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Rangers Fight Comanches at Todos Santos Creek
Twenty rangers under Captain "Bigfoot" Wallace discover approximately 80 Comanches at Todos Santos Creek ten miles south of...
Indians Attack Settlements on Nolan Creek
Between two and three dozen Indians attack homesteads along Nolan Creek, eight miles west of preset-day Temple. The Indians...
Comanches Kill Three on Medina River
Three men and a twelve-year-old boy are killed by Comanches on the Medina River north of Castroville.
Comanches Attack U.S. Troops
Having recently captured Chihuahua, Col. Alexander Doniphan sends Maj. Campbell and thirty-two dragoons with dispatches for...
Ranger Company Rescues Two Mexican Youths
A ranger company led by Col. Jack Hays encounters a party of Lipan Apaches on the Nueces River. Six Indians are killed. Two...
Two Rangers Killed near Laredo
Robert S. Gilbert and Littleton Rattan are killed by Indians near Laredo.
Rangers Attack Wichita Hunting Party
Texas rangers under the command of Samuel Highsmith attack a Wichita hunting party on the Llano River, killing twenty-two of...
Shawnees Killed by Fannin County Residents
Two Shawnee Indians are killed by residents of Fannin County on the lower Sulphur River, thirty miles northwest of present-...
Settlers Fight Comanches in Comanche County
Eight Settlers encounter fifteen Comanches outside the town of Comanche. Two Settlers are wounded in the fight that ensues,...
Comanches Kill Settler near Cora
Passing down the South Leon River, ten Comanche warriors kill Gid Foreman four miles south of Cora (present-day Gustine).
U.S. Troops Attack Comanches in West Texas
Maj. George H. Thomas and a small detachment of soldiers encounter eleven Comanches near present-day Snyder. One Comanche...
Texas Rangers Attack Indian Camp at Yellow Wolf Creek
Capt. Jack Curiton and a company of Texas Rangers encounter an Indian camp (tribe unknown) at Yellow Wolf Creek. A skirmish...
Texas Rangers Fight Indians in Brown County
Four rangers encounter a small group of unidentified Indians between Blanket Creek Spring and Pecan Bayou, eleven miles east...
Texas Rangers Fight Indians Near Jacksboro
Capt. D. M. Tackett and a party of rangers encounter eleven unidentified Indians twelve miles north of Jacksboro. A brief...
Union Soldiers Fight Mescalero Apaches in Trans-Pecos
Union troops led by Lt. Edmond D. Shirland encounter 36 Mescalero Apaches 35 miles west of Fort Davis. A running fight...
Texas Rangers Skirmish with Comanches on the Pedernales River
Capt. James M. Hunter and eleven rangers encounter eleven Comanches on the Pedernales River, near Harper. Six Indians are...
Comanches Fight U.S. Troops on Salt Fork of the Brazos River
U.S. soldiers find Comanches on the Salt Fork of the Brazos River, ten miles northwest of the Double Mountains. Four Indians...
Texas Militiamen Fight Kiowas and Comanches at Ellison Springs
Lt. Singleton Gilbert and fifteen Texas militiamen encounter 35 Kiowas and Comanches at Ellison Springs, near present-day...
Indians Attack Ranchers in Lost Valley
Dozens of unidentified Indians encounter five ranchers on a roundup in Lost Valley, about twelve miles northwest of...
Comanches Fight Palo Pinto County Cattle Rustlers
About a dozen cattle rustlers engage ten Comanches in northeast Palo Pinto County. The Comanches mortally wound one of the...