Unprovoked Attack

Texas Rangers Attack Indian Camp at Yellow Wolf Creek

Date: December 1860
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Capt. Jack Curiton and a company of Texas Rangers encounter an Indian camp (tribe unknown) at Yellow Wolf Creek. A skirmish ensues in which several Indians are killed and one ranger is mortally wounded.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.960083000000
Longitude: -100.563704000000
Citation:

J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 582-584.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Texas Rangers Fight Indians in Brown County

Date: 1861
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Four rangers encounter a small group of unidentified Indians between Blanket Creek Spring and Pecan Bayou, eleven miles east of Brownwood. They charge the Indians, killing one in a brief fight before the remainder escape.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 31.644965000000
Longitude: -98.819713000000
Citation:

J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 485-486.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Texas Rangers Fight Indians Near Jacksboro

Date: February 1861
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Capt. D. M. Tackett and a party of rangers encounter eleven unidentified Indians twelve miles north of Jacksboro. A brief skirmish ensues in which one Indian is killed and another is seriously wounded.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 33.392788000000
Longitude: -98.162705000000
Citation:

Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 75.

            J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 521.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Union Soldiers Fight Mescalero Apaches in Trans-Pecos

Date: August 31, 1862
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Union troops led by Lt. Edmond D. Shirland encounter 36 Mescalero Apaches 35 miles west of Fort Davis. A running fight ensues, in which the Union troops kill four Mescaleros and wound around twenty others. Two soldiers die in the fighting.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Mescalero
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 30.528583000000
Longitude: -98.264942000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 100-101.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Texas Rangers Skirmish with Comanches on the Pedernales River

Date: February 1863
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Capt. James M. Hunter and eleven rangers encounter eleven Comanches on the Pedernales River, near Harper. Six Indians are killed. One ranger is seriously wounded.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.279784000000
Longitude: -99.222919000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno and Susan J. Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2008), 186-187.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Comanches Fight U.S. Troops on Salt Fork of the Brazos River

Date: June 18, 1863
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
U.S. soldiers find Comanches on the Salt Fork of the Brazos River, ten miles northwest of the Double Mountains. Four Indians are killed; one soldier is wounded.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 33.132525000000
Longitude: -100.605686000000
Citation:

Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 140.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Texas Militiamen Fight Kiowas and Comanches at Ellison Springs

Date: August 9, 1864
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Lt. Singleton Gilbert and fifteen Texas militiamen encounter 35 Kiowas and Comanches at Ellison Springs, near present-day Gorman. The militia attack but are repelled by the Indians, who kill three militiamen and wound three others.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Kiowas, Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 32.240414000000
Longitude: -98.633665000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 149.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Indians Attack Ranchers in Lost Valley

Date: September 15, 1864
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Dozens of unidentified Indians encounter five ranchers on a roundup in Lost Valley, about twelve miles northwest of Jacksboro. The Indians kill two men, State Cox and William Peveler. One Indian likely dies in the skirmish. Cole Duncan (pictured), George Hunter and Perry Harmonson escape.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 33.311114000000
Longitude: -98.333105000000
Citation:

Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 179-180.

J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 547-548.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Comanches Fight Palo Pinto County Cattle Rustlers

Date: Late August 1865
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
About a dozen cattle rustlers engage ten Comanches in northeast Palo Pinto County. The Comanches mortally wound one of the cattle thieves.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 32.956162000000
Longitude: -98.129573000000
Citation:

Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 222.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Comanches Fight U.S. Troops at Salt Creek in Wise County

Date: May 30, 1866
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Comanches fight U.S. soldiers at Salt Creek in Wise County, killing two of them and forcing the remainder to retreat.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 33.090164000000
Longitude: -97.591949000000
Citation:

Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 247-248.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Indians Kill Mail Carrier Near Fort Belknap

Date: June 1869
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Unidentified Indian raiders steal five horses from Christopher C. Mills, then kill a mail-carrier, Frank Taylor, ten miles east of Fort Belknap.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 33.176797000000
Longitude: -98.569260000000
Citation:

Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 380.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

U.S. Troops Attack Indians outside Juno

Date: June 7, 1869
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
A black regiment of U.S. soldiers led by Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie encounters a party of unidentified Indians near Juno. They attack the Indians, killing two. One soldier dies in the fighting.
Race or Ethnicity: Black (includes African American and African), Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.148556000000
Longitude: -101.116672000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 232.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

U.S. Troops Fight Apaches on Llano River

Date: November 24, 1869
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Capt. Edward M. Heyl and twenty U.S. soldiers attack a small party of Apaches while scouting along the Llano River near Sonora. One Indian is killed; Heyl is seriously wounded.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Apaches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.476566000000
Longitude: -100.176509000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 240.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Battle of Little Wichita River

Date: July 12, 1870
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
U.S. soldiers led by Capt. Curwen B. McLellan encounter Kiowas under the leadership of Chief Kicking Bird on the Little Wichita River, near present-day Archer City. A skirmish ensues in which fifteen Kiowas and two soldiers are killed. Eleven U.S. soldiers are wounded.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American
Tribe: Kiowas
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 33.826004000000
Longitude: -98.239956000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 245-246.

Handbook of Texas Online, Jack O. Loftin, "LITTLE WICHITA RIVER, BATTLE OF THE," accessed August 26, 2018,http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qfl01. 

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Texas Rangers Fight Kiowas

Date: February 7, 1871
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Nine rangers encounter 40 Kiowas near present-day Chico in Wise County. The rangers kill two; one ranger is wounded.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Kiowas
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 33.295920000000
Longitude: -97.798616000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 248.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

U.S. Troops Attack Kiowas

Date: May 20, 1871
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
U.S. soldiers led by Lt. Peter M. Boehm attack a small hunting party of Kiowas near Henrietta. One Kiowa is killed; one soldier is wounded.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Kiowas
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 33.817312000000
Longitude: -98.193262000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 252.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Battle of Blanco Canyon

Date: October 10, 1871
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
At least 100 Kotsoteka and Quahadi Comanches engage a large expeditionary force led by Col. Ranald Mackenzie in the vicinity of Blanco Canyon. They kill one soldier and wound another before retreating
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Kotsoteka, Quahadi
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 33.665765000000
Longitude: -101.160231000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 253.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

U.S. Soldiers Attack Comanche Camp

Date: September 29, 1872
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
A force of 220 U.S. soldiers and 20 Tonkawa scouts under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie, attack a Kotsoteka and Quahadi Comanche camp on the North Fork of the Red River, seven miles from the mouth of McClellan’s Creek. The soldiers kill more than 30 Indians, including Chief Kai-wotche and his wife.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Tonkawas, Kotsoteka, Quahadi
Gender: male, female
Location:
Latitude: 35.406416000000
Longitude: -100.675284000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 258-259.

Michael L. Nunnally, American Indian Wars: A Chronology of Confrontations Between Native Peoples and Settlers and the United States Military, 1500s-1901 (Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007), 129.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Lost Valley Fight

Date: July 12, 1874
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Thirty-five Texas Rangers and U.S. soldiers led by Maj. John B. Jones encounter as many as 100 Kiowas led by Lone Wolf and Mamanti at Lost Valley, twelve miles northwest of Jacksboro. Two rangers are killed.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Kiowas
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 33.310975000000
Longitude: -98.333083000000
Citation:

Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 280.

Handbook of Texas Online, James L. Haley, "RED RIVER WAR," accessed August 26, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qdr02. 

Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense, 2nd edition (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 312-313.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack

Texas Rangers Kill Indians near Clear Fork of the Brazos

Date: July 25, 1874
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Rangers attack unidentified Indians near the headwaters of the Clear Fork of the Brazos River. Three Indians are killed; two are wounded.
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European)
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 33.016291000000
Longitude: -98.668171000000
Citation:

Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense, 2nd edition (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 314.

Event Type:
Unprovoked Attack