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Cherokees Attack Wichita Village
One hundred Cherokees attack a Tawakoni (Wichita) village at headwaters of the Navasota River (present day Mont Calm)....
Caddo Chief Executed
A force of 60 Texas volunteers captures four Indians--two Caddos, chief Canoma and his son, and two Cherokees--near the...
Horse Trader Killed by Cherokees
“Cherokee” John Williams, a noted horse thief, is killed in a Cherokee village. Exact location unknown, but approximately...
Cherokees Killed by Surveyors
Three Cherokees are killed in Cherokee territory, roughly thirty miles north of Nacogdoches, possibly by Anglo-American...
Red River Skirmish
Daniel Montague and 17 Texans attack a band of Kickapoos, Shawnees, Delawares, and Cherokees near Warren. Several Indians...
Upper Brazos River Skirmish
Lieutenant A. B. Van Benthuysen and 18 Texas Rangers encounter a party of Cherokees led by several Kichai (Wichita)...
Refugio Settlers Killed
In an attempt to support Vicente Córdova, who would lead a revolt against the Republic of Texas later that summer, Julián...
Battle at Kickapoo Village
Supporters of Vicente Córdova--a force that included Mexicans, blacks, Kickapoos, Delawares, Caddos, Coushattas, and...
Robertson Plantation Raided
Indians raid the plantation of Joseph W. Robertson on the lower Colorado River in Bastrop County. Seven slaves are seized...
Battle Creek Fight
Texas troops under Gen. Kelsey H. Douglas and General Tom Rusk engage Chief Bowles’ retreating Cherokees on Battle Creek...
Battle of the Neches
At a Delaware village west of the Neches River, about 19 miles southeast of present-day Canton, 500 Texans under General...
Cherokee Villages Burned
Texans burn Cherokee villages, corn fields, and all improvements around the headwaters of the Sabine River near present-...
Sabine River Settler Killed
An Anglo settler named Blankenship is killed by Cherokees near the Sabine River, probably near present-day Lake Tawakoni...
East Texas Settler Killed
Timothy O’Neil is killed by Indians, probably Cherokees, near Fort Lamar, an army post about ten miles south of present-...
Cherokees Killed on the Red River
Cherokees retreating into U.S. Indian Territory are fired upon at the Red River, roughly six miles north of present-day...
Burleson’s Christmas Fight
Col. Edward Burleson engages a group of Cherokees near the mouth of the San Saba River, eight miles northwest of present-...
Cherokees Attack Waco Village
Cherokees attack Waco village on the Brazos, near present-day Waco. Fifty-five Wacos (Wichitas) killed in reprisal for...
Anglos Killed near the Rio Grande
A party of Indians (Cherokees, Delawares, Kickapoos, and Caddos), with several Mexicans, kill and rob six Texians on the...