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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...
Upper Brazos River Skirmish
Lieutenant A. B. Van Benthuysen and 18 Texas Rangers encounter a party of Cherokees led by several Kichai (Wichita)...
Battle of Stone Houses
Ten miles south of present-day Windthorst, a party of 18 Texas rangers led by Lieutenant A. B. Van Benthuysen intercept a...
Manuel Flores Murders
Manuel Flores and fourteen Mexicans en route to East Texas to support the Córdova Rebellion kill an American named...
Refugio Settlers Killed
In an attempt to support Vicente Córdova, who would lead a revolt against the Republic of Texas later that summer, Julián...
Anglo Merchants Killed by Mexican Militia
Manuel Savariego and 200 Mexican defensores (militia) attack a group of Anglo and Mexican traders on the road from Goliad...
Dyer North Texas Campaign
As part of Gen. John H. Dyer’s campaign against the Indians of the upper Trinity River, Capt. William B. Stout and his...
Dyer North Texas Campaign
Capt. William Scurlock and 12 rangers kill four Caddos in a largely abandoned Caddo village on the upper Sabine River,...
Mexican Troops Raid San Antonio Ranch
Mexican militia commander Manuel Savariego raids Alexander ranch, 20 miles southwest of San Antonio, and captures...
Second Lockhart and Putnam Rescue Effort
Ben McCulloch leads a second unsuccessful expedition to rescue the Lockhart and Putnam children composed of five settlers...
Battle Creek Fight
Texas troops under Gen. Kelsey H. Douglas and General Tom Rusk engage Chief Bowles’ retreating Cherokees on Battle Creek...