Chief Placido
Plácido (ca. 1788-1862) was major Native American Chief of the Tonkawa Indians in Texas during the Spanish and Mexican rule, the Republic of Texas era, and with Texas as part of the United States.
Read more about Chief Placido: Early Years in Texas, The Chief and Stephen Austin, Battle of Plum Creek, Troubled Times in The New State, Battle of Little Robe Creek, After Little Robe Creek
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“The Chief Defect of Henry King
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—Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)