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Indians Kill Teamsters Near Laredo
A small caravan of goods shipped by merchants from Laredo to Eagle Pass is intercepted by Indians outside Laredo. Two...
Indians Kill Seven White People
Unidentified Indians reportedly kill seven white people on the San Antonio-Goliad road, approximately seven miles north of...
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 Rangers
Twenty-six Indians attack three rangers between San Antonio and the Rio Grande. The Indians kill rangers John L. Wilbarger...
Comanches Attack Wagon Train
100 Comanches led by Yellow Wolf raid a wagon train at Cherry Spring fourteen miles northwest of Fredericksburg. Four...
Comanches Kill Raid Laredo
A raiding party of Comanches kill a man and steal some horses and cattle within six miles of Laredo.
Indians Kill One at Agua Dulce Creek
Twenty-five Indians attack a party of thirteen mustangers at Agua Dulce Creek. The Indians kill one and wound three others.
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...
Indians Kill One near Cowhouse Creek
Indians kill Moses Meek at an English settlement on Cowhouse Creek, fourteen miles northwest of present-day Killeen.
San Antonio Man Killed
A party of fifteen Indians attack fourteen Mexicans and Anglos running wild horses just outside San Antonio. The Indians...
Comanches Attack Mail Train at Devil’s River
Twenty-three Comanches attack a mail train at the Painted Caves of Devil’s River. William A. “Bigfoot” Wallace and eight...
Mounted Riflemen Attack Comanches near San Ygnacio
Twelve mounted riflemen under Lt. Gordon Granger, attack a party of thirty Comanches on the Rio Grande near San Ygnacio. Two...
Kickapoos Kill Indian Agent
Renegade Kickapoos kill Indian agent Jesse Stems and William Leppelman near Fort Belknap. They are subsequently apprehended...
Two Kidnapped Near Fort Belknap
Comanches raid a house near Fort Belknap, carrying off a woman and a twelve-year-old girl. U.S. soldiers pursue the raiders...
Lipan Apaches Attack Wagon Train near Fort Ewell
Lipan Apaches raid a wagon train near Fort Ewell, eighteen miles east of present-day Artesia Wells. Five teamsters are...
Indians Attack Wagon Train
Seventy-five Indians attack a thirteen-man wagon train captained by Alsatian driver, Louis Oge, at Howard’s Well, near...
Apaches Attack Wagon Train
Fifty Mescalero Apaches attack a merchant train near El Muerto Springs, twenty-five northwest of present-day Marfa. Two...
Indians Kill German Settler
German settler Jacob Moehler is killed by Indians five miles outside of Castroville.
Settler Killed on Curry Creek
Jesse Lawhon, an overseer for Judge William Early Jones (pictured), and an enslaved youth are attacked by Indians at Curry...
Indians Attack Leona River Farm
Fifteen Indians ambush Edward D. Westfall at his home on the Leona River. One man is killed; Westfall is severely wounded...