Chicony: The Defiant Chief of the Comanche Indians (unknown–unknown)
By: L. W. Kemp
Published: 1952
Updated: October 19, 2020
Chicony (She-co-ney) was the principal chief of the Comanche Indians in 1836, when Alexander Le Grand was sent by the Texas government to make a treaty with the Comanches. Chicony refused to make the treaty and swore eternal enmity to the White man.
Bibliography:
Henderson K. Yoakum, History of Texas from Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846 (2 vols., New York: Redfield, 1855).
Categories:
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
L. W. Kemp, “Chicony,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/chicony.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
TID:
FCH27
- 1952
- October 19, 2020
