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Comanches and Kiowas Raid West Texas Homestead
Comanches and Kiowas raid the Lemley farm, ten miles west of present-day Stephenville. Four women are captured; two are...
Comanches and Kiowas Kill Two on Spring Creek
Having raided the Lemley homestead the day before, a band of Comanches and Kiowas kill two brothers, Angus and Colin Monroe...
Comanches and Kiowas Kill Neil’s Creek Settler
Comanches and Kiowas kill James Knight at Neil’s Creek, about four miles south of Cranfills Gap.
Comanches and Kiowas Attack Two Bosque River Settlers
Comanches and Kiowas attack Baptist ministers Jesse J. Griffith and John C. White three miles west of Turnersville, on the...
Comanches and Kiowas Kill Settler on the San Gabriel River
Comanches and Kiowas kill Benjamin Van Hook on the headwaters of the North Fork of the San Gabriel River, a little more than...
Kiowas Raid Pedernales River Homestead
A band of Kiowas attack the homestead of Matthew Taylor, killing two family members, a man and a woman, on the Pedernales...
Texas Militiamen Fight Kiowas and Comanches at Ellison Springs
Lt. Singleton Gilbert and fifteen Texas militiamen encounter 35 Kiowas and Comanches at Ellison Springs, near present-day...
Elm Creek Raid
A party of about 500 Comanches and Kiowas, including Chief Satanta, raid ranches along the Elm Creek tributary of the Brazos...
First Battle of Adobe Walls
In one of the largest battles fought between whites and Indians on the Great Plains, a force of more than 300 U.S. cavalry,...
Indians Kill Reynolds Creek Settler
Unidentified Indians, probably Comanches and/or Kiowas, kill Phil Runnels at Reynolds Creek, near Waco, while he was cutting...
Kiowas Attack Gillespie County Settlers
Twenty Kiowas attack settlers living near the junction of the Pedernales River and Live Oak Creek in Gillespie County. They...
Kiowas Capture Two Wise County Youths
Kiowas take James and William Ball, both aged seven, into captivity ten miles northwest of Decatur in Wise County.
Comanches and Kiowas Raid Waggoner’s Ranch
Forty Comanches and Kiowas raid Waggoner’s Ranch, about twelve miles south of Vernon. A herder, George Halsell, is killed.
Kiowas Fight Settler Party at Goshen Creek
A group of settlers tracks a raiding party of Kiowas to Goshen Creek, northwest of present-day Azle. Alvin A. Clark is...
Kiowas Kill Two Settlers on the Wise-Parker County Border
Kiowas kill Isaac Brisco and his wife at their home on the Wise-Parker County border. The Kiowas also take their three...
Indians Kill Youth on the West Fork of Trinity River
Comanches or Kiowas kill seventeen-year-old Logan B. Higgins on the West Fork Trinity River, roughly ten miles south of...
Kiowas Raid Farm near Elm Fork of Trinity River
Twenty Kiowas led by Chief Satanta kill James Box four miles southeast of Head of Elm (present-day St. Jo). The Kiowas also...
Comanches and Kiowas Kill Montague County Settlers
A band of sixty Comanches and Kiowas kill Andrew Powers and Winfield Williams six miles southeast of Montague.
Comanches and Kiowas Fight Settlers on the Wichita River
After attacking settlers near Montague, a band of sixty Comanches and Kiowas fight 25 settlers on the banks of the Wichita...
Kiowas Raid Tarrant County Homestead
Kiowas kill Sally Hamleton and take three of her children into captivity a few miles north of present-day Azle, in...