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Austin Residents Killed by Comanches
Two Austin residents, a butcher and an English laborer, are killed in the recently-establish city by Comanches.
Council House Fight
Violence erupts on the streets of San Antonio when peace talks break down between the Lamar administration and the Penateka...
Anglos Killed near Nacogdoches
Two men, Wright and Buffington, are killed by Indians, possibly Coushattas, thirty miles southwest of Nacogdoches, between...
Texan Killed on San Marcos River
Comanches kill Leander C. Cunningham on the San Marcos River.
Texans Skirmish with Comanches on Rio Frio
John R. Cunningham’s Frontier Regiment skirmishes with Comanches eight miles west of Frio River and eight miles above the...
Lavaca Residents Killed by Comanches
Joel Ponton and Tucker Foley of Lavaca are attacked by Comanches at Ponton Creek, on the road from Columbus to Gonzales....
Texas Scouts Attacked on Arenosa Creek
Three Texas scouts are chased by the large Comanche war party that had sacked the port of Linnville one day earlier. One...
Kichai Indians Killed
A spy company under the command of George B. Erath encounters two Kichai (Wichita) Indians skinning a buffalo on the Bosque...
Bastrop Settler Killed
Michael Nash, a carpenter, is killed by Indians, probably Comanches, three miles outside of Bastrop.
First Regiment Attacked near Corsicana
En route to the Red River, a company of Col. William G. Cooke’s First Regiment is attacked by Indians near Chambers Creek,...
Comanches Kill Travis County Chief Justice
James Smith, chief justice of Travis County, is killed by Comanches while searching for hogs in the woods outside of Austin...
Anderson County Settler Killed
Anderson County settler William Frost is killed near the Trinity River, sixteen miles southwest of present-day Palestine.
Two Mexican-Texans Killed by Comanches
Two Mexicans are killed by Comanches near José Antonio Navarro’s ranch on the east bank of the Guadalupe River, near present...
Nacogdoches Militia Encounters Cherokees
Three Texans from Capt. David Gage’s Nacogdoches County Minutemen encounter seven Cherokees near the Sabine River, in former...
Settler Killed on Elm Fork
Illinois emigrant David Clubb is killed by Indians on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, in present-day Irving.
Lewis Expedition Attacks Comanches
Texas rangers under the command of Capt. Mark Lewis encounter a band of Comanches between the San Saba and Llano rivers....
Nueces River Skirmish
Texas rangers under the command of Capt. Mark Lewis encounter two parties of Comanches between the San Saba and the Llano...
Cherokee Indians Killed
A company of Nacogdoches County militiamen kill three Indians within the former Cherokee nation.
Cherokees Killed on the Trinity River
Nacogdoches militiamen pursue a party of Cherokees, killing seven, eight miles east of the upper Trinity River.
Cross Timbers Skirmish with Shawnees
Eli Chandler’s Robertson County militiamen encounter a hunting party of sixty Indians, including Shawnees and Ionis (Caddo...