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Robertson Colonists Captured
Margaret McClellan and her two children are captured by Indians in Robertson colony on the San Gabriel River. Exact...
Battle of Gonzales
In an attempt to retrieve a cannon held by the citizens of Gonzales, Lt. Francisco de Castañeda and 100 Mexican dragoons...
Goliad Garrison Surrenders
Capt. George M. Collinsworth and approximately 120 Texas colonists attack the Mexican garrison defending the Presidio la...
Anglos Skirmish with Comanches
Edward Burleson and twenty colonists engage in a running fight with a dozen Comanches near Gonzales. Several Indians are...
Battle of Concepcíon
Anglo-Texas rebels led by James Bowie and James Walker Fannin Jr. skirmish with Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea and 275...
Karankawas attack Texas Volunteers
A party of Texas soldiers under Major George Sutherland is attacked by Karankawas twelve miles from the Goliad presidio...
Wichitas Raid Joseph Taylor Farm
A party of fifteen Wacos (Wichitas) or Caddos raid the farm of Joseph Taylor near Three Forks of the Little River, three...
Battle of Lipantitlán
Near the Nueces River two miles west of San Patricio, approximately 60 Texans under Ira J. Westover engage 90 Mexican...
Mexican Troops Skirmish with Anglo Colonists
Skirmish between Anglo colonists led by John Bird and Mexican cavalry near San Antonio results in five Mexicans killed....
“Grass Fight”
Texas colonists led by James Bowie engage a Mexican supply train near Alazan Creek, one mile west of San Antonio,...
Siege of Bexar Ends
After laying siege to San Antonio de Bexar for more than a month, Texas rebels initiate a series of assaults on the city...
Austin Colonist Killed
Austin colonist John Taylor is killed by Indians near present day Anderson.
Comanches Attack Hibbins Party
Comanches attack Hibbins party near the headwaters of Navidad River (northwest of present day Schulenberg). John Hibbins...
Rangers Attack Comanches on Walnut Creek
John J. Tumlinson Jr. and rangers pursue Comanches in search of the Hibbins son, seized on January 20. On Walnut Creek,...
Settlers Attacked on San Gabriel River
A party of 40 Caddo and Comanches attacks two wagons of colonists near the mouth of Brushy Creek, on the San Gabriel...
Battle of San Patricio
Four hundred Mexican troops led by Gen. José de Urrea surprise approximately one hundred Texans under the command of Col...
Anglos Attacked on San Gabriel River
A party of 60 Indians (probably Comanches) attack six Anglos on the San Gabriel River, 25 miles north of present day...
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...
Colonist Killed near Gilleland Creek
John Rover is killed by a party of ten Indians (probably Comanches) near Gilleland Creek, in present-day Pflugerville....
Colonist killed on Davidson Creek
Joseph Reed is killed by a party of 40-50 Indians (probably Comanches) on Davidson Creek, northeast of present-day...