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Comanche Indian Killed Near Santa Catarina
U.S. soldiers led by Sgt. Charles M. Patrick track a band of Comanches to the vicinity of Santa Catarina. They kill one...
White Volunteers from Comanche County fight Indians at Salt Mountain
A dozen Comanche County residents set out to track down a group of Indians committing depredations in the area, finding five...
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.
Tackett Family Attacked by Indians
Pleasant Tackett, a Methodist preacher and his three sons, fight twelve Indians at the foot of what would become known as...
Comanches Attacked Near Balcones Escarpment
Five soldiers and fifteen settlers track down a slightly lesser number of Comanches who had stolen horses near the Balcones...
Indians Kill Llano Resident
Llano resident and Methodist preacher Jonas Dancer is killed by a small party of Indians, probably Comanches, fourteen miles...
Llano River Skirmish with Comanches
U.S. troops led by Lt. William B. Hazen—in cooperation with a thirty-man volunteer force of Texans—pursue a party of...
Girl Captive Killed by Comanches
Upon the death of the wife of a Comanche chief, the Indians kill Rhoda Putnam at one of their rancherias, possibly near...
Deserters Killed by Indians
Two deserters of Edward Burleson’s Frontier Regiment are found killed, probably by Comanche Indians, near the fork of the...
Austin Resident Killed
A man named Kaughman is killed by Comanches while hunting on Williamson’s Creek, a fork of Onion Creek, five miles west of...
Austin Residents Killed by Comanches
Two Austin residents, a butcher and an English laborer, are killed in the recently-establish city by Comanches.
Council House Fight
Violence erupts on the streets of San Antonio when peace talks break down between the Lamar administration and the Penateka...
Texan Killed on San Marcos River
Comanches kill Leander C. Cunningham on the San Marcos River.
Anglo Youths Killed by Comanches
Comanches pretending to be friendly Tonkawas kill six male youths and steal their horses near San Juan Capistrano mission...
Austin Settler Killed
Joseph Rogers is killed by Comanches between Coleman Fort and Hornsby’s Station, in present-day northeast Austin.
Seguin Resident Killed by Comanches.
Comanches kill James Campbell, a founder of the town of Seguin, one mile south of San Antonio.
Slave Girl Killed
A young female slave owned by William Clopton is killed by Comanches while bringing cattle in from pasture on Gilleland...
Texans Skirmish with Comanches on Rio Frio
John R. Cunningham’s Frontier Regiment skirmishes with Comanches eight miles west of Frio River and eight miles above the...
Comanches Attack Kenney’s Fort
Comanches attack Kenney’s Fort, a small fort on Brushy Creek, east of present-day Round Rock. One Texan, Joseph Weeks, is...