Cherokees attack Waco village on the Brazos, near present-day Waco. Fifty-five Wacos (Wichitas) killed in reprisal for theft of horses the previous winter. During the course of the battle, which lasted several hours, 200 mounted Tawakonis (Wichitas) came to the aid of the Wacos.
Date: April 1829
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos, Tawakonis, Cherokees
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Tribe: Wacos, Tawakonis, Cherokees
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.526459000000
Longitude: -97.069359000000
Longitude: -97.069359000000
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: State House Press, 1988), 11-13. See also Malcolm D. McLean, ed. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington Press), 3:412-14; J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 174-77; F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 141.
Event Type:
Date: May 1829
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic, Native American A party of Tawakonis (Wichitas) kill José Salinas and Miguel Castro near San Marcos.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.886197000000
Longitude: -97.904449000000
Longitude: -97.904449000000
Citation:
Eugene C. Barker, ed., The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, 219-20.
Event Type:
Date: July 1829
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Four Indians, probably Tawakonis (Wichitas), killed during raid of settlers at Thomas Thompson farm house near Bastrop.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 30.110533000000
Longitude: -97.323096000000
Longitude: -97.323096000000
Citation:
Henderson K. Yoakum, History of Texas: From its First Settlement in 1685 to its Annexation to the United States in 1846 (Austin: Steck, 1953), 260
Event Type:
Date: August 1829
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Lipans, Tawakonis
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Stephen Austin and Lipan Apaches lead an expedition against Tawakonis (Wichitas). Six Tawakonis killed by a militia company led by Abner Kuykendall near the mouth of the San Saba River.
Tribe: Lipans, Tawakonis
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.252707000000
Longitude: -98.595677000000
Longitude: -98.595677000000
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: State House Press, 1988), 69; Henderson K. Yoakum, History of Texas: From its First Settlement in 1685 to its Annexation to the United States in 1846 (Austin: Steck, 1953), 261.
Event Type:
Date: Winter 1829
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White John McSherry killed by Indians, possibly Tawakonis (Wichita) on the west side of Guadalupe River, at the lower edge of the DeWitt Colony.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 28.841255000000
Longitude: -97.064552000000
Longitude: -97.064552000000
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: State House Press, 1988), 88.
Event Type:
Date: December 24, 1829
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wichitas
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American En route to San Antonio to bring their pigs to market, four Anglo-Texans were attacked by Indians, possible Wichitas. The attack occurred on the La Bahia – San Antonio road, forty miles east of San Antonio. Elijah Andrew Roark, Andrew Cox and Robert Spears were killed.
Tribe: Wichitas
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.013228000000
Longitude: -98.050693000000
Longitude: -98.050693000000
Citation:
William B. Dewees, Letters from an Early Settler of Texas (Louisville: Morton Griswold, 1852), 120. “Roark, Elijah Andrew,”
Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fro02), accessed June 15, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.)
Date: March 1830
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White Tawakonis (Wichita) raid John Walker’s home on Little River. One family member killed. Reports of other Anglos killed in surrounding area and livestock stolen.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.970849000000
Longitude: -97.353457000000
Longitude: -97.353457000000
Citation:
Eugene C. Barker, ed., The Austin Papers (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924), 2:351. John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 211.
Event Type:
Date: 1830
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic, Native American San Antonio resident, Jose Manuel Delgado, killed by Wacos near San Antonio.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.516000000000
Longitude: -98.321553000000
Longitude: -98.321553000000
Citation:
Malcolm D. McLean, comp. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1974), 4:154.
Event Type:
Date: 1830
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic, Native American Mexican company overtakes a party of Wacos (Wichita) near San Antonio, killing two Indians and recovering stolen horses.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.514095000000
Longitude: -98.328473000000
Longitude: -98.328473000000
Citation:
Malcolm D. McLean, comp. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1974), 4:154.
Event Type:
Date: 1830
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Cherokees, Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American One hundred Cherokees attack a Tawakoni (Wichita) village at headwaters of the Navasota River (present day Mont Calm). Setting fire to grass houses, they shot Tawakonis as they were trying to escape, reportedly killing 26.
Tribe: Cherokees, Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 31.753793000000
Longitude: -96.881919000000
Longitude: -96.881919000000
Citation:
1. F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 141.
2. Malcolm D. McLean, comp. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1974), 4:162-67, 192, 210.
Event Type:
Date: August 1830
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos, Tawakonis
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic, Native American A Mexican force of approximately 150 men burn Waco and Tawakoni villages along the Brazos River near present-day Waco.
