A party of Lipan Apaches, Tawakonis (Wichitas), and Comanches raid San Antonio, killing four Bexareños.
Date: March 1820
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Lipans, Tawakonis, Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Tribe: Lipans, Tawakonis, Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.424122000000
Longitude: -98.493628000000
Longitude: -98.493628000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 110.
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Date: August 1820
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches, Karankawas
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Thirty Comanches attack an unknown number of Karankawas at Mission Refugio. Two Comanches are killed.
Tribe: Comanches, Karankawas
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 28.512761000000
Longitude: -96.819357000000
Longitude: -96.819357000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 110.
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Date: Early 1825
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Camp of John Brown plundered, presumably by Comanches, south of the Clear Fork of the Brazos River. None killed.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 33.045508000000
Longitude: -98.601780000000
Longitude: -98.601780000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 133. Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 1, part 1: 1196–97.
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Date: July 2, 1826
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos, Comanches, Tawakonis
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) DeWitt colonist John Wightman is killed near Gonzales by party of Comanches and Tawakonis and Wacos (Wichitas).
Tribe: Wacos, Comanches, Tawakonis
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.501626000000
Longitude: -97.452493000000
Longitude: -97.452493000000
Citation:
John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (Austin: State House Press, 1988), 15
Event Type:
Date: 1827
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Comanche raiding party on the Brazos River attacked by Colonel James J. Ross and settlers, killing all but two (approximately 4.6 miles from Cooks Point in Burleson County).
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.635736000000
Longitude: -96.579952000000
Longitude: -96.579952000000
Citation:
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 205-06.
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Date: February 1827
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos, Comanches, Lipans, Tonkawas
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Wacos (Wichitas) and Comanches attacked Lipan Apaches and Tonkawas on San Marcos River nine miles above Gonzales, stole several hundred horses.
Tribe: Wacos, Comanches, Lipans, Tonkawas
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.518351000000
Longitude: -97.491839000000
Longitude: -97.491839000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 133; Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, part 2, 1607.
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Date: February 1828
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis, Wacos, Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Thirty-seven Tawakonis and Wacos (Wichitas), and Comanches raiding for horses attack San Felipe de Austin.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Wacos, Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.793009000000
Longitude: -96.100793000000
Longitude: -96.100793000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 140; Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, 15-16
Event Type:
Date: February 1828
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches, Tawakonis, Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Thirty-seven Tawakonis, and Wacos (Wichitas), and Comanches raiding for horses attack Gonzales.
Tribe: Comanches, Tawakonis, Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.501626000000
Longitude: -97.452493000000
Longitude: -97.452493000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 140; Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, 15-16.
Event Type:
Date: December 1828
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Thirty settlers led by Henry S. Brown attacked an Indian camp, possibly Comanche, on the Colorado River, above the mouth of Pecan Bayou, in an effort to recover horses stolen near Gonzales. One Mexican, several Indians killed.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.427656000000
Longitude: -98.724314000000
Longitude: -98.724314000000
Citation:
John Henry Brown, History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892 (St. Louis: L.E. Daniell, 1892-93), 1:154-55.
Event Type:
Date: August 1830
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Three hundred Comanches appear at Laredo, where they remain for four days, stealing cattle and horses.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 27.550062000000
Longitude: -99.468120000000
Longitude: -99.468120000000
Citation:
Joseph B. Wilkinson, Laredo and the Rio Grande Frontier: A Narrative (Austin: Jenkins Publishing Co., 1975), 126-27.
Event Type:
Date: 1831
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis, Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American Captain Manuel Lafuente and two hundred Mexican troops attack a Tawakoni (Wichita) hunting camp at Cowhouse Creek, above the creek’s intersection with the Leon River, fifteen miles northwest of present-day Belton. Eight Tawakonis are killed.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.291450000000
Longitude: -97.483925000000
Longitude: -97.483925000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 142.
