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This comprehensive source of passages from J.W Wilbarger's book is intended to provide some additional insight into significant incidents/clashes that took place in various parts of the country.
Preface by J.W. Wilbarger


The above preface is from the book, Indian Depredations in Texas, by J.W. Wilbarger.
-A-Alexander, James


Anglin, Dauthet, Faulkenberry & Anderson



All's Well that Ends Well


Baker and Souls





Bee, H. P. General, Extracts from Journal








Brashear, W. P.



Burnam, Jesse



Bell, William, and Captain Coleman


Battle between Cherokees and Wacos





Battle - Cherokees Get Even



Barton's, William, Stratagem




Boyce, James



Battle of Antelope Hills








Battle of the Wichita










Battle of Pease River & Cynthia Ann Parker
Battle Creek Fight








Brown, Colonel John Henry




Battle of Plum Creek







Bear Fight and Murder of John Denton





Brown, Rev. Mr., Methodist Preacher





Baggett's House, Attack on




Brown, Lewis, Pierce and John Elam




Battle of Lookout Point



Baylor, General - Fight on Paint Creek





Bird Creek Fight, the Famous






Boys, Two Captured


Burleson, Edward, General





Burleson, Ed., Fight with Foot Indians





Burnet County, Raids and Murders in





Blanco and Mason Counties, Murders in<









Carter and Witcher



Cherokee War







Children, Mrs. Simpson's


Cordova Fight, The







Caranchua Indians, The



Cavina, Charles


Coryell, James

Coleman, Colonel


Coleman and Bell
See: Bell, William, and Captain Coleman (Above)
Crouch and Davidson



Crawfield, Captain


Chrisman, J. H



Cedar Gap Raid







Comanche Princess, A





Carmeans and Tankersley


Council House Fight





Comanche Invasion



Dalrymple, Colonel









Donovan and Pyron


Dugan Family, Settlement of





Daugherty, Murder of






Dancer, Rev. Jonas
See: Dalrymple, Colonel above
Dugan, Daniel V., & Wm. Kitchen, Murder







Dugan's House, Attack on








Denton, John, Murder of
See Bear Fight and Murder of John Denton (Above)
Durham, George, on Guard



Earthman, Henry


Eagleston, John

Edwards, John

Erath, Captain George B.




Erath, Captain George B. - Fight









Eldridge,Col. J. C.- Hazardous Expedition to Wild Tribes


Eubank, Thomas


Eastland County


Flanagans, The


Gilleland. Daniel

Gonzales' Horses


Green, Jeremiah


Griffith and White

Goacher, James






Hays, Colonel Jack









Hibbins, Sarah



Hill, Captain William

Harvey, Captain



Harvey, Captain John



Hotchkiss, William S.



Hunter, Doctor, Wife and Daughter, Murder






Incidents in Southwestern Texas





Indians Attack United States Mail Coach








Indian Raids in Erath & Adjoining Counties




ohnson's Station



Jones, Mrs.






Joy Family, The


Jenkins, William


Jack County, Murders in



Jones, Major John B.




Johnson, Brit, an African, His Thrilling Career


Kitchen's Station


Kinney, Colonel H. L.






Keenon and Paschal Families, Massacre of




Killough Family and Woods, Massacre of



Lawhorn, Jesse


Lance's, Mrs., Son


Lyons, DeWitt

Lane, General Walter P.




Lindsey, Owen, Killed




McLellan, Margaret



Maden Massacre

Marlin, John


Manlove, Bartholomew

Manchaca Fight, The


Manor, Joseph

>McCulloch, Captain Ben



Martin, Judge, The Fate of




Morgan Massacre and Bryant's Defeat







Moody, McIntyre's Two Sons and Sewell, Murder





Martin, Henry


Menasco and Shegogg Families



McLellan, John


Nolin, John (see also Satanta)
















Nolin, John


Norris, Thomas


Nash, Michael

Old Guards, The Two



Osborn, Claiborne

Pioneer Life, Reminiscences of





Palo Pinto County, Murders in




Parker County, Massacres in




Parker County, More Murders


Packsaddle Mountain





Robertson, Samuel

Reed, Joseph

Rogers, Joseph

Rock Creek Fight


Ross. Captain S. P., Slays Chief Big Foot






Ridgeway, David

Riggs Massacre




San Marcos Fight of the Burlesons


Sutton, Captain John S.



Smith, Taylor


Saunders, Young


Smith, Judge James


Scalped by Proxy





Stone House Fight




Swisher, James G.


Sims, Bartlett

Sparks, Barry and Holland

Sowell, Death of


Sherman, General W. T., Tour of Inspection On Border





Snively's, Colonel, Expedition




Snively, Colonel, Fight at Antelope Creek






Tumlinson, Captain

Thompson, Thomas


Taylor, John Grimes

Ten Surveyors Killed



Taylor Family, Heroic Defense





Tacket, Marion and Sarah Matthews



Tacket Fight



Uvalde County - Indian Outrages









Wilbarger, Josiah








Wilbarger, John L.



Webster, James




Weir, William


White, John

Williams, Leroy

Williamson Killed


Wallace's, Big Foot, Old Stamping Grounds





Yeargin, Mrs.

