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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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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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