Chief Bowles' Last Homesite
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member KoosKoos
N 31° 40.955 W 095° 05.412
15R E 301872 N 3507151
A little known piece of Texas history.
Waymark Code: WM5FET
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/31/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member clayj
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Marker Number: 12568

Marker Text:
In 1836, General Sam Houston negotiated a treaty with the Cherokees in Texas allowing possession of the lands they occupied in east Texas. The leading figure among the Cherokees at that time was Duwali (also known as Bowl, Chief Bowles and Bold Hunter). After the Texas Revolution, the Senate of the Republic of Texas declared the treaty invalid. Near this site in 1839, Chief Bowles learned of Texas president Mirabeau B. Lamar's orders to remove the Cherokee from Texas. Bowl mobilized his people to resist the expulsion, but they were defeated and the chief was killed at the Battle of the Neches on July 16, 1839, in what is now Van Zandt County. (2001)

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