Lipan Apaches attack a small Spanish force on the Frio River, seizing all their horses and killing four soldiers.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Lipans
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -99.555026000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 109.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Two colonists, Rogers and Hines, murdered near Atascocito crossing of Colorado River, en route to San Antonio. Two Mexican deserters are arrested for the murders.
Gender: male
Longitude: -96.537144000000
Ernest W. Winkler, ed. Manuscript Letters and Documents of Early Texians 1821-1845, 24-25
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
A party of Mexican drovers en route to Louisiana is attacked by five Mexican horse thieves, 12 miles east of the William Dewees home on the lower Colorado River below Columbus; all but one, Julian Carrasco, are killed.
Gender: male
Longitude: -96.534162000000
William B. Dewees, Letters from an Early Settler of Texas (Louisville: Morton Griswold, 1852), 53-54. Kuykendall, "Reminiscences of Early Texans," The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, vol. 7, no. 1, July 1903, 34
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
William Dewees and about half a dozen colonists tracked a band of horse thieves who had recently attacked and murdered a party of Mexican drovers. They caught up with the group at the Brazos River, killing three: Julian Chirino, Vicente Castro, and Felix Mendoza.
Gender: male
Longitude: -96.795387000000
William B. Dewees, Letters from an Early Settler of Texas (Louisville: Morton Griswold, 1852), 53-54. Kuykendall, "Reminiscences of Early Texans," The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, vol. 7, no. 1, July 1903, 34.
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
Land speculators Haden and Benjamin Edwards call upon Nacogdoches residents to join them in a revolt against the Mexican government. The rebels draft a declaration of independence on December 21,1826, but few residents support the insurrection.
Gender: male
Longitude: -94.655487000000
Archie P. McDonald, "Fredonian Rebellion," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jcf01), accessed January 12, 2016. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Modified on September 23, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Thirty settlers led by Henry S. Brown attacked an Indian camp, possibly Comanche, on the Colorado River, above the mouth of Pecan Bayou, in an effort to recover horses stolen near Gonzales. One Mexican, several Indians killed.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Longitude: -98.724314000000
John Henry Brown, History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892 (St. Louis: L.E. Daniell, 1892-93), 1:154-55.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
A party of Tawakonis (Wichitas) kill José Salinas and Miguel Castro near San Marcos.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Longitude: -97.904449000000
Eugene C. Barker, ed., The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, 219-20.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
San Antonio resident, Jose Manuel Delgado, killed by Wacos near San Antonio.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Longitude: -98.321553000000
Malcolm D. McLean, comp. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1974), 4:154.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Mexican company overtakes a party of Wacos (Wichita) near San Antonio, killing two Indians and recovering stolen horses.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -98.328473000000
Malcolm D. McLean, comp. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1974), 4:154.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
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
Longitude: -97.065475000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 141.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Mexican troops attack Tawakonis (Wichita) on San Gabriel River (then known as the San Xavier River). Eight Tawakonis are killed.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: male
Longitude: -97.170599000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 142.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
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
Longitude: -97.483925000000
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.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
A 35-man presidial company skirmishes with and disperses a group of Indians, probably Comanches, on the outskirts of San Antonio. No report of casualties.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -98.694340000000
Manuel Rudencindo Barragan to Antonio Elosua, November 5 1831, Bexar Archives, Dolph Briscoe Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Mexican troops from San Antonio assist Shawnees in pursuing Comanches who had earlier been defeated near Bandera Pass. Thirty Comanches are reported killed, probably near present-day Kerrville.
Tribe: Comanches, Shawnees
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -99.154579000000
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 143.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Mexican troops led by Capt. Manuel Barragán attack Comanche encampment on the Llano River, near present-day Junction. A dozen Comanches are killed.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Longitude: -99.770279000000
F, Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 144.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
In the first major conflict between Anglo colonists and the Mexican government, a force of 100-150 Anglos under John Austin and Henry Smith attack Fort Velasco (present-day Surfside Beach). Approximately ten Texans are killed and eleven wounded. The Mexican garrison commanded by Col.
Gender: male
Longitude: -95.293251000000
"Velasco, Battle of," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qfv01), accessed August 18, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
A battle for control of Nacogdoches results in the deaths of 47 Mexican troops and four Anglo-Texan colonists. Mexican troops under the command of Col. José de las Piedras evacuate the town.
Gender: male
Longitude: -94.647639000000
Archie P. McDonald, "Nacogdoches, Battle of," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qen01), accessed August 18, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Retreating Mexican troops surrender to Anglo-Texan colonists at Durst farm (near present day Douglas) in aftermath of Battle of Nacogdoches.
Gender: unspecified
Longitude: -94.883473000000
Archie P. McDonald, "Nacogdoches, Battle of," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qen01), accessed August 18, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
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
Longitude: -99.800015000000
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.