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Surveyors Attacked on Walnut Creek
An Anglo-American surveying party is attacked by 60 Indians on Walnut Creek above Pecan Spring, in present-day northeast...
Surveyors Attacked by Snake Indians
Surveying party led by A. Legrand is attacked by Snake Indians near present-day Texhoma. Nine Indians and three whites...
Merchants Killed near Bastrop
Driving wagons of merchandise from Columbia to Bastrop, Amos Alexander and his son, Amos Alexander, Jr. are attacked by...
Robertson Colonists Captured
Margaret McClellan and her two children are captured by Indians in Robertson colony on the San Gabriel River. Exact...
Austin Colonist Killed
Austin colonist John Taylor is killed by Indians near present day Anderson.
Robertson Colonists Skirmish with Indians
Anglo settlers John Marlin, Laban Menefee and Jarrett Menefee kill four Indians five miles above the Brazos Falls, near...
Elm Creek Fight
Fifteen rangers under George B. Erath attack a party of approximately 100 Indians on Elm Creek in Milam County, eight...
Indians Raid Fort Smith
Indians stampede horses near Fort Smith, at the junction of the Leon and Lampasas Rivers, five miles southeast of present...
Neches River Skirmish
A company of volunteers organized in response to the theft of cattle and horses along the Neches River is attacked by...
Nashville Residents Killed
Two men are killed by Indians in front of a church during Sunday services in Nashville, five miles northeast of present-...
Surveyor Killed near Little River
Stillman S. Curtis, a surveyor, is killed and his horse stolen by Indians near the Little River, three miles north of...
Brazos River Settler Killed
Henry Moss is killed by Indians along the Brazos River, sixty miles above Washington (near present-day Calvert).
Surveyors Attacked
A party of nine surveyors is attacked by 30 Indians near the headwaters of Yegua Creek (present day Lake Somerville). One...
Tenoxtitlan Settlers Killed
A party of settlers is attacked by Indians near Tenoxtitlan, 14 miles northeast of present-day Caldwell. Two settlers (...
Horse Thieves Killed
Two Indians are killed by Anglos after stealing horses from a settlement on the Lavaca River.
Red River farm raided
Two rangers, McCarty, son of William McCarty, and William Dority, are killed by Indians while collecting hogs on Bois d’...
Red River Resident Killed
Joseph Harris is killed by Indians near Fort Sherman, thirteen miles southwest of Mt. Pleasant.
Surveyors Killed near Seguin
Mexican Indian agent Manuel Flores and his party of 30 Mexicans and Indian allies attack the surveying party of Louis...
Richland Creek Fight
Militiamen John J. Earle and Phillip Whepler are killed by Indians on Richland creek, between the Trinity and Brazos...
Indians Kill Spanish Soldiers
Indians kill nine Spanish soldiers in the hills north of San Antonio.