Battle Island 

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Marker Text: Here in 1826, a company of volunteers commanded by Captain Aylett C. Buckner almost exterminated a band of Karankawa Indians who had murdered several families on Lower Caney. (1936) 

Marker No: 318

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 28.710350, -95.915741

Location: ​from Matagorda take Wightman Road north approximately 3 miles