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Lavaca Residents Killed by Comanches
Joel Ponton and Tucker Foley of Lavaca are attacked by Comanches at Ponton Creek, on the road from Columbus to Gonzales....
Comanches Attack Victoria
Penateka chief Buffalo Hump leads an estimated one thousand Comanches, including 500 warriors, down the Guadalupe River...
Wagoner Killed by Comanches
After attacking the town of Victoria on August 6, a large force of Comanches follows the Guadalupe River towards the coast,...
Comanches Sack Linnville
Following an attack on Victoria on August 6, a large force of Penateka Comanches proceeds to the coast, killing three men,...
Texas Scouts Attacked on Arenosa Creek
Three Texas scouts are chased by the large Comanche war party that had sacked the port of Linnville one day earlier. One...
Battle of Plum Creek
Following the Comanche raids on the towns of Victoria and Linnville, a Texas volunteer force is organized, engaging the...
Bastrop Settler Killed
Michael Nash, a carpenter, is killed by Indians, probably Comanches, three miles outside of Bastrop.
Anglos Pursue Comanche Raiding Party near San Antonio
Capt. George Howard and fifteen men pursue a Comanche raiding party in response to the killing of two San Antonio residents...
Howard Expedition Burns Comanche Village
Maj. George Howard leads an expedition of 180 men to the upper Colorado River. His men burn a Comanche village at the...
Moore Expedition Attacks Comanche Village
A force of approximately one hundred rangers and Lipan Apache scouts under the command of Col. John H. Moore attacks a...
Comanches Kill Travis County Chief Justice
James Smith, chief justice of Travis County, is killed by Comanches while searching for hogs in the woods outside of Austin...
Morehouse Expedition
Edwin Morehouse leads a search and destroy campaign against the Comanches. His force of 250 Anglos, Tonkawas, and Lipan...
Dolson Fight
Following a rash of horse thefts in Austin, Capt. George M. Dolson and seventeen members of the Travis County Guards pursue...
San Antonio Resident Killed by Comanches
A Mexican cartman is killed outside San Antonio while taking his oxen out to pasture.
Two Mexican-Texans Killed by Comanches
Two Mexicans are killed by Comanches near José Antonio Navarro’s ranch on the east bank of the Guadalupe River, near present...
Llano River Skirmish
In an effort to recover a large number of horses stolen in Gonzales, Capt. Ben McCulloch and 16 men pursue a Comanche...
Lewis Expedition Attacks Comanches
Texas rangers under the command of Capt. Mark Lewis encounter a band of Comanches between the San Saba and Llano rivers....
Nueces River Skirmish
Texas rangers under the command of Capt. Mark Lewis encounter two parties of Comanches between the San Saba and the Llano...
Uvalde Canyon Skirmish
A ranger company led by Jack Hays tracks a small party of Comanches to a camp near Uvalde Canyon, surrounding them in a...