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Comanche Raid on Coleman Farm
A large party of Comanches estimated at between 100-200 attack the Coleman farm on Webber’s Prairie, 12 miles north of...
Slave Killed on Walnut Creek
A small party of Indians, probably Comanches, kill a slave driving a wagon at Walnut Creek, in present-day Austin.
Webster Attack
The surveying party and family of land-speculator John Webster is attacked by Comanches near the headwaters of Brushy...
Slave Survives Comanche Attack
A slave herding horses is attacked by Comanches near Resley Creek, roughly twenty miles southwest of Stephenville. Though...
Slave Girl Killed
A young female slave owned by William Clopton is killed by Comanches while bringing cattle in from pasture on Gilleland...
Two Austin Youths Killed
A party of Comanches attacks the Austin farm of Nolan Luckett, killing Luckett’s son and a slave boy. Another slave is...
Comanches Attack Settlers at Tecumseh Creek
A large number of Comanches attack five settlers and a black freeman at Tecumseh Creek. The freeman, Ward, is killed; John...
Comanches Kill Two Bosque County Residents
Comanches kill two African-Americans and take fourteen-year-old Ole Tergerson Nystel into captivity near Bee Creek in Bosque...
U.S. Cavalry Attack Comanche Camp at Paint Creek
Capt. Adna R. Chaffee leads two detachments of cavalrymen to a Comanche encampment at Paint Creek, thirty miles southwest of...
U.S. Soldiers Fight Comanches
Ten black soldiers led by Sgt. Emanuel Stance exchange gunfire with Comanches over the course of two days near Kickapoo...
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....
U.S. Troops Fight Comanches
Lt. Andrew Geddes leads U.S. soldiers and Black Seminole Scouts in an attack on Comanches at the mouth of the Pecos River...
Buffalo Soldiers Attack Comanches
Capt. Phillip L. Lee and 42 African-American soldiers attack a group of Comanches near present-day Morton. They kill at...