Comanche Hunt | The 1871 DISASTER at Blanco Canyon

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In 1871 Ranald “Bad Hand” Mackenzie sends Lt. Robert Carter and the 4th Cavalry on a hunt for the Comanche following the brutal Salt Creek Massacre. But the Hunters soon find themselves being the hunted in the notorious Western Battle of Blanco Canyon.
Like a lot of my videos this is not the story I intended to tell when I started my research. I wanted to investigate the reasons for the power shift that took place in Comancheria between the high point of Comanche Power in the 1840s to when they were forced to reservation in 1874. Some features stuck out to me like weaponry and how technology made soldiers better equipped to fight the fast moving Comanche. The killing of the Buffalo destroyed their food source and left tribes of the Plains starving and in need of rations. But the biggest problem I found was that of population. White Americans numbered in the millions and the Comanche had a population under 10,000. Why did the United States not just solve their problem with overwhelming force?
The Battle of Blanco Canyon gave me my answer. Political will send enough troops into the region was lacking prior to an uptick of raids in the early 1870s but was sent over the top with the Kiowa led Salt Creek Massacre in 1871. When General William T. Sherman sent Ranald Mackenzie and the 4th Cavalry into Comancheria to bring the most notorious Comanche Band, the Quahadi, into reservation they assumed that their superior numbers and weaponry would win them the day. But the incredible Comanche and the untamed Geography of the High Plains had different Ideas and soon the 4th Cavalry found themselves in the same trouble as their predecessors who dared take on the Comanche. Surviving in the wolf’s den was going to be more difficult than they ever could have imagined.
EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00 Comanche Hunt
02:15 The Salt Creek Massacre
07:42 The Quahadi and the High Plains
11:51 The Night Raid | Tragedy 1
16:02 Death in the Canyon | Tragedy 2
21:05 Losing the Comanche | Tragedy 3
24:57 The “Norther” | Tragedy 4
REFERENCES
The Apache and Comanche: The History and Legacy of the Southwest’s Most Famous Warrior Tribes. Charles River Editors (book)
Bad Hand: A Biography of General Ronald S. Mackenzie by Charles M. Robinson (Book)
Empire of the Summer Moon by SC Gywnne (Book)
The Last Days of the Comanches
By S.C. Gywnne
Texas Monthly
www.texasmonthly.com/articles...
On the Border with Mackenzie: or, Winning West Texas by Capt. R. G. Carter (Book)
President Ulysses S. Grant and Federal Indian Policy
www.nps.gov/articles/000/pres...
Study: Mass slaughter of buffalo caused lasting economic and social shocks for tribes including Standing Rock Sioux
www.wctrib.com/news/study-mas...
Understanding the Origins of American Gun Culture Can Help Reframe Today’s Gun Debate BY JIM RASENBERGER
time.com/5842494/colt-gun-deb...
The West Texas Frontier by Joseph Carroll McConnell
www.forttours.com/pages/warre...

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@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

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@vepr1332 7 месяцев назад

So, . . . Mr. Dates and Dead guys.....the question is what do YOU think of the longer format ? Do you think it is something you will continue to do ? Just wondering what to expect.

@jkoonce4244 6 месяцев назад

@@vepr1332expect the unexpected and u will never be surprised lol it’s not a baseball pitch

@mallicolombf4687 6 месяцев назад

4r 🦍🦍@@vepr1332

@mallicolombf4687 6 месяцев назад

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@user-kc1ru3dj9y 5 месяцев назад

I wish with my whole heart the natives would have won the earth wouldn't be destroyed by geed, ignorance and prejudice!!!!!

@edsears8647 4 месяца назад

I’ve lived in Lubbock, in the heart of the Llano Estacado, for more than 30 years and have experienced the weather you describe in this video. I find your descriptions of the terrain and climate to be quite accurate. The Llano Estacado and the great escarpment we know as the Caprock must be experienced to truly understand, but your descriptions come very close to understanding. I’ve also read and heard about the Battle of Blanco Canyon and Quanah Parker for many years, but never saw the kind of details you’ve shown me today, when we are having one of the wind storms you mentioned: no sleet or snow today, but I’ve seen and experienced those. Wonderful video! Thank you. BTW, another of your videos described the raid on the Parkers when Cynthia Ann Parker was captured by the Comanche. I had never known she had an older sister who was also taken. Again, thank you for your great storytelling.

