U.S. Soldiers Attack Comanche Camp
A force of 220 U.S. soldiers and 20 Tonkawa scouts under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie, attack a Kotsoteka and Quahadi Comanche...
Cheyennes Attack U.S. Soldiers
One hundred Cheyennes led by Grey Beard attack a 29-man patrol under Lt. Henry J. Fansworth on McClellan Creek, twenty-one...
U.S. Soldiers Attack a Cheyenne Camp
Lt. Frank D. Baldwin leads soldiers in an attack on Cheyenne chief Grey Beard’s camp by Lake McClellan. The soldiers kill...
Comanches Kill Two Settlers Near Canadian River
Comanches kill Dave Dudley and John Wallace at Chicken Creek, near the Canadian River, twenty-seven miles north of present-...
Battle of Red River
In the first major battle of the Red River War, six hundred U.S. soldiers under the command of Nelson A Miles engage roughly...
U.S. Soldiers Fight Kiowas and Comanches
Four U.S. soldiers encounter an unknown number of Kiowa and Comanche Indians on Whitefish Creek in northeast Donley County....
Battle of Lyman’s Wagon Train
More than 400 Kiowas and Comanches attack a wagon train on the Upper Washita River, on the eastern edge of the Panhandle,...
Buffalo Wallow Fight
Four U.S. soldiers and two civilian scouts are surrounded by 100 Kiowas and Comanches near the junction of Gageby Creek and...
Battle of Sweetwater Creek
Two hundred U.S. troops led by Maj. William R. Price encounter four hundred Kiowas and Comanches between Sweetwater Creek...
U.S. Soldiers Attack Kiowas
U.S. soldiers attack Kiowas gathered at Tule Creek. They kill fifteen warriors, including the Kiowa chief Woman Heart.
U.S. Soldiers Attack Comanche Camp
U.S. soldiers led by Col. Ranald Mackenzie attack a Comanche camp at Lagunas Quatras, just south of Tahoka. They kill two...
Texas Rangers Fight Lipan Apaches
The Texas Rangers Frontier Battalion fights a group of Lipan Apaches in the vicinity of Big Lake, thirty-four miles north of...
Vigilantes Kill Eight Mexicans
Anglo vigilantes hang eight Mexicans in Edinburgh, suspecting them of murder.
Texas Rangers Attack Cattle Rustlers
Texas Rangers led by Capt. Leander McNelly attack four Mexicans suspected of cattle rustling on the U.S. side of the Rio...
Buffalo Soldiers Attack Comanches
Capt. Phillip L. Lee and 42 African-American soldiers attack a group of Comanches near present-day Morton. They kill at...
Texas Rangers Attack Comanches
Capt. Junius Peake and seven rangers attack 25 Comanches near the headwaters of the North Concho River, south of Big Spring...
Kiowas Kill Red River Settler
Thirty-five Kiowas kill a man named Earl in the vicinity of Quanah.
Slave Hanged by Mob in Hopkins County
An enslaved man is taken out of jail and hanged by a mob in present-day Sulphur Springs after being arrested for attempted...
Enslaved Man Hanged for Raping Woman in Upshur County
An enslaved man is caught and hanged for rape of a white woman and attempted rape of another in Upshur County, roughly 35...
Two Enslaved Men Kill Man in Liberty County
A runaway enslaved man named Bob and an unnamed enslaved man kill a white man named Alexander, who had promised the two...