Question

Explain the cause of the Battle of Neches and its outcome.

Answer 1

lamar believed Cherokees were working as Mexican agents and believed that Native Americans did not belong in Texas. Lamar ordered the Cherokees out of East Texas. Cherokee leader Chief Bowles asked for more time; however, Lamar ordered General Kelsey Douglass to attack the Cherokees near Neches River. The Cherokees were forced to move out of Texas and into Arkansas.

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Answer 2

The Battle of the Neches, the largest commitment to the 1838-1839 Cherokee War (part of the Texas-Indian Wars), took place in what is now the Redland community on 15-16 July 1839.