@andywoommavovah7229 4 месяца назад

@edsears8647 have you had a chance to read Empire of the Summer Moon? It describes the life of Quanah and how Cynthia Ann came to be his mother. It also describes in detail the terrain of the Estacado.

@bmoran1795 3 месяца назад

Lubbock Texas is that where buddy holly was born

@edsears8647 3 месяца назад

@@bmoran1795 Yep, home of Buddy Holly. He's buried in the Lubbock Cemetery.

@aschmidt3641 2 месяца назад

I’m from Lubbock too, the wind would drive me crazy! But the thunderstorms and sky were amazing. I live further north now and I miss the intensity of the sun.

@KiroPhoto 4 месяца назад

I’m amazed that settlers were courageous enough to go west, and that any of them survived at all.

@pobinr 2 месяца назад

Courageously occupying someone else's land

@theprancingrat 2 месяца назад

@pobinr natives courageously raided and tortured their captives. I guess you didn't pay attention enough to this channel's videos because this time period wasn't great for both sides, and we should be glad it's over with. No one has a blood feud unless they're delusional enough to believe that.

@phillawrence5148 Месяц назад

@@pobinr Travelling through hostile territory makes it even more courageous. They were just normal people. Blame the US Government for telling people to go. A lot of pioneers weren't aware the land was inhabited and would be fought over, particularly new immigrants from Europe, the Government conveniently neglected to mention that, Nothing is black and white.

@pobinr Месяц назад

@@theprancingrat you're delusional enough to think they weren't being ethnically cleansed.

@daveretiredbkk4701 Месяц назад

They were brave warriors of the USA Tribe! They capture territory but without the blood and gore. They were much braver than a bunch of boys with paint on their faces.

@markcall1982 5 месяцев назад

As a member of the Kwahadi band, Thank you!. I have to say this about Kwana. There were more than one person that was considered "chief'. more as an Elder. and as far as I know we never surrendered to anyone. My family was at Adobe Walls and my cousins are the Ishate(the medicine man that essentially told the Kwahadi to raid Adobe Walls,on that horrific night)... Love this video and Ura(Thanks).

@teamshaboobalu2887 4 месяца назад

Did the Comanche dip their arrowheads in poison? Some sort of bile like the Lakota did?

@kenthatfield4287 4 месяца назад

I do not think that those bows they used were capable of reaching 60 yds accurately.

@williamtehero8720 4 месяца назад

Let's find out!

@user-nn9tm9yz7k 2 месяца назад

You not indian yr 200% caucssian

@markcall1982 2 месяца назад

@@user-nn9tm9yz7k u wish colonizer

@johnsonandsons4 7 месяцев назад

I live NE of Blanco Canyon, smack dab in the middle of Comancheria. Even today this part of the Country will still kill those unprepared to deal with the extremes. Very well done video!

@TheGringoSalado 7 месяцев назад

My daughter and I listen to your channel on our commute to and from ballet! Thank you for helping to ignite her passion for history!

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

This is awesome. I’m happy you both enjoy it. Some of my favorite memories of my Grandfather were of chats like that of things we would listen to on the way to boy scouts.

@TheGringoSalado 7 месяцев назад

@@datesanddeadguys❤ what a great generation 💪💪

@kupus6622 4 месяца назад

It amazes me all this was so recent.1870...100 years before I was born so old uns around when I were young ,parents and certainly grandparents lived this life. Amazing. Make me want to honour old people even more for the stories they have alone. I met a boer war veteran in his 90s when I was in junior school , he fought just 30 years after this time and I spoke to him as a kid. Unreal

@mulcogiseng3175 4 месяца назад

When I was just a kid in the early 1950s, I had a chance to meet my great grand uncle, born in 1865. So my lifetime memory includes him and his life. I have a great grandmother born on the day Lincoln was assasinated. I'm glad to see the respect for elders in your post. In 2050 you will suddenly remember this conversation and I hope there will be young people around who have learned from you and feel as you do now.

@mikef.1000 7 месяцев назад

I'm from another place, Australia... and the American frontier of the 1800's is something that sounds so strange (to me). Thanks for explaining it dramatically and so well.

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

I am doing my best. Thanks for watching.

@Hellbillyhok666 7 месяцев назад

The aussie story's of old are pretty cool too, I like the old Bush ranger tales etc there's been some good films in the last few years

@p382742937423y4 7 месяцев назад

Can you name those films @@Hellbillyhok666?

