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Davidson Creek Fight
Near Davidson Creek, northwest of present-day Caldwell, Braman Reed and a group of colonists attack Indian raiding party...
Fall of the Alamo
After a 13-day siege, about 1,800 Mexican soldiers take part in an assault on the Alamo mission, defended by more than...
Battle of Refugio
In a series of engagements in and near the Nuestra Señora Refugio Mission, a force of 1,500 Mexican troops under Gen....
Rocky Creek Fight
Henry Wax Karnes and 5 Texans skirmish with a party of 20 Mexican soldiers on Rocky Creek, 12 miles southwest of Gonzales...
Tonkawas Raid Clark’s Creek Settlement
Nine members of the Douglas and O’Doherty families are killed by Tonkawas on Clark’s Creek, twelve miles southwest of...
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...
Comanche Raid Arroyo Colorado Settlements
A large party of Comanches who had earlier attacked the Horn and Harris familes kill five Americans on the Arroyo...
Comanche Raid near Laredo
Comanches kill three men and capture a 12 year old boy near Laredo.
Lynch’s Ferry Skirmish
Sidney Sherman and a small detachment of cavalry engaged in a skirmish with Mexican soldiers near Lynch’s Ferry (present-...
Comanches Raid Rio Grande Ranchos
Comanches raid ranches along the Rio Grande between Laredo and Guerrero, killing three Mexicans and stealing horses and...
Comanches Raid Hornsby Settlement
Approximately 100 Comanches kill two men, John Williams and Howard Haggard, working on the farm of Reuben Hornsby, on the...
Comanches Attack Fort Parker
A force of several hundred Comanche and Caddo attack Fort Parker, five miles north of present-day Groesbeck. Five...
Mexican Schooner Seized
Isaac W. Burton’s rangers capture the Mexican schooner Watchman, with supplies for the Mexican army, in Copano...
Colonists Attacked near Nashville
Seventeen Anglo settlers are attacked by a party of 50 Kichai (Wichita) and Tawakonis (Wichita) on the road to Nashville...
Mexican schooners seized
Isaac W. Burton’s rangers capture the Mexican schooners Comanche, and Fanny Butler with supplies for...
Bastrop Farm Raided
Conrad Rohrer is killed by Comanche raiding party at Thomas Moore farm near Bastrop.
Rangers Skirmish with Caddos
Capt. William Hill’s company of 50 rangers pursue a party of 20 Caddos from the headwaters of Brushy Creek in present-day...
Anglos Killed near Sulphur River
Caddo and Wichita Indians reportedly kill nine Anglos near a Delaware village on the Sulphur River, twenty miles north of...
Bastrop Farm Raided
Matthew Duty is shot and killed on his farm outside of Bastrop by Indians.