The Battle of Mendicolanda was a battle of the Texas-Indian Wars which occurred in 1824 when the Mexican Army repelled a Comanche attack on the Mexican colony of Mendicolanda in Texas. The Mexicans had built a colony along a major Native American trade route and raised a garrison of soldiers, farm tool-armed peasants, chinaco cavalrymen, and cannons to defend their town from Indian attacks. Sure enough, a war party of 20 Comanche warriors, including riflemen on foot and warriors on horseback, attempted to attack Mendicolanda from the south, but the Mexican garrison was prepared for their arrival. The Mexicans easily repelled the Natives, with their artillery blasting the Comanche raiders, and the Comanche warriors on foot were also forced to retreat. The Comanche retreat was quick enough to evade annihilation, but the Mexicans soon pursued them to their village and pounded it to rubble.