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Indians Kill a Man near Fort Merrill
Four Indians and one white man attack two travelers near Fort Merrill, fifty miles northwest of Fort Merrill. A traveler...
Indians Kill Slave Woman near Cibolo Creek.
Fifteen to twenty Indians attack Mr. Rector and the twelve-year-old son of Reverend McGee near Mr. Rector’s residence by the...
Indians Attack Two Mexicans near Atascosa
Indians attack two Mexican men in the vicinity of Atascosa near the Medina River. Both men manage to escape virtually...
Indians Kill Settler near Fort Belknap
Two Indians, reportedly Comanches, kill a man named Seidmore at his home near Fort Belknap, ten miles west of present-day...
Texas Rangers Attack Indians at Elm Creek
Capt. William “Bigfoot” Wallace and thirteen rangers encounter near Elm Creek a small band believed to have recently stolen...
Mescaleros Attack U.S. Soldiers
A small party of U.S. troops under Capt. Stephen D. Carpenter at Fort Lancaster travel up Live Oak Creek to gather timber...
Lipan Apaches Wound a Laredo Resident
Five Lipan Apaches attack Dario de los Reyes at Manadas Creek Lake, attempting to kidnap him. After inflicting a severe...
Indians Attack Man South of Fredericksburg
Eight Indians attack a Fredericksburg resident, Jacob Gueseberger (or Kusenberger), on the headwaters of the Blanco River....
Indians Kill Two People on the Cibolo
Six Indians, believed to be Comanches, attack a house on the Cibolo some eighteen miles away from San Antonio. The Indians...
Indians Kill Sisterdale Resident
Indians reportedly kill one Mr. Herman Runge near his residence in Sisterdale.
Indians Kill Kerrville Residents
Indians kill five to six residents of Kerrville in the vicinity of Camp Verde after the townspeople attempt to show troops...
Indians Kill Morgan Creek Resident
Indians kill Robert Adams, a stockman, at Morgan Creek sometime in 1857.
Comanches Attack Baggett Family Ranch
Ten Comanches approach the Baggett family’s farm, eleven miles east of Comanches. The Indians kill one of the Baggett...
Comanches Attack Mail Station
A large number of Comanches attack Johnson’s Station, in present-day San Angelo. One Indian is killed, two whites are...
Wagon Train Near Devil’s River Attacked
Comanches ambush a wagon train led by William A. “Bigfoot” Wallace at an upper crossing of the Devil’s River, near present-...
Mescalero Apaches Attack Mail Train
Sixty Mescalero Apaches attack a mail train 58 miles east of Fort Stockton. The Indians kill Sgt. Ernest Schroeder, but the...
Slave Survives Comanche Attack
A slave herding horses is attacked by Comanches near Resley Creek, roughly twenty miles southwest of Stephenville. Though...
Comanche Attack Wagon at Johnson’s Peak
Comanches kill Peter Cartright Johnson and his son at the base of what would later be known as Johnson’s Peak.
Family Attacked on Pecan Bayou
Mose Jackson, his wife, and four of their seven children are attacked by more than two dozen Indians on the west side of...
Old Warren Homestead Raided
A party of Indians raid the homestead of the Edward Hunter family, eight miles east of Old Warren (near present-day Ravenna...