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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...
Elm Creek Fight
Fifteen rangers under George B. Erath attack a party of approximately 100 Indians on Elm Creek in Milam County, eight...
Fort Coleman Rangers Skirmish with Comanches
Captain Micah Andrews’ ranger company at Fort Coleman attacks a Comanche encampment south of the Colorado River and west...
Tonkawas Killed on Cibolo Creek
Rangers under the command of Juan Seguin kill two Tonkawas, wounding a third, who they believe to be responsible for...
Neches River Skirmish
A company of volunteers organized in response to the theft of cattle and horses along the Neches River is attacked by...
Red River Skirmish
Daniel Montague and 17 Texans attack a band of Kickapoos, Shawnees, Delawares, and Cherokees near Warren. Several Indians...
Bastrop Residents Pursue Indians
Residents of Bastrop pursue Indians believed to be Caddos and Wacos (Wichitas) suspected in recent theft of herds of...
Red Bayou Skirmish
Towards the end of a two-month campaign into North Texas to retrieve horses stolen from settlements along the Colorado...
Red River Skirmish
A party of Anglo Texans kill four Caddos suspected in the murder of the Crooker family, near Fort Inglish (present-day...
Caddo Village Attacked
Robert Potter and a party of Anglos attack a Caddo village near Caddo Lake, believing Indians had stolen Potter’s horses...
Comanches Killed near San Antonio
Volunteers from San Antonio fight Comanches believed to be responsible for the recent depredations against inhabitants of...
Caddos Killed on Cypress Creek
Caddo skirmish with 19 Texans over stolen horses on Cypress Creek, near the Angelina River, two miles southeast of...
Battle of Arroyo Seco
Two hundred Comanches fight 21 Texas rangers under Col. Henry Wax Karnes on the Arroyo Seco, southeast of San Antonio....
Caddo Camp Attacked
Ranger companies under Nathaniel T. Journey, Robert Sloan and Daniel Montague attack Caddo camp at what would become Bird...
Bryant Fight
Benjamin Bryant and about 50 Anglo settlers track a party of Anadarkos (Caddos) led by Chief José María who had attacked...
John H. Moore Expedition
To punish Comanches for their recent raids on the western settlements, as well as to find the Lockhart and Putnam...
Execution of Córdova Prisoners
After a court martial ordered by Col. Edward Burleson, two former enslaved persons, participants in the Córdova rebellion...
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...
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...
Anadarko Village Fight
Rangers under John C. Neill attack the Anadarko (Caddo) village of Chief José Maria on the east bank of the Brazos River...