@lorenhamby2121 7 месяцев назад

Mad Dog Morgan

@lorenhamby2121 7 месяцев назад

@@p382742937423y4 Ned Kelly

@randysanchez931 7 месяцев назад

I grew up in Clarendon TX, I have Pueblo and Jicarilla Apache from my dad’s side. Throughout Texas mostly, that is why you see some trees that are seemingly grown parallel to the ground. These are called Comanche marker trees they would tie down a young tree and as it grew that way - would be land markers for them.

@larryalexander4833 7 месяцев назад

Other tribes did the same thing on the east coast

@bradleytenderholt5135 6 месяцев назад

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

@LandonBell11 6 месяцев назад

That is really cool! Is that just in the high plains or is it something across Comancheria?

@randysanchez931 6 месяцев назад

@@LandonBell11most notably in Texas. Though they came from northern US, most early European Comanche accounts start around San Luis Valley Colorado and through Santa Fe, onward to Texas where they settled. In Texas as they ventured through vast territory barren of trees such as Llano Estacado, they needed a familiar marker.

@robertschumann7737 6 месяцев назад

You know the Comanche were tough by how the Apache were so sick of being attacked and raided they moved to the Arizona desert mountains to get away from them.

@louwilson0906 5 месяцев назад

Your right, the Apaches did not originate in the deserts and mountains of Arizona and New Mexico. The Commanches pushed them out of their own territory. Loved this video...very well presented, thks you. Lou from Arizona 😎

@sigep145 5 месяцев назад

That's always been my question, if the US were to give land back to Native American tribes, who gets the Apache's original homeland? Do they only get the desert? Do Comanches get their ancestral lands they lived in before they discovered horses & moved south into the Great Plains? A lot would ride on the decision because there were several regions & time periods tribes were constantly kicking each other out of different areas. It would quickly get really complicated.

@meeek21 4 месяца назад

My understanding was, the Apache were originally the dominant aggressor, until the Comanche gained horses?

@datesanddeadguys 4 месяца назад

That’s generally accurate. At least on the plains.

@mikepastor.k6233 4 месяца назад

@@meeek21 the Comanche were a run of the mill outsider tribe until they found mustangs and learned to breed them. Changed everything. Like the Mongols before they found horses.

@vepr1332 7 месяцев назад

Love the extended time format. Glad you thought to make a longer vid. This is the sweet spot. You can actually do something else while listening without having to stop to find another vid when the 15/20 minute one runs out. Great story too , as always.

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

You could be right. The visuals and editing take a ton of time but the value I think is in the story. I bet a ton of people are just listening and a half hour is nice in that way.

@wadeolsen8233 7 месяцев назад

I have lived in this area all my life. The descriptions of the land and weather are accurate. Quanah Parker was indeed a powerful leader. In fact, there is a town named after him here. I really enjoy your videos! Thanks.

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

I really want to experience a high plains blizzard. I have read account of people getting lost between their house and barn because the wind and snow destroy visibility so much.

@ameri_cancountry6936 7 месяцев назад

Yes would love to to see you make more detailed videos about the Comanche's being battled and forced to reservations

@jkcbrah4708 7 месяцев назад

Definitely.

@Zinger3030 7 месяцев назад

They never were forced to reservations.

@danielbourke306 7 месяцев назад

Nor signed a treaty ❤

@castoresnegros 7 месяцев назад

Hahaha! im not holding my breath

@randysanchez931 6 месяцев назад

I guarantee that, let alone a few Rangers - maybe besides Sioux, not a single nation’s force would be the end all be all for Comanche. Remember the U.S., Mexican, French, Spanish (all who brought sickness and decimated nearly half the tribe) - in addition to enemy tribes such as Osage, Cheyenne, and Apache, were all vying for the opposition and position. There is a story from 1835, US government dragoon expedition led by Col. H. Dodge went on campaign directly into Comancheria to demonstrate military prowess or muscle, to be humbled. Mid June as the military were overcoming the hills, they saw a camp of a Comanche band, and halted in awe upon sight of their camp, completely intimidated. Struck in fear, it came back to them when a 2 rowed line of warriors broke into full gallop war crying and whooping towards the fully armed US, in a disciplined demonstration of their own. Upon going in and out, the Comanche who left their arms behind, and no war dress, looked the soldiers with no fear much less expression. As George Gatlin recalls to the everlasting credit of the Comanche we were to be welcomed in by the warriors wanting to trade and receive gifts from the humbled US military. Your quote, to think that, is blatant ignorance. If you knew the numbers on Comanche warpath - you’d understand.

