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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...
Comanche Raid on Coleman Farm
A large party of Comanches estimated at between 100-200 attack the Coleman farm on Webber’s Prairie, 12 miles north of...
Robertson Plantation Raided
Indians raid the plantation of Joseph W. Robertson on the lower Colorado River in Bastrop County. Seven slaves are seized...
Second Lockhart and Putnam Rescue Effort
Ben McCulloch leads a second unsuccessful expedition to rescue the Lockhart and Putnam children composed of five settlers...
Execution of Córdova Prisoners
After a court martial ordered by Col. Edward Burleson, two former enslaved persons, participants in the Córdova rebellion...
Surveyors Killed near Seguin
Mexican Indian agent Manuel Flores and his party of 30 Mexicans and Indian allies attack the surveying party of Louis...
Bird’s Creek Indian Fight
Thirty-five Rangers under Capt. John Bird engage a combined force of more than 20 Caddos, Kickapoos and Comanches at Bird...
Battle Creek Fight
Texas troops under Gen. Kelsey H. Douglas and General Tom Rusk engage Chief Bowles’ retreating Cherokees on Battle Creek...
Battle of the Neches
At a Delaware village west of the Neches River, about 19 miles southeast of present-day Canton, 500 Texans under General...
Cherokee Villages Burned
Texans burn Cherokee villages, corn fields, and all improvements around the headwaters of the Sabine River near present-...