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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...
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.
Webster Attack
The surveying party and family of land-speculator John Webster is attacked by Comanches near the headwaters of Brushy...
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...
Howard - Comanche Fight
Texas Army unit under Capt. George Howard fight a band of Comanches near Opossum Creek, ten miles northeast of present-...
Pedernales River Skirmish
On the Pedernales River, Galveston volunteers under Capt. William Wilson fight a band of 25 Comanches believed to have...
Clear Fork Skirmish
Col. John C. Neill’s rangers kill two Indians northeast of Comanche Peak at the Clear Fork of the Trinity River. A dozen...
Richland Creek Fight
Militiamen John J. Earle and Phillip Whepler are killed by Indians on Richland creek, between the Trinity and Brazos...
Burleson’s Christmas Fight
Col. Edward Burleson engages a group of Cherokees near the mouth of the San Saba River, eight miles northwest of present-...