@jamesbell7220 4 месяца назад

Yes! More! Your presentations are masterful, engrossing, absolutely superb.

@rmgpublicpolicy 7 месяцев назад

You do a really nice job with these videos. I appreciate how you provide good information throughout the videos, and I never feel like you're wasting my time. You present in a very well ordered manner too.

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

I am happy you like them. I try to keep everything as neat as possible but this one got a little long for sure.

@vepr1332 7 месяцев назад

is not long

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

People have asked for longer videos. Maybe it’s the move.

@ibestrokin 7 месяцев назад

Wow! What an awesome early Christmas gift! So much detail packed into 30 minutes. The Comanche implored some pretty smart tactics. And that cold norther almost seemed as if a prayer had been answered by the Comanche.

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

There are a few events in history I can think of that for a certain party it must have felt like divine intervention. When the Mongols tried to invade Japan and their ships got destroyed by a storm. D-Day when the fog concealed Allied Approach. My favorite is the battle of New York in the Revolution where the fog concealed Washington’s escape. If not for weather the bulk of the army likely would have been captured and the war could have been over in 1776. Another thing about the Comanche and the Norther in this story is that when the Army bedded down for the night they didn’t. Their women, children, and elderly kept moving through the night in abysmal conditions. What a tough people.

@ibestrokin 7 месяцев назад

@@datesanddeadguys there's a nice book of "historical fiction" on my people called Winter of the Metal People. Give it a read, I think you'll enjoy it. Merry Christmas!

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

@ibestrokin It sounds interesting. The description mentions it is written from the Pueblo perspective. That is something I really struggle with in these videos. I want to be as balanced as possible but find sourcing is so much more available from the side of the U.S. In this story for example, I decided to just focus on Lt. Carter’s perspective but I would love to be able to tell more stories from alternative points of view.

@ibestrokin 7 месяцев назад

@@datesanddeadguys yes. And to find a non Tiwa perspective on this event you would have to source Spanish accounts. To the best of my knowledge, they pretty much align with that of our Tiwa ancestors.

@Rattlecanjeff 6 месяцев назад

McKenzie probably knew that If he pursued in the storm, the braves would flee leaving the village. I imagine that is why Parker set up the ambush so close to his encampment. He knew that the military could never catch the warriors unencumbered from the village. Interesting stuff.

@Music-lx1tf 6 месяцев назад

Great story. I went to HS in the late 60's. And received an excellent education. Our US History classes never mentioned the Comanches or any of these serious engagements. Thank you for a bit of history.

@plantationowner64 5 месяцев назад

I grew up and still live but a few miles from there. I drive thru Blanco Canyon very often…never without thinking about this battle and the bravery of Mackenzie and his men. Great video. Thank you!

@user-bo4zf9hu4o 7 месяцев назад

The Army had very little success in ridding Texas of the Comanche. Mainly due to their inability to deviate from the European method(s) of warfare. The rare instances of their success against the Comanche were by surprise and overwhelming force. "Surprise" was mostly luck. "Overwhelming force" was entirely predicated on logistical advantage ("shaky" at best in that era). The Texas Rangers were tasked to eliminate the Comanche from Texas, and they were the deciding party to affecting that. They were not constrained by bureaucracy, red tape, and ineffective tactics. They fought the Comanche in the same n=manner the Comanche fought. Something Quanah Parker realized soon enough to save his people from total extinction...that was the intent of the Rangers and the Texas government. Blanco Canyon was the glaring example of the US Governments inability to address the Comanche. My ancestors had extensive issues with this tribe (Richard Coffee) Excellent presentation on the Blanco Canyon fiasco. Look forward to more.

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

I would love to look more into the original Texas rangers. They were legitimate cowboys. Their life expectancy was crazy low, they answered for very little. A absolute wild bunch of people in a crazy time in history.

