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Rangers Fight Wichitas near Artesia Wells
Lt. Walter Hudson and a dozen rangers track down a band of roughly sixty Wichitas (Tawakonis) seen near Fort McIntosh,...
Lipan Apaches Attack Merchants
More than fifty Lipan Apaches attack a merchant train en route to Fort Duncan at Chacon Creek in Maverick County. The...
Mexicans Killed by Comanches near the Loma Blanco
A large party of Comanche Indians attacks thirteen Mexicans near the Loma Blanco, roughly sixty miles south Corpus Christi,...
Indians Kill Two near San Patricio
Fifteen Indians attack two Mexicans and two Anglos roughly three miles south of San Patricio. One Mexican and one Anglo die...
San Antonio Man Killed
A party of fifteen Indians attack fourteen Mexicans and Anglos running wild horses just outside San Antonio. The Indians...
South Texas Ranch Raided
Several people are wounded at a ranch forty miles south of San Antonio, near present-day Falls City. Lipan Apaches are...
Lipan Apaches Raid Wagon Train
A party of Lipan Apaches attack a Mexican wagon train just outside of Laredo. They wound one teamster in the raid.
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...
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...
U.S. Cavalry Skirmish with Comanches
A U.S. cavalry unit commanded by Lt. Richard W. Johnson encounter a group of around ten Comanches in the vicinity of present...
Mescalero Apaches Attack Stagecoach Station
Mescalero Apaches attack a stagecoach station ten miles south of Van Horn. Light S. Townsend and three Mexican employees...
South Texas Residents Killed
Several Mexicans and “one or two” Americans are reported killed by Comanches south of Corpus Christi.
Ranger Company Rescues Two Mexican Youths
A ranger company led by Col. Jack Hays encounters a party of Lipan Apaches on the Nueces River. Six Indians are killed. Two...
Tejano Youths Attacked by Lipan Apaches
Three Mexican-Texan youths are attacked by a party of Indians, believed to be Lipan Apaches, near Fort Inge (one mile south...
June: Mexican Teamsters Killed
Seven Mexicans teamsters employed by the U.S. Army are killed by Comanches on the Leona River, sixty miles southwest of San...
Comanches Kill Laredo Merchant
A Tejano merchant of Laredo is killed by Indians, probably Comanches, a few miles south of Corpus Christi.
Battle of Fort Lancaster
A large combined force of Lipan Apaches, Kickapoos, Mexicans, and rogue Settlers (supposed ex-Confederates)—numbering in the...
Indians Kill Hubbard Creek Settler
Unidentified Indians attack George Hazlewood in the vicinity of Hubbard Creek, near present-day Breckenridge. Hazlewood...
U.S. Cavalry Attack Comanche Camp at Paint Creek
Capt. Adna R. Chaffee leads two detachments of cavalrymen to a Comanche encampment at Paint Creek, thirty miles southwest of...
Expedition Tracks Apaches to Santiago Mountains
A combined force of sixty U.S. soldiers and forty-five Mexican-Americans track Lipan and Mescalero Apaches suspected of...