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Council House Fight

Category Wars & Military Conflicts
Date March 19, 1840
Country United States

Peace negotiations between Republic of Texas officials and a Comanche delegation in San Antonio erupted into violence after officials attempted to detain the delegates as hostages. The deaths deepened frontier warfare and led to retaliation.

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