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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...
Comanches Kill Three on Medina River
Three men and a twelve-year-old boy are killed by Comanches on the Medina River north of Castroville.
Three Surveyors Killed
A surveying party of five whites and two Shawnee Indians is attacked by Indians, probably Comanches, along the Blanco River...
Comanches Attack U.S. Troops
Having recently captured Chihuahua, Col. Alexander Doniphan sends Maj. Campbell and thirty-two dragoons with dispatches for...
South Texas Residents Killed
Several Mexicans and “one or two” Americans are reported killed by Comanches south of Corpus Christi.
U.S. Troops Skirmish with Comanches
U.S. troops under the command of Capt. James S. Gillett seek to recover horses stolen by a party of Comanches on the Leona...
San Antonio Residents Killed
Two residents of San Antonio, a man and a woman, are killed by Comanches in response to the death of members of the tribe by...
German Settler Killed
A German settler is shot by Indians, presumably Comanches, on Comanche Creek, thirty miles northwest of Fredericksburg.
Comanches Killed near San Antonio
A party of Americans engage in a skirmish with Comanche Indians, fifty miles below San Antonio. One American and five...
Comanches Kill Two near San Antonio
A small party of Texas troops is attacked by Indians, probably Comanches, two and a half miles southeast of San Antonio. Two...
Comanches Kill Anglo Captives
In response to the deaths of thirty-five members of the tribe at the Council House Fight in San Antonio on March 19, the...
Austin Resident Killed
The father-in-law of Judge James Smith is killed by Indians (probably Comanches) while cutting down a bee tree four miles...
U.S. Soldiers Attack Comanches at Clear Creek
Twenty-three soldiers led by Lt. Fitzhugh Lee, encounter Comanches herding stolen livestock up the Pecan Bayou. The soldiers...
U.S. Soldiers Attack a Comanche Camp at Kickapoo Creek
U.S. soldiers attack a Comanche camp at Kickapoo Creek in north Concho County. They kill four Comanches and wound several...
Comanches and Kiowas Raid West Texas Homestead
Comanches and Kiowas raid the Lemley farm, ten miles west of present-day Stephenville. Four women are captured; two are...
Comanches and Kiowas Kill Two on Spring Creek
Having raided the Lemley homestead the day before, a band of Comanches and Kiowas kill two brothers, Angus and Colin Monroe...
Comanches and Kiowas Kill Neil’s Creek Settler
Comanches and Kiowas kill James Knight at Neil’s Creek, about four miles south of Cranfills Gap.
Comanches and Kiowas Attack Two Bosque River Settlers
Comanches and Kiowas attack Baptist ministers Jesse J. Griffith and John C. White three miles west of Turnersville, on the...
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...
Comanches Kill Concho Stage Station Settler
Comanches kill a man named Morris near Concho Stage Station on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route, on the western edge of...