Three men are attacked by Indians (probably Comanches) below the Colorado River, in present-day southeast Austin. Two men, Harris and McDonald, are killed, their horses stolen. A third, Blakely, escapes.
Date: Fall 1836
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.199066000000
Longitude: -97.727941000000
Longitude: -97.727941000000
Citation:
Noah Smithwick, The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days (Austin: Gammel Book Co., [1900]), 29.
John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas. (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 259.
Event Type:
Date: November 1836
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Tonkawas
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) A party of 15 Tonkawas attacks seven Texans on a surveying expedition near San Antonio led by Maj. James W. Tinsley and Maj. George Thomas Howard. Three Tonkawas are killed.
Tribe: Tonkawas
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.182050000000
Longitude: -98.557670000000
Longitude: -98.557670000000
Citation:
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar. Edited by Charles Adam Gulick, et al. (A.C. Baldwin, Printers, 1924), 4/1:229.
Event Type:
Date: November 1836
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Gender: male, female
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Robertson colony settlers John B. Harvey, wife Elizabeth, and son William killed in Indian raid 25 miles above Tenoxtitlan on the east side of the Brazos River, near present-day Calvert. Nine year-old Ann Harvey and a slave girl are captured.
Gender: male, female
Location:
Latitude: 30.965665000000
Longitude: -96.762022000000
Longitude: -96.762022000000
Citation:
“Indian Outrage,” Telegraph and Texas Register, December 27, 1836.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837. (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 1:208.
Z. N. Morrell, Fruits and Flowers in the Wilderness: Or, Thirty Six Years in Texas and Two Winters in Honduras. (Waco: Baylor University, reprint, 1976), 68.
John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas. (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 230.
Event Type:
Date: Januarry 17, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Fifteen rangers under George B. Erath attack a party of approximately 100 Indians on Elm Creek in Milam County, eight miles from present-day Cameron. Ten Indians and two whites (Clark Childers and Frank Childers) are killed.
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.804189000000
Longitude: -97.169463000000
Longitude: -97.169463000000
Citation:
George B. Erath, The Memoirs of Major George B. Erath: as Dictated to Lucy A. Erath (Waco: The Heritage Society of Waco, 1956), 48-52.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar. Edited by Charles Adam Gulick, et al. (A.C. Baldwin, Printers, 1924), 4/1:32.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 1:212-219.
Event Type:
Date: January 28, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Caddos, Kickapoos
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Looking for stray horses, four men--Columbus Andrews, David Faulkenberry, his son Evan Faulkenberry, and Abram Anglin--are attacked by Indians (possibly Caddos and Kickapoos) on the west bank of the Trinity River, one mile west of present-day Palestine. Three are killed; the fourth, Abram...
Tribe: Caddos, Kickapoos
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.743586000000
Longitude: -95.865572000000
Longitude: -95.865572000000
Citation:
John Henry Brown. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas. (Austin: L. E. Daniel, 1896), 55-56.
George P. Garrison, ed., Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1907: Diplomatic Correspondence of the Republic of Texas (Washington, Government Printing office, 1908), 2/1:195.
John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 347-48
Event Type:
Date: February 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) A Dutchman named Fotran and two children are killed near Cummins Creek, north of present-day Columbus, probably by Comanches.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.740100000000
Longitude: -96.549164000000
Longitude: -96.549164000000
Citation:
Dorman H. Winfrey, ed. Texas Indian Papers, 1825-1843, 20-21.
Event Type:
Date: February 19, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) John G. Robinson and brother, Walter Robinson, are killed by Comanches near Cummins Creek, two miles north of present-day Columbus.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.740425000000
Longitude: -96.544720000000
Longitude: -96.544720000000
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: L. E. Daniel, 1896), 107.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002),
1:227-228.
John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 83.
Event Type:
Date: February 19, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male, female
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Comanche raid on Gotcher (or Gotier) farm on Rabb’s Creek, south of present-day Giddings. Husband James Gotcher, wife Nancy, a son and son-in-law are killed. A daughter-in-law and three children are captured, and are ransomed two years later.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male, female
Location:
Latitude: 30.148781000000
Longitude: -96.956773000000
Longitude: -96.956773000000
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: L. E. Daniel, 1896), 107.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 1:228-229.
John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 15-16.
