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Archives.History.
Physical Description:
print
2 folders
partial microfilm reel (10 frames) : negative (Rich. 117:15-118:3) and positive
Language:
English