Date |
Native Group |
Location |
Notes |
Source |
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1840 |
Kiowa |
Fort Sill |
Arapahoe & Cheyenne protest
the Kiowa moving south of their territory; Kiowa noted to raid into Texas
& Mexico for horses. |
ICC 1974 |
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1840 |
Comanche |
Turkey Creek, Las Moras Spring |
Capt. G. T. Howard, Texas
Ranger, and a group of 200 men travel from San Antonio to Uvalde, Turkey
Creek, and Las Moras Spring in pursuit of Comanche; 300 tipis seen, but the
men were all raiding in Mexico. |
BIA 1:241 |
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1840 |
Comanche |
San Antonio |
Comanche often come here to seek
peace. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
1:101 |
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1840, Feb |
Comanche |
Uvalde |
Col. Karnes wrote in newspaper
that Comanche lived in the vicinity. |
Wallace n.d.:237 |
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1840, Oct |
Comanche |
Colorado River, upstream from its
confluence with the Concho |
Moore finds Comanche village at
this locale with 60 families, 125 warriors; he kills 130. |
Wallace n.d.:242 |
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1841
spring |
Comanche |
Llano River, confluence with
Johnson ford |
Ben McCulloch finds a small band
of Comanche in this area. |
Wallace n.d.:244 |
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1841 fall |
Comanche |
Enchanted Rock |
Hays encounters band of Comanche
in this area. |
Wallace n.d.:244 |
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Comanche |
Frio River |
Hays finds another band of
Comanche in this locale. |
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1841 Sept. |
Indians |
Llano Estacado near Hereford |
Diarist of Palo Duro expedition
states that this area is a trail for Indians traveling to Pecos River in New
Mexico |
Wallace n.d.:248 |
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1842 |
Kickapoo, Waco, Shawnee,
Delaware, Coushatta, Keechi |
Mexico/Texas |
Smith, in a letter to Anson
Jones, states that Mexico is convinced these tribes to wage war against
Texas. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
1:125-127 |
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1843 |
Comanche, Kuyawa |
Texas Panhandle |
Rufus Sage reported that the
area was swarming with these tribes. |
Gunnerson & Gunnerson
1988:15 |
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1843 |
Comanche |
Clear Fork of the Brazos |
Comanche sign a treaty with
Texas. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
1:210 |
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1843 |
Seminole, Seminole Maroon |
Ft. Arbuckle |
Mexican emissary visits these
tribes to pressure them to move to Mexico. |
Mulroy 1993:52 |
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1843 |
Comanche, Delaware |
Matamoros |
Houston tried to find the
Comanche, but his Delaware guide says that they are not on the Brazos.
Instead they are in Matamoros. Later, an Anadarko says that they have left
Matamoros (due to smallpox) & gone to the Canadian. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
1:254 |
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|
1844 |
Indians |
Nueces River |
Indians attack Texas Rangers on
the Nueces near Uvalde. |
Swanson n.d.:8 |
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1844,
March |
Comanche |
Pecos & Rio Grande |
Moechucope letter to Houston:
his people are scattered; he was on Clear Fork of the Brazos, Pah-hah-yuco
with his band was on Salt Plains, Ark; some of latter band have gone to Pecos
& Rio Grande. Many of his own band were on Rio Grande to "catch
mustangs." In the letter, he stated that he wanted a line from Comanche
Peak to San Saba to Rio Grande; everything above Rio Grande & west of
line would be for the Comanche. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
2:6-8 |
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1844 |
Ioni, Anadarko, Comanche |
Colorado River at Pecan Bayou |
Watson to Houston: he found
these tribes in this locale. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol. 2:23 |
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1844 |
Kiowa |
San Antonio |
Watson states to commissioner that they live far to north
but when leaves fall, they will be near San Antonio. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol. 2:45 |
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1844 |
Quychita (Wichita) |
near Waco |
Tawakoni chief reported that
some were living with them; also called Tawehash. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol. 2:48 |
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1844, June |
Comanche |
Guadalupe |
Western to Houston reporting
attack by Comanche near the Pinta trail. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol. 2:72 |
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1844 |
Comanche |
"from edge of the mtns on
the prairie to San Antonio then on to the Rio Grande where the town is of
that name" |
Pochanaquarhip to Houston
stating what he wanted to be the eastern dividing line for his people
"to hunt buffalo" and for them to reside; said that the letter of
Western to Houston lied. Because of
this disagreement, the line could not be part of the treaty. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
2:110 |
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1844, Dec. |
Lipan |
near Goliad |
Green to Weston stating that few
Lipan were found near here. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
2:150 |
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Lipan |
Rio Grande |
Green stated that most of the
tribe were here, stealing meat. |
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1845 |
Lipan, Caddo |
