Tawakonis (Wichita) attack Lipan Apaches on Colorado River. All 85 Lipans killed. Mexican prisoners, mostly youths, released.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis, Lipans
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -97.625370000000
Charles A. Gulick, ed. The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (Austin: A.C. Baldwin, 1921) 4/1:191-92.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
A party of Lipan Apaches, Tawakonis (Wichitas), and Comanches raid San Antonio, killing four Bexareños.
Tribe: Lipans, Tawakonis, Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -98.493628000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 110.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
A group of Tawakonis (Wichitas) launch a night time raid on San Antonio. Two Tawakonis are killed by a sentinel.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -98.493628000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 110.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Wacos (Wichita) raid a Tonkawa village, killing thirty, including women, children, and old men. Raid occurred on Davidson’s Creek, which is 25 to 30 miles north of Independence, near present day Milano.
Tribe: Wacos, Tonkawas
Gender: male, female
Longitude: -96.900000000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 110.
J. H. Kuykendall, “Reminiscences of Early Texans,” The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, vol. 7, p. 29-30.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
In response to Waco (Wichita) attack on Tonkawa village, Austin colonists join Tonkawas in an attack against Wacos on the Trinity River, killing forty Waco tribesmen.
Tribe: Tonkawas, Wacos
Gender: male
Longitude: -95.659161000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska 2006), 128-29. Eugene C. Barker, ed. “Journal of Stephen F. Austin on His First Trip to Texas, 1821,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 7 (April 1904): 286–307; Martínez to Lopez, February 8, 1822, Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27) 1: 472–74; Kelly F. Himmel, The Conquest of the Karankawas and the Tonkawas, 1821-1859 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1999), 55.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Austin colonist John J. Tumlinson Sr. is killed by Karankawas and Wacos (Wichitas) near the present town of Seguin; colonist Joseph Newman escapes.
Tribe: Karankawas, Wacos
Gender: male
Longitude: -97.964727000000
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas, (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 204-05.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
John J.Tumlinson, Jr., organizes a group of eleven colonists, including his brother Joseph Tumlinson, in response to the death of his father on July 6. They attack a Waco encampment 15 miles above present-day Columbus, killing 12-13.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Longitude: -96.515311100000
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas, (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 204-05.
Samuel H. Tumlinson, “Tumlinson, Joseph,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed September 16, 2020, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tumlinson-joseph
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Wichitas (Taovaya, Tawakoni, and Waco) combined with Penateka Comanches to raid San Antonio and Goliad. An American, Dickenson, is killed.
Tribe: Wacos, Tawakonis, Taovayas
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -98.372612000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 133. Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 1, part 1: 1196–97.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tawakonis (Wichitas) fight Tonkawas and Lipan Apaches at the La Bahía crossing of the Colorado River. Four Tonkawas are killed.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Tonkawas, Lipans
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -97.388327000000
Malcolm D. McLean, ed. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1975), 2:525.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Home of Sylvanus Castleman, on the west side of the Colorado River above La Grange, plundered by Wacos (Wichitas), took bedding, a wagon cover, and table furniture. None killed.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Longitude: -96.874266000000
Malcolm D. McLean, ed. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1975), 2:469.
Castleman, Sylvanus," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fca90), accessed January 14, 2016. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tawakoni (Wichita) and Kichai (Wichita) camp attacked on Colorado River, five leagues below the road to La Bahia, by combined force of 30 militiamen and Tonkawa and Lipan Indians, led by James J. Ross. Eight Tawakonis killed, including three chiefs: Cordero, Lisaque, and Guichupa.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Kichais, Tonkawas, Lipans
Gender: male
Longitude: -96.543388000000
Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, part 2:1304-05. Also in Malcolm D. McLean, ed. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1975), 2:535.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
DeWitt colonist John Wightman is killed near Gonzales by party of Comanches and Tawakonis and Wacos (Wichitas).
Tribe: Wacos, Comanches, Tawakonis
Gender: male
Longitude: -97.452493000000
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: State House Press, 1988), 15
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Captain Henry S. Brown, commanding Mexican soldiers and colonists, attacked Waco (Wichita) village on the Brazos River, near present-day Waco. All but one are killed.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Longitude: -97.051291000000
Malcolm D. McLean, ed. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington Press), 2:251-53.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Wacos (Wichitas) and Comanches attacked Lipan Apaches and Tonkawas on San Marcos River nine miles above Gonzales, stole several hundred horses.
Tribe: Wacos, Comanches, Lipans, Tonkawas
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -97.491839000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 133; Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, part 2, 1607.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Thirty-seven Tawakonis and Wacos (Wichitas), and Comanches raiding for horses attack San Felipe de Austin.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Wacos, Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -96.100793000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 140; Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, 15-16
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Thirty-seven Tawakonis, and Wacos (Wichitas), and Comanches raiding for horses attack Gonzales.
Tribe: Comanches, Tawakonis, Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -97.452493000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 140; Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, 15-16.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Mexican troops kill two Tawakoni and Wacos (Wichitas) on the Pedernales River following an Indian attack in San Antonio.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -98.283647000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 140.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Sixteen Tawakonis and Wacos (Wichitas) kill a Mexican resident of Austin’s colony on the Colorado River. Militia responds and kills eight Indians.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -96.479530000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 141.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Camp robbed by Tawakonis (Wichitas) three miles above Green DeWitt farm on the Guadalupe River.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -97.464448000000
Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, 175-76.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Four Tawakonis (Wichitas) killed in response to late February camp robbery within 15 miles of La Bahía.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -97.388327000000
Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, 175-76.