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Council House Fight Remembered by Maverick Witness
San Antonio in 1840 saw a brutal council with Comanches and locals. Mrs. M. A. Maverick narrates the hand to hand attack at the courthouse on Market Street, the deaths and captures, the women’s courage, and the subsequent drive of the tribes with Jack Hays and Rangers reshaping Southwest Texas.
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San Antonio
Irs
M. A. Maverick
Maverick
Market Street
Main Plaza
Julian Hood
Bexar County
Thompson
G. W. Gayce
Tom Howard
Matilda Lockhart
Lockhart
Matilda
Howard
San Antonio River
Bowen's Island
Commerce Street
Soledad Street
Mrs. Maverick
Judge Robinson
Andrew
Mr. Maverick
Jenny
Texas
Council House
Samuel A. Maverick
M.A. Maverick
Samuel Maverick
States
Terry
Texas Rangers
Cumberland River