Boregas Creek on Atascosa River,
also Frio River |
Neighbors stated he found Lipan camping here with some Caddo
with them, along with 50 Comanches who stated that they had fought in
Matamoros; Lipan stated that they had found Comanche on Frio River &
brought them to Boregas Creek. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
2:166 |
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Tonkawa |
Cibolo Creek |
Neighbors reported he found the
Tonkawa here. |
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1845 |
Comanche |
Little River, Austin, Rio Grande |
Comanche request to move past
Austin to Rio Grande. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
2:216 |
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1845, Jan |
Comanche |
Colorado to the Guadalupe rivers |
Pah-ha-yuco stated that his band
ranged between these rivers. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
2:172 |
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1845, Jan |
Comanche |
Corpus Christi |
Western to Roasting Ear,
Delaware chief, stating that Comanche were here. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
2:181 |
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1845, Feb |
Lipan |
Bosque River |
Neighbors located the Lipan
there. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
2:197 |
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1845, May |
Seminole |
Indian Territory |
Wild Cat, Seminole Chief, is
introduced to Comanche chiefs. |
Mulroy 1993:46 |
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Seminole, Kickapoo, Caddo, Lipan,
Tonkawa |
Cow Creek, Brazos River (south of
Waco) |
Wild
Cat journeys to this area with the Butler/Lewis peace commission; there they
meet these other nations. |
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1845, July |
Comanche |
San Saba River |
Comanche spent 2 months here;
states that others are on Clear Fork & still others are bringing horses
from Laredo. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
2:284 |
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1845, Aug |
Comanche |
Garza County |
Comanche killed someone in
this area. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol.
2:235 |
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Lipan |
Victoria
& Bexar |
Lipan present in this area. |
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1846 |
Kiowa |
Canadian to the Arkansas Rivers |
Butler & Lewis report that
the Kiowa number ca. 4000 and live between these two rivers. |
Gunnerson & Gunnerson
1988:15 |
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1846, Feb |
Tonkawa, Lipan |
San Marcos to San Antonio Rivers |
Neighbors to Western, natives
content to stay between these rivers; Lipan plant corn on the Cibolo. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol. 3:14 |
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1846, Mar |
Comanche |
Prairies |
Comanche have returned to their prairies |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol. 3:31 |
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1846 |
Lipan |
Rio Grande |
Comanche tell Neighbors that the
Lipan have crossed Rio Grande & gone to headwaters of Colorado. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol. 3:43 |
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1847 |
Comanche |
various |
David
G. Burnet, ill with consumption, had spent 2 years with them. In 1847, he
wrote his account of that time, saying that Comanche ranged from Colorado
River to Red River and west to Colorado headwaters. Yamparack were north and
west of Colorado River Tenawa were south of Yamparak (10,000-12,000
total). |
Winfrey & Day 1995 Vol. 3:85 |
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Comanche |
Chihuahua |
Comanche war on Mexican here;
have a Mexican who is their chief. |
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Mescalero |
Rio Puerco |
The Mescalero were found here;
Seratick [?] were above El Paso |
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1847 |
Comanche |
west of Austin |
Neighbors, BIA, stated that they
are 70 miles to the west; others are on Clear Fork of the Brazos. In August,
they attacked a party of surveyors north of Fredericksburg because the
surveyors were encroaching into Comanche territory. |
BIA 1:21-22 |
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Lipan |
50 miles s of San Antonio |
Lipan attack travelers on Laredo
Rd; report states that Lipan had resided on the Rio Grande and Nuaces
[Nueces] during past summers. |
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1847 |
Comanche |
Rio Grande to the Canadian |
Report of Butler & Lewis
stated that the Comanche lived throughout this region, often wintering on the
Brazos or Trinity. |
BIA 1:40-43 |
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Yampeucco |
Texas Panhandle |
A division of the Comanche
living between Canadian & Red. |
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Hoo-ish |
|
Ca. 400, live in southern
portion of their territory. |
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Cochetacah |
Brazos River |
ca. 2,000, living on upper
Brazos. |
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Nooah |
Colorado & Brazos rivers |
ca. 1,500, living between
Colorado & Brazos. |
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Nocannee |
Rio Grande to Colorado rivers |
ca. 1,750 between the Rio Grande
& Colorado. |
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Lenaywosh |
|
2,800, living in the timber
(cross timbers?). |
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Muscaleree |
Mexico to San Saba |
This tribe recently allied with
the above band, but had been living in Mexico; now planting corn on San Saba. |
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Quewa |
San Antonio |
ca.
