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Battle of San Jacinto
Nine hundred and ten Texas troops under Gen. Sam Houston attack approximately 1,200 Mexican troops under President Santa...
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 San Antonio Rancho
Mexican rancho raided by Comanches two miles outside San Antonio. Two or three men and women are killed; three women are...
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...
Robertson Colonist Killed
Henry Walker farmhouse is attacked by Wichitas - Kichai and Tawakonis, eight miles east of present day Cameron; no known...
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.
Sandy Creek Fight
Ranger companies led by John J. Robinson and Thomas Robbins are attacked by Indians (probably Comanches) on Sandy Creek,...
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.
Robertson Colonists Skirmish with Indians
Anglo settlers John Marlin, Laban Menefee and Jarrett Menefee kill four Indians five miles above the Brazos Falls, near...
Coleto Creek Fight
Two Texas militiamen serving under Captain John Pierson are killed in a fight with Comanches on Coleto Creek, seven miles...
Colorado River Settlements Raided
Three men are attacked by Indians (probably Comanches) below the Colorado River, in present-day southeast Austin. Two men...
Caddos Attack DeWitt Colonists
While searching for a runaway slave along the Guadalupe River below Gonzales, three Anglos are attacked by a party of 40...
Tonkawas Attack Surveying Party
A party of 15 Tonkawas attacks seven Texans on a surveying expedition near San Antonio led by Maj. James W. Tinsley and...