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Marker Text: ​U.S. soldiers under command of Robert E. Lee used this site while traveling the nearby military road and patroling this area for Indians.
   West bound immigrants also camped here prior to the Civil War.
   Here 27 Indians surprised and massacred 18 men, women and children burned their wagons and stole their horses. 1850 - 1869. (1964) 

BACK SIDE OF THE MONUMENT: Ancient Indian Camp Ground; Erected in 1964 by McCulloch County Historical Society

State approved marker 

Geographic: ​31° 10.444′ N, 99° 13.58′ W

Location: County Road 412, one mile east of County Road 416. Marker is located where County Road 412 crosses Onion Creek