700, residing here. |
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Kioway |
Rio Grande |
Although Kiowa main residence is
to the north, they have often traveled to Mexico. |
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1847 |
Comanche |
Fredericksburg |
Comanche present there. |
BIA 1 |
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1847 |
Comanche |
Rio Grande to Mexico |
Comanches command this country,
said Neighbors |
BIA 1 |
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1847 |
Comanche, Kinway, Lipan &
Mescalero |
San Saba to Pecan Bayou |
Neighbors stated that these
nations were there; they number ca. 5,000 |
BIA 1:114 |
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1847 |
Comanche, Apache |
San Antonio/Laredo Road |
Neighbors stated that these
nations have been attacking along these two roads. |
BIA 1:130 |
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1847, Jan |
Muscalero, Essiquita, Senetaka
& others |
Rio Grande, Headwaters of Colorado River |
J.P. Henderson writes to Marcy
that ca. 10,000 of these nations crossed the Rio Grande & are camped on
headwaters of Colorado River. |
Winfrey & Day 1995, Vol.
5:23-24 |
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1847, Jan |
Lipan |
Rio Grande, Headwaters of Colorado River |
J.P. Henderson writes to
Neighbors; states that Lipan were also with the above groups in this
movement. |
Winfrey & Day 1995, Vol.
5:24-26 |
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1847, Aug |
Comanche |
Mouth of the Pecos |
Buffalo Hump took several
hundred warriors across the ford at this location; they intended to raid in
Mexico. |
Wallace n.d.:322 |
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1847, Sept |
Comanche |
Mexico |
Neighbors reports that Buffalo
Hump in Mexico w/ 6-800 warriors. |
Wallace n.d.:326 |
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Comanche |
Rio Grande at Puerco [Pecos]
River |
Neighbors states Buffalo Hump
"crossed the Rio Grande at the mouth of the Pueco…he desired visiting
Chihuahua, Parras, and surrounding country…for revenge for the defeat of a
party of Comanches near Parras by Missouri volunteers." |
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1847, Sept |
Lipan |
Pecos |
Rollins to Brooke stated that
some came to Fredricksburg, but others were on the Pecos where they grew
corn. |
Winfrey & Day 1995 vol.
3:124 |
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Comanche |
Mexico |
Rollins stated that had been on
Rio Grande to avenge their dead and to seek food. |
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Kickapoo |
Fredericksburg |
Rollins told them that the
Kickapoo would have to leave the town. |
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1847, Nov |
Comanche |
Mexico |
Neighbors noted the Comanche had
returned from campaign in Mexico; they brought mules & horses from their
raids in that country. |
BIA 1:153-172 |
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1847, Dec |
Comanche |
San Saba |
Neighbors reported 5-6000
Comanche resided in this area. |
BIA 1:231 |
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Mescalero |
San Saba |
A few Mescalero were with the
Comanches. |
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1848 |
Comanche, Yamparika, Kiawa,
Mescalero |
Chihuahua |
Delawares go to upper prairies,
and they return to Neighbors with the information that these tribes plan
raids to Chihuahua in spring. |
BIA 1:134 |
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Lipan |
Rio Grande & mouth of Pueco
[Pecos] |
Comanche tell Neighbors
that they are there |
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1848, Jan |
Seminole, Kickapoos |
Texas |
These two tribes travel to Texas
to meet with other tribal chiefs, seeking alliances. |
Mulroy 1993:47 |
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1848,
April |
Lipan |
Head of the Guadalupe |
Neighbors reports that the Lipan
are camped there |
BIA 1:190-200 |
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1849, Mar |
Seminole, Seminole
Maroon, Southern Comanche |
Ft Gibson |
Southern Comanche visit Seminole
& Seminole Maroon at the agency. |
Mulroy 1993:53 |
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1849, June |
Comanche, Lipan, Apache, Waco,
Wichita |
Pecos & Rio Grande |
Neighbors had explored both
rivers; Mexico had reported trouble; found that 550 warriors under Santa Anna
had been 40 miles below Presidio del Norte, opposite el Carlos ranch; US
soldiers attacked Comanche at Santa Rosa. |
BIA 1:391-392 |
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1849, Nov |
Apache |
Fort Leaton, Chihuahua |
J. Van Horne in El Paso reports
to George Deas in San Antonio that Apache reported near the fort. He also
noted that reports also place them in Chihuahua where they were attacking
settlements. |
Winfrey & Day 1995, Vol.
5:50-51 |
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