Tawakonis (Wichita) attack Lipan Apaches on Colorado River. All 85 Lipans killed. Mexican prisoners, mostly youths, released.
Date: 1820
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis, Lipans
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Tribe: Tawakonis, Lipans
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 30.247303000000
Longitude: -97.625370000000
Longitude: -97.625370000000
Citation:
Charles A. Gulick, ed. The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (Austin: A.C. Baldwin, 1921) 4/1:191-92.
Event Type:
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) A party of Lipan Apaches, Tawakonis (Wichitas), and Comanches raid San Antonio, killing four Bexareños.
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.
Event Type:
Date: Early April 1820
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) A group of Tawakonis (Wichitas) launch a night time raid on San Antonio. Two Tawakonis are killed by a sentinel.
Tribe: Tawakonis
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: February 1822
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos, Tonkawas
Gender: male, female
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Wacos (Wichita) raid a Tonkawa village, killing thirty, including women, children, and old men. Raid occurred on Davidson’s Creek, which is 25 to 30 miles north of Independence, near present day Milano.
Tribe: Wacos, Tonkawas
Gender: male, female
Location:
Latitude: 30.666666700000
Longitude: -96.900000000000
Longitude: -96.900000000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 110.
J. H. Kuykendall, “Reminiscences of Early Texans,” The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, vol. 7, p. 29-30.
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Date: February 1823
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tonkawas, Wacos
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) In response to Waco (Wichita) attack on Tonkawa village, Austin colonists join Tonkawas in an attack against Wacos on the Trinity River, killing forty Waco tribesmen.
Tribe: Tonkawas, Wacos
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 30.954833000000
Longitude: -95.659161000000
Longitude: -95.659161000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska 2006), 128-29. Eugene C. Barker, ed. “Journal of Stephen F. Austin on His First Trip to Texas, 1821,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 7 (April 1904): 286–307; Martínez to Lopez, February 8, 1822, Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27) 1: 472–74; Kelly F. Himmel, The Conquest of the Karankawas and the Tonkawas, 1821-1859 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1999), 55.
Event Type:
Date: July 6, 1823
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Karankawas, Wacos
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Austin colonist John J. Tumlinson Sr. is killed by Karankawas and Wacos (Wichitas) near the present town of Seguin; colonist Joseph Newman escapes.
Tribe: Karankawas, Wacos
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.568841000000
Longitude: -97.964727000000
Longitude: -97.964727000000
Citation:
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas, (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 204-05.
Event Type:
Date: July 7, 1823
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) John J.Tumlinson, Jr., organizes a group of eleven colonists, including his brother Joseph Tumlinson, in response to the death of his father on July 6. They attack a Waco encampment 15 miles above present-day Columbus, killing 12-13.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.706623000000
Longitude: -96.515311100000
Longitude: -96.515311100000
Citation:
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas, (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 204-05.
Samuel H. Tumlinson, “Tumlinson, Joseph,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed September 16, 2020, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tumlinson-joseph
Event Type:
Date: Summer 1825
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos, Tawakonis, Taovayas
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Wichitas (Taovaya, Tawakoni, and Waco) combined with Penateka Comanches to raid San Antonio and Goliad. An American, Dickenson, is killed.
Tribe: Wacos, Tawakonis, Taovayas
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.301150000000
Longitude: -98.372612000000
Longitude: -98.372612000000
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.
Date: Early 1826
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis, Tonkawas, Lipans
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Tawakonis (Wichitas) fight Tonkawas and Lipan Apaches at the La Bahía crossing of the Colorado River. Four Tonkawas are killed.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Tonkawas, Lipans
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 28.668325000000
Longitude: -97.388327000000
Longitude: -97.388327000000
Citation:
Malcolm D. McLean, ed. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1975), 2:525.
Event Type:
Date: January, 1826
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Home of Sylvanus Castleman, on the west side of the Colorado River above La Grange, plundered by Wacos (Wichitas), took bedding, a wagon cover, and table furniture. None killed.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.887537000000
Longitude: -96.874266000000
Longitude: -96.874266000000
Citation:
Malcolm D. McLean, ed. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1975), 2:469.
Castleman, Sylvanus," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fca90), accessed January 14, 2016. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Event Type:
Date: April 4, 1826
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis, Kichais, Tonkawas, Lipans
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Tawakoni (Wichita) and Kichai (Wichita) camp attacked on Colorado River, five leagues below the road to La Bahia, by combined force of 30 militiamen and Tonkawa and Lipan Indians, led by James J. Ross. Eight Tawakonis killed, including three chiefs: Cordero, Lisaque, and Guichupa.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Kichais, Tonkawas, Lipans
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.836852000000
Longitude: -96.543388000000
Longitude: -96.543388000000
Citation:
Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, part 2:1304-05. Also in Malcolm D. McLean, ed. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1975), 2:535.
Event Type:
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: Fall 1826
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Captain Henry S. Brown, commanding Mexican soldiers and colonists, attacked Waco (Wichita) village on the Brazos River, near present-day Waco. All but one are killed.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 31.498799000000
Longitude: -97.051291000000
Longitude: -97.051291000000
Citation:
Malcolm D. McLean, ed. Papers Concerning Robertson’s Colony in Texas (Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington Press), 2:251-53.
Event Type:
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.
Event Type:
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: May 15, 1828
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis, Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Mexican troops kill two Tawakoni and Wacos (Wichitas) on the Pedernales River following an Indian attack in San Antonio.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 30.314010000000
Longitude: -98.283647000000
Longitude: -98.283647000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 140.
Event Type:
Date: Winter 1828
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis, Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Sixteen Tawakonis and Wacos (Wichitas) kill a Mexican resident of Austin’s colony on the Colorado River. Militia responds and kills eight Indians.
Tribe: Tawakonis, Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.693421000000
Longitude: -96.479530000000
Longitude: -96.479530000000
Citation:
F. Todd Smith, From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006), 141.
Event Type:
Date: February 28, 1829
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Camp robbed by Tawakonis (Wichitas) three miles above Green DeWitt farm on the Guadalupe River.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.502303000000
Longitude: -97.464448000000
Longitude: -97.464448000000
Citation:
Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, 175-76.
Event Type:
Date: Early March 1829
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Mexican Era 1821-1835
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Four Tawakonis (Wichitas) killed in response to late February camp robbery within 15 miles of La Bahía.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 28.668325000000
Longitude: -97.388327000000
Longitude: -97.388327000000
Citation:
Eugene C. Barker, ed. The Austin Papers (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924–27), vol. 2, 175-76.
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