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Lavaca River Settlers Killed
Tonkawas kill several whites on the Lavaca River in retribution for stealing the Indians’ horses, which they had earlier...
Dyer North Texas Campaign
As part of Gen. John H. Dyer’s campaign against the Indians of the upper Trinity River, Capt. William B. Stout and his...
Dyer North Texas Campaign
Capt. William Scurlock and 12 rangers kill four Caddos in a largely abandoned Caddo village on the upper Sabine River,...
Delaware – Comanche Skirmish
Several Comanches are killed trying to cross the Rio Grande en route to Chihuahua, Mexico, which would be where the Pecos...
Killough Fight
Eighteen members of the families of Isaac Killough, George Wood, and Barakias Williams are killed at their settlement...
Surveyors’ Fight
A party of 23 Anglo surveyors is attacked by 300 Indians including Kickapoo, Tawakoni and Waco (Wichita), and Caddo, one...
Córdova Rebels Attack Texas Militia
Two miles west of present-day Palestine, a force of 175 militia men under Leonard H. Mabbitt is attacked by Mexican and...
Battle at Kickapoo Village
Supporters of Vicente Córdova--a force that included Mexicans, blacks, Kickapoos, Delawares, Caddos, Coushattas, and...
Edens-Madden Raid
Eleven Kickapoos raid the home of John Edens on San Pedro Creek, 13 miles northeast of present-day Crockett. Three Anglo...
Comanches Attack Surveyors
A force of 100 Comanches surround and attack a party of Mexican and Anglo surveyors on Leon Creek, four miles north of...
Comanches Attack Rescue Party
A volunteer party from San Antonio under Capt. Benjamin Franklin Cage on its way to Leon Creek in response to the attack...
Raid on Chandler Farm
Indians, probably Comanches, raid the Chandler farm 18 miles above Bastrop, but only succeed in killing several cattle....
Matilda Lockhart Captured
Comanches kill a four-year-old girl and capture five children gathering pecans along the Guadalupe River near present day...
Red River Settlers Killed
Josiah Washburn, William Washburn, and a third man are killed by Indians near Fort Lyday, present-day Bois d’Arc.
Red River Settlers Killed
George Dugan and a Mr. Cox, are killed in Fannin County. Two nephews of Cox, ages 12 and 14, are taken. The youths are...
Morgan Farm Raid
Anadarkos (Caddo) attack the home of George Morgan, at Morgan’s Point six miles north of present-day Marlin. George...
Caddo Raid on Big Creek
A band of about 70 Anadarko (Caddo) Indians raid the farm of William Marlin on Big Creek, seven miles east of present-day...
Bryant Fight
Benjamin Bryant and about 50 Anglo settlers track a party of Anadarkos (Caddos) led by Chief José María who had attacked...
Red River Farm Raided
Shawnees kill the two eldest sons of John R. McIntire on Choctaw Bayou in far northwest Fannin County, ten miles east of...
Attack on the Red River
Three men--Bushnell Garner, David Alberty, and Isaac Camp--are killed by Indians, possibly Shawnees, three miles west of...