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Comanches Kill Weatherford Settler
An unknown number of Comanches kill John Leeper at his home twelve miles north of Weatherford.
Settler Killed on Little Wichita River
Comanches attack two men, J. M. Koger and Thomas Norris, on Little Wichita River, northwest of Henrietta. The Comanches kill...
Four Men Killed on Beans Creek
Comanches kill two white settlers and two freemen at Beans Creek, twelve miles east of Jacksboro.
Comanches Raid Wise County Farm
Comanches kill Isabel Babb at Dry Creek in Wise County. The Indians take two of her children, Bianca and Margie, and Sarah...
Comanches and Kiowas Kill Montague County Settlers
A band of sixty Comanches and Kiowas kill Andrew Powers and Winfield Williams six miles southeast of Montague.
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...
Comanches Attack Settlers in Comanche County
Thirty Comanches attack Larkin Stone, Frank Brown, John Roach and another man sixteen miles south of Comanche as they travel...
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...
Comanches Kill Two Erath County Settlers
Eight Comanches kill Nathan McDow and his son Francis just outside Alexander, near present-day Dublin, in Erath County.
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...
Comanches Kill Young County Settlers
Seventy-five Comanches kill three men, Patrick E. Proffitt, Rice Carrollton, and Reuben Johnson, on the Clear Fork of the...
Comanches Attack U.S. Troops on West Fork of the Trinity River
Three hundred Comanches attack a detachment of U.S. soldiers cutting wood on the West Fork of the Trinity River, eighteen...
U.S. Troops Fight Comanches near Fort Belknap
U.S. troops fight Comanches in the vicinity of Fort Belknap. The Indians kill two soldiers in the fighting.
Comanches Capture Two Montague County Youths
Comanches capture two youths, Thomas Bailey and Dick Freeman, in southeastern Montague County.
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...
Legion Valley Raid
Fifteen Comanches raid the home of John and Matilda Friend near the junction of Sandy Creek and Legion Creek, fourteen miles...
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...
Comanches Attack Montague County Homestead
Comanches seriously wound two members of the McElroy household and take two of their children into a brief captivity,...
Comanches Kill Three Settlers in Blanco County
Comanches kill William Irwin Shepard, his wife, and their one-year-old son seven miles south of Blanco.