Brian Delay, War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S. Mexican War (Yale University Press, 2008), 35-37.
Event Type:
Date: December 6-7, 1831
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American A 35-man presidial company skirmishes with and disperses a group of Indians, probably Comanches, on the outskirts of San Antonio. No report of casualties.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.410673000000
Longitude: -98.694340000000
Longitude: -98.694340000000
Citation:
Manuel Rudencindo Barragan to Antonio Elosua, November 5 1831, Bexar Archives, Dolph Briscoe Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Event Type:
Date: December 14, 1831
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male, female
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) A party of Indians, probably Comanches, break into animal pens at the ranch of Father Florentino Ramos near San Antonio and take a servant girl captive.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male, female
Location:
Latitude: 29.352932000000
Longitude: -98.684079000000
Longitude: -98.684079000000
Citation:
Antonio Elozua to Captain of the Company of the Rio Grande, December 30 1831, Bexar Archives, Dolph Briscoe Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Event Type:
Date: January 1832
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches, Shawnees
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American A party of Comanches is attacked by Shawnees at Bandera Pass, 11 miles north of present day Bandera. Twenty Comanches are killed.
Tribe: Comanches, Shawnees
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.840393000000
Longitude: -99.093242000000
Longitude: -99.093242000000
Citation:
H. Allen Anderson, “The Delaware and Shawnee Indians and the Republic of Texas, 1820-1845,” The Southwestern Historical Quarterly 94, no. 2 (Oct 1990): 237-38.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Charles Adam Gulick, et al., ed. (A.C. Baldwin, Printers, 1924), 3:460-1.
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 143.
Henderson K. Yoakum, History of Texas: from its First Settlement in 1865 to its Annexation to the United States in 1846 (Austin, Steck Co., 1953), 310.
Event Type:
Date: January 1832
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches, Shawnees
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American Mexican troops from San Antonio assist Shawnees in pursuing Comanches who had earlier been defeated near Bandera Pass. Thirty Comanches are reported killed, probably near present-day Kerrville.
Tribe: Comanches, Shawnees
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 30.039787000000
Longitude: -99.154579000000
Longitude: -99.154579000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 143.
Event Type:
Date: February 1832
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American Mexican troops led by Capt. Manuel Barragán attack Comanche encampment on the Llano River, near present-day Junction. A dozen Comanches are killed.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.483699000000
Longitude: -99.770279000000
Longitude: -99.770279000000
Citation:
F, Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 144.
Event Type:
Date: May 1832
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Comanches kill a party of woodcutters and capture a young boy near Goliad.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 28.673366000000
Longitude: -97.405757000000
Longitude: -97.405757000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 142
Event Type:
Date: October 23, 1832
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches, Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American Presidial troops from San Antonio encounter and defeat a group of Comanches and Tawakonis (Wichitas) near the San Saba mission (four miles west of present-day Menard) that had been committing depredations on the frontier. A herd of livestock is recovered. Nine Comanches are killed.
Tribe: Comanches, Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 30.922203000000
Longitude: -99.800015000000
Longitude: -99.800015000000
Citation:
Antonio Elosua to Manuel Rudencindo Barragan, November 9, 1832, Bexar Archives, Dolph Briscoe Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Foster Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 144.
Event Type:
Date: 1833
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Edward Jenkins is killed by Indians, probably Comanches, at the farm of William Barton, Woods Prairie (near present-day West Point).
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.944578000000
Longitude: -97.038646000000
Longitude: -97.038646000000
Citation:
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Charles Adam Gulick, et al., eds. (A.C. Baldwin, Printers, 1924), 4/1:39.
Event Type:
Date: April 1833
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Lipans, Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American Mexican troops led by Capt. Manuel Barragán and assisted by Lipan Apaches kill seven Comanches west of San Antonio.
Tribe: Lipans, Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.418826000000
Longitude: -98.781509000000
Longitude: -98.781509000000
Citation:
Foster Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 144.
Event Type: