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U.S. Soldiers Fight Comanches
Ten black soldiers led by Sgt. Emanuel Stance exchange gunfire with Comanches over the course of two days near Kickapoo...
Battle of Little Wichita River
U.S. soldiers led by Capt. Curwen B. McLellan encounter Kiowas under the leadership of Chief Kicking Bird on the Little...
Texas Rangers Skirmish with Indians
Driving livestock seized from farms in Dimmit County, a raiding part of 60 Kiowas and Comanches encounter a dozen Texas...
Texas Rangers Fight Kiowas
Nine rangers encounter 40 Kiowas near present-day Chico in Wise County. The rangers kill two; one ranger is wounded.
U.S. Troops Attack Kiowas
U.S. soldiers led by Lt. Peter M. Boehm attack a small hunting party of Kiowas near Henrietta. One Kiowa is killed; one...
Battle of Blanco Canyon
At least 100 Kotsoteka and Quahadi Comanches engage a large expeditionary force led by Col. Ranald Mackenzie in the vicinity...
U.S. Cavalry Kill Two Comanches
U.S. soldiers guided by Tonkawa scouts under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie, fight a small number of Comanches at Blanco Canyon....
U.S. Soldiers Fight Kiowas and Comanches
U.S. soldiers pursue Kiowas and Comanches responsible for attacking a wagon train at Howard’s Well. The two parties engage...
Indians Attack Johnston’s Station
Unidentified Indians attack Johnston’s Station, twenty-five miles southwest of present-day San Angelo. U.S. soldiers defend...
Kiowas Attack Mail Wagon
Eight to ten Kiowas attack a mail wagon at Salt Creek, a mile and a half south of Graham. U.S. troops escorting the wagon...
U.S. Soldiers Attack Comanche Camp
A force of 220 U.S. soldiers and 20 Tonkawa scouts under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie, attack a Kotsoteka and Quahadi Comanche...
Apaches Attack Mail Wagon
Apaches attack a mail wagon on the northwest slope of the Eagle Mountains, twenty-one miles west of Van Horn. African-...
U.S. Soldiers Attack Kiowas and Comanches
U.S. soldiers led by Lt. Charles L. Hudson attack a party of thirty Kiowas and Comanches in the vicinity of Rocksprings,...
U.S. Troops Attack Comanches
Fifty-five U.S. soldiers and eighteen Tonkawa scouts led by Lt. Col. George P. Buell track Comanches suspected of raiding....
Lost Valley Fight
Thirty-five Texas Rangers and U.S. soldiers led by Maj. John B. Jones encounter as many as 100 Kiowas led by Lone Wolf and...
Texas Rangers Kill Indians near Clear Fork of the Brazos
Rangers attack unidentified Indians near the headwaters of the Clear Fork of the Brazos River. Three Indians are killed; two...
Battle of Red River
In the first major battle of the Red River War, six hundred U.S. soldiers under the command of Nelson A Miles engage roughly...
U.S. Soldiers Fight Kiowas and Comanches
Four U.S. soldiers encounter an unknown number of Kiowa and Comanche Indians on Whitefish Creek in northeast Donley County....
Battle of Lyman’s Wagon Train
More than 400 Kiowas and Comanches attack a wagon train on the Upper Washita River, on the eastern edge of the Panhandle,...
Buffalo Wallow Fight
Four U.S. soldiers and two civilian scouts are surrounded by 100 Kiowas and Comanches near the junction of Gageby Creek and...