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Mexican Troops Attack Wichita Camp
Mexican company overtakes a party of Wacos (Wichita) near San Antonio, killing two Indians and recovering stolen horses...
Anglos Burn Kichai Village
Searching for stolen horses, a company of two dozen settlers led by Major William Oldham attacks and burns a Kichai (...
Neches River Skirmish
A company of volunteers organized in response to the theft of cattle and horses along the Neches River is attacked by...
Bastrop Residents Pursue Indians
Residents of Bastrop pursue Indians believed to be Caddos and Wacos (Wichitas) suspected in recent theft of herds of...
Caddo Village Attacked
Robert Potter and a party of Anglos attack a Caddo village near Caddo Lake, believing Indians had stolen Potter’s horses...
Caddos Killed on Cypress Creek
Caddo skirmish with 19 Texans over stolen horses on Cypress Creek, near the Angelina River, two miles southeast of...
Milam Residents Kill Two Indians
Four Indians suspected of horse theft are pursued by 15 citizens of Milam. The Indians were butchering a buffalo on the...
Bastrop Residents Pursue Wichitas
Waco Indians steal horses at Hill’s Prairie, four miles south of Bastrop, and are pursued by local residents. Six Wacos are...
Delaware Indian Killed by Horse Thieves
A hunting party of six Delaware Indians is robbed by white horse thieves near Fort Sam Houston, two miles east of resent-day...
Apaches Pursued by Seguin Residents
A party of eight or nine Lipan Apaches attempt to steal horses in the town of Seguin. They are pursued by local residents;...
Caddo Indian Killed
Indians shoot at Helms Irving and steal his horses near Wilson Creek, west of present-day McKinney. One Caddo Indian is...
Wichitas Killed by Texas Rangers
After stealing horses from a ranger company, a party of eleven Wichita (Tawakoni) Indians is pursued and overtaken at the...
Indians Killed on Red River
After stealing horses in Sherman, three Indians are pursued by residents to the Red River. Two Indians are killed; the third...
Three Comanches Killed in San Marcos
Three Comanches steal horses from the farm of General Edward Burleson. They are pursued and killed by Burleson, his son, and...
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...
Dewitt County Volunteers Skirmish with Lipan Apaches
In response to a rash of murders and horse thefts, a group of thirty-two DeWitt County volunteers pursue a party of Indians...
Little River Settlers Pursue Indians
After a herd of horses is stolen from Daniel Monroe on the Little River, four Anglos pursue a small party of Indians upriver...
Wichitas Pursued by U.S. Troops
Having stolen fifty horses, a small party of Wichitas (Wacos) is pursued by U.S. troops under Benjamin McCulloch near the...
Battle of Lookout Point
Ten settlers track Indians (either Comanche or Kiowa) suspected of stealing horses in Hood County. They encounter and kill...