@user-bo4zf9hu4o 7 месяцев назад

@@datesanddeadguysMany of the early Ranger's backgrounds varied, and their life expectancy was understandably low due to "learning the ropes". They quickly adapted to the Comanche way of thought and warfare (a "total warfare" concept that western armies do not ascribe to...even today) (various tribes were enemies of the Comanche and greatly helped the Rangers in their efforts). To be honest, the Rangers were given free hand to deal with the Comanche, Apache, and any other hostile tribes roaming Texas. They were men of their time...good, bad, or otherwise. The Indian tribes practiced a "total warfare" concept. This concept nearly exterminated them. They did give as good as they gave, and many praised their warfare skills in light of their barbarity. No doubt a "crazy" period of time. 👍

@johntyler72 4 месяца назад

I grew up in Midland and went to Texas Tech for 9 years ( undergrad and Medical School) 😂and I learned more about Llano Estacado in your video than I did in all the years I lived there. I believe that you should give an educational lecture at Texas Tech because we folks on the high plains would love it! Just found your site tonight and will be watching all your videos from now on!

@frankjacoby9460 4 месяца назад

Yes, keep these historical videos coming: I am a New Mexico Native, and it very heart warming to hear our history: especially since I know this stacked plain well 👍🏽

@Hessboys 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the great documentary Well done!

@pikiwiki 6 месяцев назад

What a narrative style, dry, cold and peppered with hard truths

@Ben-xf7uy 7 месяцев назад

One of my favorite channels ever. Thanks man.

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

Hopefully it is just getting started. Thanks for watching.

@dlkline27 7 месяцев назад

By chance I am currently reading "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S. C. Gwynne which provides much more detail than is limited by time here. Also, it begins at a much earlier date.

@wadetaylor1299 5 месяцев назад

Watching this one again . Man i love your story telling and topics way u deliver it can almost picture it keep it up buddy 👍

@TvTv-nt8dw 7 месяцев назад

Damn bro you killed it today I was starting to slide into a deep depression here at work then I saw this. Keep up the great work. Id love to see somthing on the Missions in California and their relationship to the Indians.

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

Thank you. Happy to hear I helped you make it through work. What do you know about these missions in California? What would I look up if I wanted to know more?

@CaptainSeamus 6 месяцев назад

As a Kansas kid that grew up on the eastern edge of the High Plains, I approve entirely the description of this area. Even today, no one lives here. I pity people who don't understand this world trying to come here to hunt someone down.

@cobraferrariwars 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for the factual presentation with no fluff.

@rick91443 6 месяцев назад

Sitting in our little farm here in Normandy(France,) your stories take me back to the love of American Western History, my father loved so much telling us about...richard rider

@davidhlnda 5 месяцев назад

The high plains wasn't the last area to be " tamed" that would be the desert southwest from Mexico up to Utah,where a raid by Utes and Paiutes was reported in THE 1920S

@mushroommanny 7 месяцев назад

This is a great channel. Ive got a lot of "native Texan" in me and these tales talk to me like very little else. Great videos man.

@robondrums5434 7 месяцев назад

Great stuff love your channel! Looking forward to the next one. Ty!

@whitedogproductions6153 4 месяца назад

Excellent content man ,would very much enjoy hearing more....thanks 👍

@BrionK 7 месяцев назад

These are the stories of the West. These are why Westerners will never die. If you've seen the country, you know that conquering courage doesn't rest.

@carleto9597 7 месяцев назад

You been doing a great job on all your video's through the years. Yes, you can make another detailed video of Comanche's. And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. All great video' s and I know you put in some long hours putting them together. Thank You and Take care.

@patrickbarrett5650 4 месяца назад

Superb narration. This is the best account I have ever heard.👏🏻

@billball8955 4 месяца назад

Glad I stumbled onto your videos. Great work!

@steveblack6910 7 месяцев назад

The best presented docs on this material by a crooked mile!! Too bloody right about seeing more! Gripping stuff! Cheers mate👍🏻

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

That’s a fun phrase. Thanks for watching!

@dougdillon1271 7 месяцев назад

Another great video! Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

@Thecathunter 7 месяцев назад

Most definitely. I really enjoy your stories. I believe you put a lot of work into them and I will keep watching them. THANKS

@lindaf675 7 месяцев назад

Outstanding job storytelling! I could picture it all happening in my mind.

