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Three Texans Killed in Wichita Mountains
Three rangers, Cpt. Stewart, Ezekiel Rowland, and John Gray, are killed by Indians in the Wichita Mountains.
Mounted Riflemen Attack Comanches near San Ygnacio
Twelve mounted riflemen under Lt. Gordon Granger, attack a party of thirty Comanches on the Rio Grande near San Ygnacio. Two...
Two Kidnapped Near Fort Belknap
Comanches raid a house near Fort Belknap, carrying off a woman and a twelve-year-old girl. U.S. soldiers pursue the raiders...
Troops Attack Lipan Apaches
Lt. George B. Cosby and eleven men attack an encampment of forty Lipan Apaches at Trinidad Lake, near present-day Ben Bolt....
Soldiers Attack Lipan Apache Camp
Cpl. William Wright and a number of other soldiers attack a Lipan Apache camp at Arroyo Baluarte, five miles south of...
Troops Skirmish with Comanches Near San Diego
Sixteen soldiers led by Capt. Michael E. Van Buren engage a band of Comanches in the vicinity of San Diego. The US troops...
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 and Lipan Apaches Skirmish at the Sierra Diablo
Capt. John G. Walker and his men track down a 300-strong Indian host at the Sierra Diablo, eighty miles west of present-day...
U.S. Troops Skirmish with Lipan Apaches on Live Oak Creek
U.S. infantry under the command of Capt. Benjamin H. Arthur fight Lipan Apaches on Live Oak Creek, near Batesville. The...
U.S. Troops and Lipan Apaches Skirmish Near Fort Davis
U.S. infantry fight Lipan Apaches at Fort Davis, losing three men in the skirmish.
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...
U.S. Troops Kill Three Wichitas on the Nueces River
U.S. troops led by Capt. James Oakes attack a small party of Wichita (Waco) warriors at the headwaters of the Nueces River,...
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...