TEXAS INDIAN BATTLES

BATTLE OF NECHES- JULY 15 AND 16, 1839

• Lamar ordered the Cherokee to leave Texas,when they refused Lamar sent 500 soldiers and a fight broke out along the Neches River
• By the end of the fight, 100 Cherokee were dead including Chief Bowles
• Texas forces pushed the surviving Cherokee into North Indian Territory in the U.S.
• Other Indian tribes including the Caddo and Shawnee were also pushed north.

THE COUNCIL HOUSE FIGHT-1840

• 65 Comanche arrived at Council House in San Antonio for peace talks.
• They were required to bring all captives, but they only brought a few.
• One captive, a teenager named Matilda Lockhart told the Texans that the Comanche still had 15 captives.
• The Texans tried to take the Comanche captive to get their people back, but the Comanche called for help and a fight broke out.
• At the end of the fight, 35 Comanche lay dead, including 12 Chiefs and two children. Only seven Texans died.
• This fight ruined any chance of peace with the Comanche and Texans

THE BATTLE OF PLUM CREEK-1840

• After the Council House Fight, the Comanche were outraged. They killed their Texan captives and sent a large raiding party to the settlements of Linnville and Victoria, killing more than 20 settlers, burning houses, and stealing supplies and livestock
• The Texans called for revenge. A force of volunteers formed and began searching for the Comanche
• Under Edward Burleson and others, the volunteers found the Comanche on August 11, 1840 and attacked.
• At the end of the fight, more than 130 Comanche were killed. Only one Texan was killed and seven were wounded.

The dates of the Texas Republic were 1836 to 1846
The Native American battles took place in the middle of the Texas Republic