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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.
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...
Raid on Harvey Farm
Robertson colony settlers John B. Harvey, wife Elizabeth, and son William killed in Indian raid 25 miles above...
Elm Creek Fight
Fifteen rangers under George B. Erath attack a party of approximately 100 Indians on Elm Creek in Milam County, eight...
Anglos Killed on Trinity River
Looking for stray horses, four men--Columbus Andrews, David Faulkenberry, his son Evan Faulkenberry, and Abram Anglin--...
Cummins Creek Raid
A Dutchman named Fotran and two children are killed near Cummins Creek, north of present-day Columbus, probably by...
Cummins Creek Raid
John G. Robinson and brother, Walter Robinson, are killed by Comanches near Cummins Creek, two miles north of present-day...
Rabb’s Creek Raid
Comanche raid on Gotcher (or Gotier) farm on Rabb’s Creek, south of present-day Giddings. Husband James Gotcher, wife...