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Comanches Attack Ranchers at Little Salt Creek
About 60 Comanches attack a dozen ranchers as they drive cattle at Little Salt Creek, nine miles west of Loving. They kill...
U.S. Soldiers Attack Kiowa and Comanche Camp on the Brazos River
Captains Henry Carroll and Edward M. Heyl lead 95 soldiers to a joint Kiowa-Comanche camp on the Salt Fork of the Brazos...
Kiowas and Comanches Attack U.S. Troops on Llano Estacado
Around 500 Kiowa and Comanche warriors attack a 200-strong U.S. scouting expedition near present-day Crosbyton. The soldiers...
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...
Comanches and Kiowas Raid Dimmitt County Settlements
A raiding party of around 60 Comanches and Kiowas raid settlements in northwest Dimmit County. They loot a number of ranches...
Texas Rangers Skirmish with Indians
Driving livestock seized from farms in Dimmit County, a raiding part of 60 Kiowas and Comanches encounter a dozen Texas...
Comanches and Kiowas Attack Young County Ranchers
Forty Comanches and Kiowas attack a party of twelve ranchers four miles east of Graham. Three ranchers and killed; five are...
Warren Wagon Train Raid
One hundred and fifty Kiowas and Comanches led by Chief Mamanti (pictured) attack a wagon train on the Salt Creek Prairie,...
U.S. Cavalry Kill Two Comanches
U.S. soldiers guided by Tonkawa scouts under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie, fight a small number of Comanches at Blanco Canyon....
Kiowas and Comanches Attack Wagon Train
More than 100 Kiowas and Comanches attack a wagon train camped at Howard’s Well, twenty-two miles west of present-day Ozona...
U.S. Soldiers Fight Kiowas and Comanches
U.S. soldiers pursue Kiowas and Comanches responsible for attacking a wagon train at Howard’s Well. The two parties engage...
Comanches and Kiowas Attack Surveyors
Comanches and Kiowas attack a surveying party at Westover, forty-one miles southwest of Wichita Falls. Two Indians and one...
Comanches Kill Frio County Settler
Comanches attack two settlers at Tehuacana Creek in Frio County, mortally wounding Rance Brown.
Comanches Attack Medina County Settlers
Comanches attack four men at Verde Creek, four miles northwest of Hondo. One Comanche is killed.
Comanches Attack Trading Party
Comanches attack a trading party, including Edward Tschirhart and his brothers Joe, Louis and Nic, in the vicinity of Fort...
Comanches Kill Blanco County Settlers
Comanches kill Thomas Phelps and his wife near North Cypress Creek in Blanco County.
Comanches Attack Settlers in Llano County
Comanches ambush a party of whites, including "Capt." Dan W. Roberts, seeking to avenge the murders of Thomas Phelps and his...
Settlers Attack Comanche Camp
Eight ranchers attack a small Comanche camp at Packsaddle Mountain in Llano County. Three Comanches are killed; four whites...
Comanches Attack Settlers
Comanches attack three men at Thurman’s Spring, seven miles southwest of Fort Richardson (present-day Jacksboro). They kill...
U.S. Soldiers Attack Kiowas and Comanches
U.S. soldiers led by Lt. Charles L. Hudson attack a party of thirty Kiowas and Comanches in the vicinity of Rocksprings,...