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U.S. Soldiers Attack a Comanche Camp at Kickapoo Creek
U.S. soldiers attack a Comanche camp at Kickapoo Creek in north Concho County. They kill four Comanches and wound several...
Two Comanches Killed in Santa Anna Mountains
A party of settlers tracks and kills two Comanches as they lead a stolen herd of cattle through the Santa Anna Mountains
U.S. Soldiers Attack Comanche Camp
U.S. soldiers find a Comanche camp in the vicinity of Kickapoo Creek, 28 miles east of present-day San Angelo. The soldiers...
Comanches Killed at Paint Creek
Settlers living near Hubbard Creek and five visitors including John R. Baylor, track and kill thirteen Comanches at Paint...
Battle of Pease River
Capt. Lawrence Ross leads Texas Rangers, U.S. cavalry, and civilian volunteers to a Comanche camp at the junction of Mule...
Settlers Fight Comanches on Pecan Bayou
A party of eleven settlers fight a similar number of Comanches off Pecan Bayou, seven miles west of present-day Goldthwaite...
Texas Troops Fight Comanches on San Saba River
Texas Mounted Rifles led by Maj. James “Buck” Barry fight Comanches on the San Saba River in Mason County. They kill three...
Settlers Fight Comanches on the North Prong Medina River
Fifteen settlers led by Taylor Thompson track a party of Comanches that had raided the farmhouse of Fritz Krawitz a few days...
Settlers Fight Comanches on Squaw Creek
Settlers fight a number of Comanches on Squaw Creek, about two miles northeast of present-day Glen Rose. One settler is...
Texas Rangers Attack Comanches at Buffalo Gap
Lt. T. C. Wright and eleven rangers ambush a larger number of Comanches at Buffalo Gap. At least three rangers sustain...
Confederate Soldiers Fight Comanches near Red River
Confederate soldiers and Cooke County residents fight more than 100 Comanches about three miles south of South Fish Creek,...
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,...
Settlers Fight Comanches on the Leona River
Eleven settlers elected Levi English captain and tracked 36 Comanches to the junction of the Leona and Frio Rivers. A...
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...
Cedar Gap Raid
A party of 40 settlers attack a Comanche camp near Gap Creek in Brown County. They kill seven Comanches and wound four...
U.S. Troops Attack Comanches
Sgt. W.A.F. Ahrberg leads forty-five soldiers and twenty-two Indian scouts in an attack on a band of Comanches suspected of...
Big Tree’s Raid
Kiowa Chief Big Tree leads 300 Kiowas and Comanches on a raid through Cooke County and southeast Montague County. Attacking...
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. Troops Attack Comanches at Paint Creek
A detachment of soldiers and a party of Tonkawa scouts led by Capt. George W. Smith tracks Comanches suspected of raiding...