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Rangers Fight Comanches at Todos Santos Creek
Twenty rangers under Captain "Bigfoot" Wallace discover approximately 80 Comanches at Todos Santos Creek ten miles south of...
Comanches Kill Three on Medina River
Three men and a twelve-year-old boy are killed by Comanches on the Medina River north of Castroville.
Comanches Attack U.S. Troops
Having recently captured Chihuahua, Col. Alexander Doniphan sends Maj. Campbell and thirty-two dragoons with dispatches for...
Settlers Fight Comanches in Comanche County
Eight Settlers encounter fifteen Comanches outside the town of Comanche. Two Settlers are wounded in the fight that ensues,...
Comanches Kill Settler near Cora
Passing down the South Leon River, ten Comanche warriors kill Gid Foreman four miles south of Cora (present-day Gustine).
U.S. Troops Attack Comanches in West Texas
Maj. George H. Thomas and a small detachment of soldiers encounter eleven Comanches near present-day Snyder. One Comanche...
Texas Rangers Skirmish with Comanches on the Pedernales River
Capt. James M. Hunter and eleven rangers encounter eleven Comanches on the Pedernales River, near Harper. Six Indians are...
Comanches Fight U.S. Troops on Salt Fork of the Brazos River
U.S. soldiers find Comanches on the Salt Fork of the Brazos River, ten miles northwest of the Double Mountains. Four Indians...
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...
Comanches Fight Palo Pinto County Cattle Rustlers
About a dozen cattle rustlers engage ten Comanches in northeast Palo Pinto County. The Comanches mortally wound one of the...
Comanches Fight U.S. Troops at Salt Creek in Wise County
Comanches fight U.S. soldiers at Salt Creek in Wise County, killing two of them and forcing the remainder to retreat.
Battle of Red River
In the first major battle of the Red River War, six hundred U.S. soldiers under the command of Nelson A Miles engage roughly...
U.S. Soldiers Fight Kiowas and Comanches
Four U.S. soldiers encounter an unknown number of Kiowa and Comanche Indians on Whitefish Creek in northeast Donley County....
Battle of Lyman’s Wagon Train
More than 400 Kiowas and Comanches attack a wagon train on the Upper Washita River, on the eastern edge of the Panhandle,...
Buffalo Wallow Fight
Four U.S. soldiers and two civilian scouts are surrounded by 100 Kiowas and Comanches near the junction of Gageby Creek and...
Battle of Sweetwater Creek
Two hundred U.S. troops led by Maj. William R. Price encounter four hundred Kiowas and Comanches between Sweetwater Creek...
U.S. Soldiers Attack Comanches
A sixteen-man detachment of Texas Rangers led by Lt. B. F. Best attack a small group of Comanches near Brownwood. They kill...
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....
Texas Rangers Attack Comanches
About twenty Texas Rangers in Maj. John B. Jones Frontier Battalion attack seven Comanches after spotting them from Spy Knob...
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...