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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.
Indians Kill Two near San Patricio
Fifteen Indians attack two Mexicans and two Anglos roughly three miles south of San Patricio. One Mexican and one Anglo die...
Comanches Attacked by Mounted Volunteers
Eighteen mounted volunteers attack a Comanche camp on the headwaters of the Leona River. They kill seven out of the eleven...
Indians Kill One near Cowhouse Creek
Indians kill Moses Meek at an English settlement on Cowhouse Creek, fourteen miles northwest of present-day Killeen.
Soldiers Kill Three Comanches near Zapata
Lt. John Gibbon orders Cpl. Stanger and ten U.S. troops to track and attack a band of Comanches suspected of raiding....
San Antonio Man Killed
A party of fifteen Indians attack fourteen Mexicans and Anglos running wild horses just outside San Antonio. The Indians...
Battle of Hynes Bay
Citizens of Refugio County organize a posse of twenty to thirty volunteers and attack a Karankawa camp on the shores of...
Comanches Attack Mail Train at Devil’s River
Twenty-three Comanches attack a mail train at the Painted Caves of Devil’s River. William A. “Bigfoot” Wallace and eight...
Rangers Attack Indian Camp
Cpt. Owen Shaw and other rangers attack an Indian camp on San Roque Creek. The rangers kill nine Indians and wound eleven...
German Settlers kill Delaware Indian
Believing a Delaware Indian had assisted Comanches in a raid, a crowd of German settlers shoot the Indian to death at the...
Anglos Skirmish with Lipan Apaches
A party of eight Anglo volunteers attack a band of Lipan Apaches near present-day Choke Canyon Reservoir. Three Anglos are...
South Texas Ranch Raided
Several people are wounded at a ranch forty miles south of San Antonio, near present-day Falls City. Lipan Apaches are...
Soldiers Attack Lipan Apache Camp
Believing Lipan Apaches had raided a ranch forty miles south of San Antonio in December, Gen. William Harney dispatches...
Soldiers Kill Comanches Near Zapata
A company of U.S. troops led by Lt. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte track a party of Comanches to present-day Remadura de Charco...
Three Wichitas Die at Fort Belknap
U.S. troops under Capt. Henry H. Sibley detain a party of more than twenty Wichitas (Taovayas) at Fort Belknap. Preferring...
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...
Indians Kidnap Woman at Limpia Creek
Indians attack a wagon train on Limpia Creek. No one is reported killed or injured, but the Indians take a woman into...
Kickapoos Kill Indian Agent
Renegade Kickapoos kill Indian agent Jesse Stems and William Leppelman near Fort Belknap. They are subsequently apprehended...
Lipan Apaches Raid Wagon Train
A party of Lipan Apaches attack a Mexican wagon train just outside of Laredo. They wound one teamster in the raid.