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Bryant Fight
Benjamin Bryant and about 50 Anglo settlers track a party of Anadarkos (Caddos) led by Chief José María who had attacked...
Campbell Farm Raid
Indians, possibly Caddos, attack the Campbell home on Town Creek, three miles west of Palestine. Mrs. Campbell, her son...
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...
John H. Moore Expedition
To punish Comanches for their recent raids on the western settlements, as well as to find the Lockhart and Putnam...
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...
Battle of Brushy Creek
On Brushy Creek, four miles south of present-day Taylor, more than 50 Texas volunteers including Ben Highsmith, under...
Second Lockhart and Putnam Rescue Effort
Ben McCulloch leads a second unsuccessful expedition to rescue the Lockhart and Putnam children composed of five settlers...
Mexican Merchants Killed
A party of Mexican merchants, eight men and one woman, is killed and their horses stolen by Lipan Apaches on the Nueces...
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-...
Sabine River Settler Killed
An Anglo settler named Blankenship is killed by Cherokees near the Sabine River, probably near present-day Lake Tawakoni...
East Texas Settler Killed
Timothy O’Neil is killed by Indians, probably Cherokees, near Fort Lamar, an army post about ten miles south of present-...
Cherokees Killed on the Red River
Cherokees retreating into U.S. Indian Territory are fired upon at the Red River, roughly six miles north of present-day...
Surveyors near San Antonio Killed
Indians, probably Comanches, attack a surveying party near San Antonio, between the Medina and San Geronimo Rivers. All...
Slave Killed on Walnut Creek
A small party of Indians, probably Comanches, kill a slave driving a wagon at Walnut Creek, in present-day Austin.