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Battle of Agua Dulce Creek
James Grant and ten Texans are killed by Mexican troops under Gen. José Urrea on Agua Dulce Creek, 26 miles below San...
Comanches Attack Horn and Harris Party
A party of 60 Comanches (part of a larger group estimated to be about 400), attack two families and several men, former...
Karakawas Kill Five American Sailors
Karankawas kill five American sailors shipwrecked on the northern end of Padre Island.
Rangers Attack Comanches at Agua Dulce Creek
Capt. John S. Ford and around sixteen rangers attack a similar number of Comanches at Agua Dulce Creek. Four Indians die in...
Indians Kill One at Agua Dulce Creek
Twenty-five Indians attack a party of thirteen mustangers at Agua Dulce Creek. The Indians kill one and wound three others.
Indians Kill Two near San Patricio
Fifteen Indians attack two Mexicans and two Anglos roughly three miles south of San Patricio. One Mexican and one Anglo die...
Mexicans Attacked at Kinney’s Fort
William Cairnes’ spy company attacks a party of Mexican traders near Kinney’s Fort (present-day Corpus Christi). One Mexican...
San Patricio Rangers Killed
Mexican troops under Lt. Co. Rámon Valera kill William Cairns and three members of Cairns’ Western Spy Company near San...
Comanches Raid Corpus Christi
A series of engagements with a Comanche raiding party in the Corpus Christi area results in four Anglos killed, and four...
Comanches Kill Corpus Christi Resident
James Kenney, the eldest son of Austin County resident Rev. John Wesley Kenney, is killed by Comanches near the mouth of the...
South Texas Residents Killed
Several Mexicans and “one or two” Americans are reported killed by Comanches south of Corpus Christi.
Mexican Hanged by Vigilantes
Anglo vigilantes hang a Mexican in Banquete, twenty-three miles west of Corpus Christi, suspecting the him of theft.
Vigilantes Kill Tejano
Anglo vigilantes hang Mexican in Nuecestown (northwest Corpus Christi), suspecting him of theft.
Two Corpus Christi Men Hanged
Anglos hang two Mexicans in front of the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, suspecting the men of participating in...
Nuecestown Raid
Mexican men kill John Smith at Thomas Noake’s store in Nuecestown (northwest Corpus Christi). They are pursued by an Anglo...
Vigilantes Kill Corpus Christi Resident
A posse including Sheriff John McClane and John B. "Red" Dunn capture a Mexican shot by Thomas Noakes in the Nuecestown...
Vigilantes Kill Two in Corpus Christi
Anglo vigilantes hang two Mexicans in Corpus Christi, suspecting them of committing murder.
Vigilantes Kill Two Nueces County Residents
Vigilantes kill two Mexicans in Banquete, 23 miles west of Corpus Christi, suspecting them of murder.