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Richland Creek Fight
Militiamen John J. Earle and Phillip Whepler are killed by Indians on Richland creek, between the Trinity and Brazos...
Indians Kill Two Rangers
Twenty-six Indians attack three rangers between San Antonio and the Rio Grande. The Indians kill rangers John L. Wilbarger...
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.
U.S. Troops Attack Indians near Carrizo Springs
Capt. Llewellyn Jones and eleven of his men overtake a party of Indians about four miles outside of Carrizo Springs. One...
U.S. Troops Skirmish with Mescalero Apaches
The U.S. Cavalry under Captain Charles F. Ruff fight fifteen Mescalero Apaches at Eagle Springs, some twenty miles southeast...
Texas Rangers Attack Indians at Elm Creek
Capt. William “Bigfoot” Wallace and thirteen rangers encounter near Elm Creek a small band believed to have recently stolen...
Mescaleros Attack U.S. Soldiers
A small party of U.S. troops under Capt. Stephen D. Carpenter at Fort Lancaster travel up Live Oak Creek to gather timber...
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...
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...
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 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"...
Indians Attack Johnston’s Station
Unidentified Indians attack Johnston’s Station, twenty-five miles southwest of present-day San Angelo. U.S. soldiers defend...
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...
Texas Rangers Kill Two Ysleta Residents
Texas Rangers and and Sheriff Charles Kerber, on their way to San Elizario to bury the victims of the Salt War uprising...