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Comanches Attack a Mail Convoy
Escorting mail delivery from Fort Merrill to Laredo, Lt. Charles Underwood and his men sustain an attack from Comanches near...
Comanches Attack Texas Rangers
A large party of 100 Comanches attack a ranger camp at San Antonio Viejo in present-day Jim Hogg County. One Indian is...
Mexicans Killed by Comanches near the Loma Blanco
A large party of Comanche Indians attacks thirteen Mexicans near the Loma Blanco, roughly sixty miles south Corpus Christi,...
Comanches Attack Wagon Train
100 Comanches led by Yellow Wolf raid a wagon train at Cherry Spring fourteen miles northwest of Fredericksburg. Four...
Comanches Kill Raid Laredo
A raiding party of Comanches kill a man and steal some horses and cattle within six miles of Laredo.
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...
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...
Two Kidnapped Near Fort Belknap
Comanches raid a house near Fort Belknap, carrying off a woman and a twelve-year-old girl. U.S. soldiers pursue the raiders...
Indians Attack Mail Train
Thirteen Indians attack a mail train three miles outside of D’Hanis en route to Eagle Pass. One Indian is wounded.
Indians Kill Settler near Fort Belknap
Two Indians, reportedly Comanches, kill a man named Seidmore at his home near Fort Belknap, ten miles west of present-day...
Indians Kill Two People on the Cibolo
Six Indians, believed to be Comanches, attack a house on the Cibolo some eighteen miles away from San Antonio. The Indians...
Comanches Attack Baggett Family Ranch
Ten Comanches approach the Baggett family’s farm, eleven miles east of Comanches. The Indians kill one of the Baggett...
Comanches Attack Mail Station
A large number of Comanches attack Johnson’s Station, in present-day San Angelo. One Indian is killed, two whites are...
Wagon Train Near Devil’s River Attacked
Comanches ambush a wagon train led by William A. “Bigfoot” Wallace at an upper crossing of the Devil’s River, near present-...
Slave Survives Comanche Attack
A slave herding horses is attacked by Comanches near Resley Creek, roughly twenty miles southwest of Stephenville. Though...
Comanche Attack Wagon at Johnson’s Peak
Comanches kill Peter Cartright Johnson and his son at the base of what would later be known as Johnson’s Peak.
South Texas Residents Killed
Several Mexicans and “one or two” Americans are reported killed by Comanches south of Corpus Christi.
German Settler Killed
A German settler is shot by Indians, presumably Comanches, on Comanche Creek, thirty miles northwest of Fredericksburg.
June: Mexican Teamsters Killed
Seven Mexicans teamsters employed by the U.S. Army are killed by Comanches on the Leona River, sixty miles southwest of San...
Comanches Killed near San Antonio
A party of Americans engage in a skirmish with Comanche Indians, fifty miles below San Antonio. One American and five...