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Texas Rangers Attack Indians at Elm Creek
Capt. William “Bigfoot” Wallace and thirteen rangers encounter near Elm Creek a small band believed to have recently stolen...
Mescaleros Attack U.S. Soldiers
A small party of U.S. troops under Capt. Stephen D. Carpenter at Fort Lancaster travel up Live Oak Creek to gather timber...
German Youth Kills Indian
A sixteen-year-old German boy named Pieper encounters six Indians about fourteen miles northwest of Hillsboro. He shoots one...
Indians Attack Man South of Fredericksburg
Eight Indians attack a Fredericksburg resident, Jacob Gueseberger (or Kusenberger), on the headwaters of the Blanco River....
Four Indians Killed at Bandera Pass
San Antonio residents pursue a party of Indians who had raided a farmhouse on the Cibolo Creek six days earlier to Bandera...
U.S. Troops Kill Three Indians at the Headwaters of the Guadalupe River
While on a scouting mission under the command of Capt. Albert G.Brackett, a U.S. cavalry unit encounters an encampment of...
Soldiers Attack Indian Camps on Rio Grande
Capt. James Oakes, thirty cavalrymen, and nineteen infantry attack three separate bands of Indians around the junction of...
Indians Kill Sisterdale Resident
Indians reportedly kill one Mr. Herman Runge near his residence in Sisterdale.
Indians Kill Kerrville Residents
Indians kill five to six residents of Kerrville in the vicinity of Camp Verde after the townspeople attempt to show troops...
Indians Kill Morgan Creek Resident
Indians kill Robert Adams, a stockman, at Morgan Creek sometime in 1857.
U.S. Cavalry Fight Indians at Kickapoo Creek
A U.S. Cavalry unit under the command of one Sgt. Walter McDonald (or McDonnell), led by guide José Policarpi "Polly"...
Indians Kill Two Near Meridian Creek
Indians reportedly attack a man named Renfro and his son while hunting near the headwaters of Meridian Creek, killing both...
Indians Attack Brownwood Settler
A small raiding party attacks Brooks Lee just south of present-day Brownwood. Lee repels the attack, mortally wounding one...
Indians kill Brownwood Resident
Shortly after the attack on Brooks Lee near Brownwood, Indians kill one Mr. Lewis at Stepp’s Creek, just a couple of miles...
Three Killed on Pecan Bayou
Either Indians or white men disguised as Indians raid a home on the Pecan Bayou. They kill two men during the raid, however...
Owl Creek Settlers Killed
Indians attack two men and a white youth in the vicinity of Owl Creek, near Gatesville. Both men are killed; the youth...
Indians Kill Colony Creek Resident
Indians kill one male member of the Flanagan family as he set out from the family home on Colony Creek, seven miles east of...
Two Settlers Killed Near Twin Mountains
Indians kill John Buhne and his black companion near the Twin Mountains, in present-day Erath County.
Two families Attacked in Jack County
A party of Indians and several whites raid the Gertrude settlement, just north of present-day Jermyn. They kill seven...
Family Attacked on Pecan Bayou
Mose Jackson, his wife, and four of their seven children are attacked by more than two dozen Indians on the west side of...