Texas Republic 1836-45

Date: August, 1845
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
A party of traders traveling from the Rio Grande to San Antonio is attacked by Comanches at the Leona River. One man is killed; the party’s mules, horses and baggage are stolen.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 28.738801000000
Longitude: -99.167059000000
Citation:

Dorman H. Winfrey, ed. Texas Indian Papers 1844-1845 (Austin:  Texas State Library), 2:332.

Event Type:
Date: September 15, 1845
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
A company of 66 Mexican troops pursue Comanche raiding party of more than 20 Indians.
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic, Native American
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 27.686786000000
Longitude: -99.565837000000
Citation:

Wood, Robert D. Archivos de Laredo: Index to the Municipal Correspondence 1825-1845, 1.

Event Type:
Date: October, 1845
Time Period: Texas Republic 1836-45
Description:
Two Germans, Captain Friedrich von Wrede and Lieutenant Oscar Claren, are killed by Indians, believed to be Wichitas (Wacos), en route to New Braunfels from Austin. Their companion, Wessel, kills one of the Indians, and escapes.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.637303000000
Longitude: -98.152331000000
Citation:

Ferdinand Roemer, Texas, (Austin: Eakin Press, 1995), 175

            R. L. Biesele, The Relations Between the German Settlers and the Indians of Texas, 1844-1960, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 31, no. 2(1927), 120-21.