Second Battle of Adobe Walls
The Quahadi Comanche chief Quanah Parker leads at least 300 Comanches, Kiowas, and Cheyennes in an attack on the Adobe Walls...
Indians Kill Reynolds Creek Settler
Unidentified Indians, probably Comanches and/or Kiowas, kill Phil Runnels at Reynolds Creek, near Waco, while he was cutting...
Indians Kill an Settler in Shackelford County
John Eubank sent his son Thomas to join a cattle roundup. Months later he learned Thomas was killed by unidentified Indians...
Indians Kill Hubbard Creek Settler
Unidentified Indians attack George Hazlewood in the vicinity of Hubbard Creek, near present-day Breckenridge. Hazlewood...
U.S. Troops Attack Indians at Hubbard Creek
U.S. soldiers track the Indians that had killed George Hazlewood near Hubbard Creek. The soldiers catch up to the party and...
Indians Kill Saltworks Laborer
Unidentified Indians kill Banty Allen at the Ledbetter Salt Works, the site of present-day Albany.
Indians Kill Denton County Settler
Unidentified Indians kill Jake “Parson” Moffett at the junction of Indian Creek and the Elm Fork of the Trinity River.
Big Tree’s Raid
Kiowa Chief Big Tree leads 300 Kiowas and Comanches on a raid through Cooke County and southeast Montague County. Attacking...
Comanches and Kiowas Raid Waggoner’s Ranch
Forty Comanches and Kiowas raid Waggoner’s Ranch, about twelve miles south of Vernon. A herder, George Halsell, is killed.
Indians Kill Two Settlers near Bee Cave Creek
Unidentified Indians kill C.C. Carter and Joseph Bond within a few miles of Bee Cave Creek in Lampasas County.
Comanches Attack Settlers at Tecumseh Creek
A large number of Comanches attack five settlers and a black freeman at Tecumseh Creek. The freeman, Ward, is killed; John...
Kiowas Kill Fort Griffin Settlers
Kiowas kill Abel Lee, his wife, and one of their children at their home in the vicinity of Sibley Creek, seven miles north...
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...
Kiowas and Comanches Attack U.S. Troops on Llano Estacado
Around 500 Kiowa and Comanche warriors attack a 200-strong U.S. scouting expedition near present-day Crosbyton. The soldiers...
Battle of Blanco Canyon
At least 100 Kotsoteka and Quahadi Comanches engage a large expeditionary force led by Col. Ranald Mackenzie in the vicinity...
U.S. Cavalry Kill Two Comanches
U.S. soldiers guided by Tonkawa scouts under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie, fight a small number of Comanches at Blanco Canyon....
Buffalo Hunters Attack Comanches
A party of 45 buffalo hunters attacks a 300-strong Comanche camp. The Comanches repel the attackers, wounding five of them,...
U.S. Troops Fight Apaches on Llano River
Capt. Edward M. Heyl and twenty U.S. soldiers attack a small party of Apaches while scouting along the Llano River near...
African-American Lynched in Walker County
Four Anglo men flog and then kill a black man named Samuel Jenkins in Walker County.
Comanches and Kiowas Attack Surveyors
Comanches and Kiowas attack a surveying party at Westover, forty-one miles southwest of Wichita Falls. Two Indians and one...