Council House Fight - Aftermath

Aftermath

Main article Great Raid of 1840.

Main article Battle of Plum Creek.

The Comanche were shocked and disgusted by the actions of the Texians. In his book Los Comanches, historian Stanley Noyes notes that a " violation of a council represented an almost unthinkable degree of perfidy. The council was sacred not only to the People but to all Native Americans". In response to the unforgivable insult, the captives the Texians sought were killed, and then Buffalo Hump launched the Great Raid of 1840, leading hundreds of Comanche warriors on raids against many Texian villages. The Texians had endured several years of native american murder and capture of their children and were disgusted at the condition of Matilda Lockhart At least 25 settlers were killed in the Great Raid, with others taken prisoner, including a Mrs. Crosby, a granddaughter of Daniel Boone, who was later murdered by her captors. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of goods were taken; one city was burned to the ground and another damaged. The Texian militia responded, leading to the Battle of Plum Creek, but were unable to stop the raids.