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Four Indians Killed at Bandera Pass
San Antonio residents pursue a party of Indians who had raided a farmhouse on the Cibolo Creek six days earlier to Bandera...
U.S. Troops Kill Three Indians at the Headwaters of the Guadalupe River
While on a scouting mission under the command of Capt. Albert G.Brackett, a U.S. cavalry unit encounters an encampment of...
U.S. Troops Attack Indians at Turkey Creek
Capt. Thomas Claiborne Jr. and a number of troops—as well as a posse of Laredo residents—hunt for Indians (Comanches or...
Comanches Killed by U.S. Troops
Sanaco, a Comanche chief, and fifteen to twenty other Comanches arrive at Fort Chadbourne. U.S. troops, suspecting them...
U.S. Troops Kill Two Comanches
U.S. troops led by Lt. Col. Robert E. Lee are dispatched to search for Indians and encounter some Comanches near present-day...
Soldiers Attack Indian Camps on Rio Grande
Capt. James Oakes, thirty cavalrymen, and nineteen infantry attack three separate bands of Indians around the junction of...
U.S. Troops Attack Indian encampment
U.S. cavalry and artillery under the command of one Col. Magruder attack an Indian encampment of Lipan Apaches and Tonkawas...
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...
U.S. Cavalry Kill Comanches on the Concho River
While scouting along the Middle Concho River, U.S. Cavalry under the command of Capt. William R. Bradfute, encounter eleven...
U.S. Troops Kill Apaches Near Rio Grande
U.S. troops stationed at Fort Clark (present-day Brackettville) discover Apaches between their outpost and the Rio Grande...
U.S. Troops Kill Apaches Near Fort Clark
Three days after encountering and attacking Apaches near their post, U.S. troops at Fort Clark (present-day Brackettville)...
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...
U.S. Troops Skirmish with Comanches
U.S. troops from the 8th Infantry skirmish with a number of Comanches at Howard’s Well in present-day Pandale. Four soldiers...
U.S. Cavalry Kill Comanches near Concho River
U.S. Cavalry, dispatched from Fort Mason to scout up the North Fork of the Concho River, encounter a number of Comanches...
U.S. Cavalry Fight Indians at Kickapoo Creek
A U.S. Cavalry unit under the command of one Sgt. Walter McDonald (or McDonnell), led by guide José Policarpi "Polly"...
Soldiers Skirmish with Lipan Apaches
Lt. Walter H. Jenifer leads twelve other soldiers on a scouting mission near present-day Rocksprings. They encounter a 100-...
Devil’s River Skirmish
A company of seventeen men led by Lt. John B. Hood encounter some fifty Comanches near Devil’s River. A fight ensues in...
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...
Comanche Indian Killed Near Santa Catarina
U.S. soldiers led by Sgt. Charles M. Patrick track a band of Comanches to the vicinity of Santa Catarina. They kill one...
U.S. Soldiers Fight Mescalero Apaches
U.S. soldiers led by Capt. Francis S. Dodge track Mescalero Apaches up the Delaware River to Pine Springs, on the eastern...