Battle of Plum Creek

Battle of Plum Creek
Part of the Texas–Indian wars
DateAugust 12, 1840
Location
Lockhart, Texas
29°53′2.1186″N 97°40′4.67″W / 29.883921833°N 97.6679639°W / 29.883921833; -97.6679639 (Plum Creek Battlefield)
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
 Republic of Texas
Tonkawa		 Comanche
Commanders and leaders
Mathew Caldwell
Edward Burleson
Chief Placido
Ben McCulloch
Felix Huston		 Buffalo Hump, but effective control of the war party had broken down
Strength
Approximately 200 Estimates range from 400 to 1,000.
Casualties and losses
One killed, seven wounded Unknown; 12 bodies recovered, Texans claimed 87 killed at Plum Creek
Plum Creek Battlefield
Location within Texas

The Battle of Plum Creek was a clash between allied Tonkawa, militia, and Rangers of the Republic of Texas and a huge Comanche war party under Chief Buffalo Hump, which took place near Lockhart, Texas, on August 12, 1840, following the Great Raid of 1840 as that Comanche war party then returned to west Texas.

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