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Coleto Creek Fight
Two Texas militiamen serving under Captain John Pierson are killed in a fight with Comanches on Coleto Creek, seven miles...
Mexican Troops Raid San Antonio Ranch
Mexican militia commander Manuel Savariego raids Alexander ranch, 20 miles southwest of San Antonio, and captures...
Rangers Fight Comanches at Todos Santos Creek
Twenty rangers under Captain "Bigfoot" Wallace discover approximately 80 Comanches at Todos Santos Creek ten miles south of...
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 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. 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...
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...
Battle of Sweetwater Creek
Two hundred U.S. troops led by Maj. William R. Price encounter four hundred Kiowas and Comanches between Sweetwater Creek...
U.S. Soldiers Attack Kiowas
U.S. soldiers attack Kiowas gathered at Tule Creek. They kill fifteen warriors, including the Kiowa chief Woman Heart.
U.S. Soldiers Attack Comanches
A sixteen-man detachment of Texas Rangers led by Lt. B. F. Best attack a small group of Comanches near Brownwood. They kill...
U.S. Troops Fight Comanches
U.S. soldiers and three black Seminole scouts led by Lt. John L. Bullis attack roughly 30 Comanches at Eagle Nest Creek....
Texas Rangers Attack Comanches
About twenty Texas Rangers in Maj. John B. Jones Frontier Battalion attack seven Comanches after spotting them from Spy Knob...
Texas Rangers Fight Lipan Apaches
The Texas Rangers Frontier Battalion fights a group of Lipan Apaches in the vicinity of Big Lake, thirty-four miles north of...