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Mexican Troops Attack Wichita Camp
Fleeing westward after an attack by Mexican troops on their camp at Cowhouse Creek earlier in November, a band of...
Indians Kill Morgan Creek Resident
Indians kill Robert Adams, a stockman, at Morgan Creek sometime in 1857.
Burnet Residents Kill Two Indians
Burnet county stockman, Robert Adams, is killed by Indians. Burnet residents, including General Adam R. Johnson, pursue a...
Dolson Fight
Following a rash of horse thefts in Austin, Capt. George M. Dolson and seventeen members of the Travis County Guards pursue...
Comanches and Kiowas Kill Settler on the San Gabriel River
Comanches and Kiowas kill Benjamin Van Hook on the headwaters of the North Fork of the San Gabriel River, a little more than...
Indians Attack Burnet County Settlers
Fifteen unidentified Indians attack a number of Burnet County settlers, including John H. Stockman, about ten miles...
Union Soldiers Fight Mescalero Apaches in Trans-Pecos
Union troops led by Lt. Edmond D. Shirland encounter 36 Mescalero Apaches 35 miles west of Fort Davis. A running fight...
Indians Kill Two Settlers on San Gabriel River
Unidentified Indians kill Jonathan P. Ragle and Lewis Jackson on the North Fork of the San Gabriel River, two miles south of...
Indians Attack Three Youths Near Burnet
Unidentified Indians attack three youths, including Lorenzo Holland and Benton Scaggs (pictured), six miles north of Burnet.
Indians Kill Burnet County Settler
Unidentified Indians kill one man, named Cook, twelve miles northeast of Burnet, near present-day Joppa.
Indians Kill Burnet Settler
Unidentified Indians kill Samuel Binnion, five miles north of Burnet.
Indians Kill Marble Falls Settler
Unidentified Indians kill Mr. Benson and take his son, James, into captivity at Backbone Valley, six miles north of Marble...
Kiowas Attack Gillespie County Settlers
Twenty Kiowas attack settlers living near the junction of the Pedernales River and Live Oak Creek in Gillespie County. They...
Comanches Attack Settlers in Llano County
Comanches ambush a party of whites, including "Capt." Dan W. Roberts, seeking to avenge the murders of Thomas Phelps and his...
Two Enslaved Persons Wounded by Indians Near Burnett
Two enslaved persons are wounded by arrows from Indians six miles south of present-day Burnet. Neither are mortally wounded.