On Oct. 1, 1858, Capt. Earl Van Dorn, with four companies of 2nd Cavalry, attacked a Comanche band near the village. Unknown to him, the Indians were on their way from a friendly council with officers at Ft. Arbuckle. In the furious fight, seventy Indians were killed. Among the U.S. dead was Lt. Cornelius Van Camp (West Point-1855).