In late 1860, Houston authorized new Minutemen company of Rangers to be organized for the protection of the Indian frontier and he placed Col. William C. Dalrymple in charge. The following account is from the book, Frontier Defense in the Civil War...
Spanish leaders in Texas were not aware of the existence of the Comanche nation though their fellow countrymen in Santa Fe had learned to fear and respect them decades earlier. Texas missionaries and soldiers would first meet the Comanche in 1757 at...
The Marlin's home was attacked on January 14:
Savage Frontier II
Bryant's men tracked the Indians until dark when they returned to the Marlin's house.
Montague County, Texas During the night of September 5, 1870, some of the members of P.M. Cardwell's family were sick at the Station, so the neighbors had not gone to bed. Shortly after midnight, some one stepped out of doors and when he looked...
Taylor County, Texas Bobby Morrow | Dallas Description | Epilogue | Fort Worth Description | Joe Don Looney | Wahoo McDaniel Bobby Morrow on his cotton farm near San Benito Morrow, who was raised on his family's farm near San Benito, arrived on the...
Comanche County, Texas
The above story is from the book Indian Depredations in Texas by J.W. Wilbarger.
The above story is from the book, The West Texas Frontier, by
Joseph Carroll McConnell.
Erath County, Texas During 1861 or 1862, the Indians stole horses belonging to James Ferguson and others then living in the vicinity of Stephenville. The citizens took a course south and east, supposing the warriors would go to Motheral Gap. S...
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