Tribe: Wacos, Tawakonis
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.518549000000
Longitude: -97.065475000000
Longitude: -97.065475000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 141.
Event Type:
Date: 1830
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic, Native American Mexican troops attack Tawakonis (Wichita) on San Gabriel River (then known as the San Xavier River). Eight Tawakonis are killed.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.689877000000
Longitude: -97.170599000000
Longitude: -97.170599000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 142.
Event Type:
Date: 1830
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Kichais, Wacos
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White Austin colonists skirmish with Wacos (Wichita) and Kichais (Wichita) on Caney Creek, near present-day Athens. Seven Indians and one colonist (William Cooper) are killed.
Tribe: Kichais, Wacos
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 32.234458000000
Longitude: -95.906633000000
Longitude: -95.906633000000
Citation:
Malcolm D. Maclean, Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1974), 5:40.
John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 208-09.
Event Type:
Date: 1831
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis, Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic, Native American Captain Manuel Lafuente and two hundred Mexican troops attack a Tawakoni (Wichita) hunting camp at Cowhouse Creek, above the creek’s intersection with the Leon River, fifteen miles northwest of present-day Belton. Eight Tawakonis are killed.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.291450000000
Longitude: -97.483925000000
Longitude: -97.483925000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 142.
Brian Delay, War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S. Mexican War (Yale University Press, 2008), 35-37.
Event Type:
Date: 1831
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Fleeing westward after an attack by Mexican troops on their camp at Cowhouse Creek earlier in November, a band of Tawakonis (Wichita) is pursued and attacked by a force of two hundred Mexican troops between the Llano and Pedernales rivers.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.581910000000
Longitude: -98.297695000000
Longitude: -98.297695000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 142.
Event Type:
Date: 1831
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Caddos, Wichitas
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White A force of 124 Wichita and 40 Caddo attack Rezin P. Bowie and a party of nine Anglo-American treasure hunters near an abandoned Spanish silver mine, six miles east of present-day Menard, on the San Saba River. Six whites are wounded and one killed.
Tribe: Caddos, Wichitas
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.920119000000
Longitude: -99.779287000000
Longitude: -99.779287000000
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: L. E. Daniel, 1896), 19-23.
John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 91-98.
Date: August 1832
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White Anglo immigrant H. Reed is killed by a party of eight Wacos (Wichitas) near Tenoxtitlan, 14 miles northeast of present-day Caldwell.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.636003000000
Longitude: -96.666092000000
Longitude: -96.666092000000
Citation:
Eugene C. Barker, ed., The Austin Papers (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924), 2:836, 848-49.
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: L. E. Daniel, 1896), 25.
Event Type:
Date: August 1832
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wichitas, Caddos, Delawares
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American A band of eight Wacos (Wichita) is pursued and caught by a party of Caddos and Delawares on the Little River. Five Wacos are killed.
Tribe: Wichitas, Caddos, Delawares
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 30.953387000000
Longitude: -97.377588000000
Longitude: -97.377588000000
Citation:
Eugene C. Barker, ed., The Austin Papers (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924), 2:836, 848-49.
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: L. E. Daniel, 1896), 25.
Event Type:
Date: October 23, 1832
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches, Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic, Native American Presidial troops from San Antonio encounter and defeat a group of Comanches and Tawakonis (Wichitas) near the San Saba mission (four miles west of present-day Menard) that had been committing depredations on the frontier. A herd of livestock is recovered. Nine Comanches are killed.
Tribe: Comanches, Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 30.922203000000
Longitude: -99.800015000000
Longitude: -99.800015000000
Citation:
Antonio Elosua to Manuel Rudencindo Barragan, November 9, 1832, Bexar Archives, Dolph Briscoe Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Foster Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 144.
Event Type:
Date: 1835
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos, Tawakonis
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White David Ridgway is killed by Indians, probably Wacos or Tawakonis (Wichitas) halfway between Fort Milam (four miles southwest of present-day Marlin) and the Brazos Falls.
Tribe: Wacos, Tawakonis
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.238087000000
Longitude: -97.009586000000
Longitude: -97.009586000000
Citation:
John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 219.
Event Type: