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U.S. Troops and Lipan Apaches Skirmish at the Sierra Diablo
Capt. John G. Walker and his men track down a 300-strong Indian host at the Sierra Diablo, eighty miles west of present-day...
Apaches Attack Wagon Train
Fifty Mescalero Apaches attack a merchant train near El Muerto Springs, twenty-five northwest of present-day Marfa. Two...
U.S. Troops Attack Indians at Turkey Creek
Capt. Thomas Claiborne Jr. and a number of troops—as well as a posse of Laredo residents—hunt for Indians (Comanches or...
U.S. Troops Kill Apaches Near Rio Grande
U.S. troops stationed at Fort Clark (present-day Brackettville) discover Apaches between their outpost and the Rio Grande...
U.S. Troops Kill Apaches Near Fort Clark
Three days after encountering and attacking Apaches near their post, U.S. troops at Fort Clark (present-day Brackettville)...
Mescalero Apaches Attack Mail Train
Sixty Mescalero Apaches attack a mail train 58 miles east of Fort Stockton. The Indians kill Sgt. Ernest Schroeder, but the...
Mescalero Apaches Attack Stagecoach Station
Mescalero Apaches attack a stagecoach station ten miles south of Van Horn. Light S. Townsend and three Mexican employees...
Texas Troops Attack Apache Camp
Lt. Reuben Mays and fourteen soldiers attack a Mescalero Apache camp near present-day Marathon. Eighty Apaches repel the...
Apaches Kill Teamsters in Van Horn Mountains
Indians, believed to be Apaches, kill teamsters James Bass and Jarvis Hubbell as they drive a wagon through the Van Horn...
U.S. Troops Fight Apaches on Llano River
Capt. Edward M. Heyl and twenty U.S. soldiers attack a small party of Apaches while scouting along the Llano River near...
Apaches Capture Two German Youths
Apaches raid Philip Buchmier’s farm in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, kidnapping his two stepsons: Willie and Herman Lehman...
Apaches Attack Mail Wagon
Apaches attack a mail wagon on the northwest slope of the Eagle Mountains, twenty-one miles west of Van Horn. African-...
U.S. Troops Fight Apaches
Capt. Michael L. Courtney and U.S. soldiers under his command attack Apaches in the vicinity of Salt Flat in Hudspeth County...