Event Type:
Date: March 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Captain Micah Andrews’ ranger company at Fort Coleman attacks a Comanche encampment south of the Colorado River and west of Walnut Creek, in present-day Austin. One Comanche and one Texan (Philip Martin) are killed.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.260118000000
Longitude: -97.642800000000
Longitude: -97.642800000000
Citation:
Frank Brown, Annals of Travis County and of the City of Austin, 2:76
Noah Smithwick, The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days (Austin: Gammel Book Co., [1900]), 160-63.
Event Type:
Date: March 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Tonkawas
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Tonkawas kill two settlers on the San Antonio River, north of Camp Vigilance (present-day Floresville).
Tribe: Tonkawas
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.155720000000
Longitude: -98.195303000000
Longitude: -98.195303000000
Citation:
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín, A Revolution Remembered: the Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguín. Jesús F. de la Teja, ed. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2002), 158.
Event Type:
Date: March 16, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American A resident of one of the San Antonio missions is reported to have been killed and his body mutilated by Comanches.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.360051000000
Longitude: -98.478559000000
Longitude: -98.478559000000
Citation:
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín, A Revolution Remembered: the Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguín. Jesús F. de la Teja, ed. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2002), 167.
Event Type:
Date: March 18, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American A party of Comanches kill the nephew of Francisco Ruiz near the Ruiz ranch on the Medina River (present-day Von Ormy).
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.298677000000
Longitude: -98.651050000000
Longitude: -98.651050000000
Citation:
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín, A Revolution Remembered: the Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguín. Jesús F. de la Teja, ed. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2002), 167.
Event Type:
Date: March 23, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Tonkawas
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Rangers under the command of Juan Seguin kill two Tonkawas, wounding a third, who they believe to be responsible for recent depredations in the San Antonio area (near present day Stockdale).
Tribe: Tonkawas
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.236908000000
Longitude: -97.960003000000
Longitude: -97.960003000000
Citation:
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín, A Revolution Remembered: the Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguín. Jesús F. de la Teja, ed. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2002), 167.
Event Type:
Date: April 17, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) A party of 100 Tawakonis (Wichita) steal 32 horses from Juan Seguín’s rangers near Las Cuevas (Natural Bridge Caverns) north of San Antonio. Seguín’s men pursue and engage the Tawakonis and retrieve horses with no losses to either side.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.692175000000
Longitude: -98.342417000000
Longitude: -98.342417000000
Citation:
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín, A Revolution Remembered: the Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguín. Jesús F. de la Teja, ed. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2002), 169.
Event Type:
Date: April 28, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Indians stampede horses near Fort Smith, at the junction of the Leon and Lampasas Rivers, five miles southeast of present-day Belton.
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 30.984420000000
Longitude: -97.401521000000
Longitude: -97.401521000000
Citation:
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar Charles Adam Gulick, et al., ed. (A.C. Baldwin, Printers, 1924), 4/1:32).
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 1: 245.
Event Type:
Date: May 5, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) A party of Comanches, part of a larger force estimated at 200, kill one man, Neal, outside Nashville, five miles northeast of present-day Gause.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.863284000000
Longitude: -96.676789000000
Longitude: -96.676789000000
Citation:
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 246.
Event Type:
Date: May 6, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) A large party of Comanches, estimated at 200, attack a team of wagons near present-day Cameron. Five Texans are killed: Jesse Bailey, David McCandless, Aaron Cullins, Clairborne Neal and John Hughes.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.834654000000
Longitude: -96.909479000000
Longitude: -96.909479000000
Citation:
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar. Charles Adam Gulick, et al., ed. (A.C. Baldwin, Printers, 1924), 4/1:32.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 246-47
Telegraph and Texas Register, May 23, 1836
Event Type:
Date: May 8, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Comanches raid the home of Mr. Robinett, near Nashville, five miles northeast of present-day Gause, driving off a herd of horses. One man is reported wounded.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.837446000000
Longitude: -96.692298000000
Longitude: -96.692298000000
Citation:
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 248.
Event Type:
Date: May 9, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Comanches raid the home of Mr. Webb near Nashville. No casualties are reported.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.825833000000
Longitude: -96.652778000000
Longitude: -96.652778000000
Citation:
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 248.
Date: May 10, 1837
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) A company of volunteers organized in response to the theft of cattle and horses along the Neches River is attacked by Indians. Three Anglos--John Sheridan, Dan McLean, and James Barnes are killed near present-day Elkhart.
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.382507000000
Longitude: -94.949720000000
Longitude: -94.949720000000
Citation:
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002), 1:248-50.
Telegraph and Texas Register, May 23, 1836
Event Type: