Evea

Evea or Pubea was a prominent Comanche Native American chief of the 18th century.^[1]

Evea signed a treaty with the Spanish colonial Governor of Texas, Juan María Vicencio de Ripperdá at San Antonio in June 1772.

While he was still chief, his son led a raid on Bucareli in May 1778. Additional raids by the Comanches, probably under Evea, were partially responsible for forcing the people of Bucareli to move on east of the Trinity to the site of Nacogdoches, where they began to settle before April 30, 1779.^[2][3][4]

Legacy

The United States Navy tug USS Evea, in commission from 1943 to 1944, was named for Evea.

References

1. Frederick Webb Hodge (1912). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 446. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
2. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). "EVEA". The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
3. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). "BUCARELI". The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
4. "Los Adaes: The Final Years: Evacuation and Resettlement". Texas Beyond History. Retrieved 2013-02-26.

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. (ship namesake paragraph)