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Texas
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THE BATTLE CREEK
FIGHT
AKA Surveyors' FightMemorial
is on Highway 31
one mile West of Dawson
in Navarro County
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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
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