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THE BATTLE CREEK FIGHT
AKA Surveyors' Fight

Memorial is on Highway 31
one mile West of Dawson in Navarro County


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Indian Massacre Battle Creek Burial Ground
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley

Shortly after the battle of San Jacinto, Republic of Texas surveyors were mapping this part of Navarro County for land grants to be awarded to Texas Revolution veterans. On October 8, 1838 a group of Indians approached the party which was just east of Battle Creek. The Indians numbered 300 to the surveyors 25 (estimated).

The Indians requested the surveyors to leave, but if the men were thinking of leaving, their actions were too slow for the Indians who attacked. The fight, which lasted an entire day, left 18 dead from the surveyor’s party. The number of Indian dead is usually given as 30.

It was the last major conflict between whites and Indians in Navarro County.

See Dawson, Texas
See Corsicana, Navarro County Seat

Indian Massacre Battle Creek Burial Ground marker
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley


Indian Massacre Battle Creek Burial Ground marker- names of buried
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley


Indian Massacre Battle Creek Burial Ground marker text
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley


Indian Massacre Battle Creek Burial Ground marker, names of those escaped
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley

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