@ronl8495 5 месяцев назад

Excellent historical video with awesome narration! Count me in! 😎

@smoke5620 7 месяцев назад

Yes, definitely! More videos on the outcome of the Comanche on the Texas frontier. Great videos I have watched every video I can get my hands on. You do a very good presentation, well thought out and researched. Thank you very much for your efforts and success. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas. 0:01 0:01

@cleganebowldog6626 7 месяцев назад

Great video, definitely want the follow up with MacKenzie and the reservation!

@williamespinosa9094 2 месяца назад

You do an excellent job of explaining the circumstances as well as reinforcing the extenuating circumstances. You are appreciated, sir 👊❤️🇺🇸

@frankcerveny4722 6 месяцев назад

Your editing is Superb. Great work young Man. ❤

@davecollins1998 5 месяцев назад

Yes! Very interesting history! Thanx!

@smischka 6 месяцев назад

Excellent video. Looking forward to the next installment.

@peter4Flags 6 месяцев назад

Brilliant narrative, really enjoyed this story. Yes ,keep up the good work. Thank you very much.

@chrisd9012 2 месяца назад

Wow. Just found your channel. Very educational. Look forward to watching more of this.

@TheMhamilton7 7 месяцев назад

Amazingly well done. I always look forward to your videos.

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

I love hearing that people come back to watch more. Thank you.

@bugle1988 5 месяцев назад

Awesome video man!!!!!

@conradnelson5283 6 месяцев назад

Living in Oklahoma on the edge of the Comancheria, I love hearing stories about the Indian wars. I’ve been down to see Quanna Parker‘s house near Fort sill, but it is in terrible shape.

@barkburton1 4 месяца назад

Great video!

@jkcbrah4708 7 месяцев назад

Can't stop watching, your story telling skills are so good.

@user-xb3hd2zt3s 4 месяца назад

Great Video… keep um coming 🥶

@jeremybuchanan8940 4 месяца назад

Love these videos

@nightshift6635 2 месяца назад

Just found this channel absolutely loving it.

@raulc. 7 месяцев назад

Yes, absolutely would love to hear that story. Thank you for the great videos.

@JPGoertz 5 месяцев назад

Very exciting. Thank you. Excellent story telling... Every single disaster...

@dannpurvis 4 месяца назад

Awesome. This is definitely your calling. Please expand further.

@georgegregory2886 4 месяца назад

Great stories, perfect for bedtime listening! They remind me of my high school history teacher who taught it in soap opera format, cliffhangers included! We couldn’t wait for the next class to find out what happened next! Great job, I look forward to more! You have a storytelling gift.

@TheMNBlackBear 5 месяцев назад

Awesome job! Thanks for posting! More! More! More!

@Embracetheseasons 5 месяцев назад

Very good and interesting! Thank you!

@thatfieryhometeamred8315 6 месяцев назад

Excellent narration !! Well researched. A++

@Hellbillyhok666 7 месяцев назад

Hi from Fife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, looking forward to this, I'm obsessed with hearing comanches stories, I'd love to come over the pond to see where these awesome warriors faught with the rangers, buffalo hunters & tonkawas etc, it would be a dream trip, I read empire of the summer moon a long time ago and have wanted to come to texas since, oh plus lonesome dove series helped too lol, cheers

@imurgodsgod 7 месяцев назад

We’re is Fife

@Hellbillyhok666 7 месяцев назад

@@imurgodsgod Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@mcgregorpiper 5 месяцев назад

Don’t you mean the “Kingdom of Fife”? My wife and I spent about a week there in the Neuk of Fife last May Come visit Texas, you will enjoy it (as long as you are not in the big cities or in August)

@Hellbillyhok666 5 месяцев назад

@@mcgregorpiper once all my kids are up I will mate, cheers

@jcwilky 5 месяцев назад

Awesome job! Great story telling

@kenfox22 4 месяца назад

Great channel and greater reading

@crmac4826 5 месяцев назад

Really been enjoying your videos. You do a excellent job with documentation and narrating. Could you please do a video on the outlaws of the west. That would be awesome. Keep up the good work.

@AZtown 7 месяцев назад

Yeah, new video, love this stuff!!!!

@58landman 2 месяца назад

Tell that story! This is an excellent history channel and your presentation is outstanding.

@TheBoiseKiwi 6 месяцев назад

Well done guy. Pacing and delivery were on point.

@marks1638 2 месяца назад

One of my college friends (1980's) originated from survivors of a German settler's wagon train attacked in the early 1850's in Northern Texas by the Comanches. They were mostly refugees from the 1848 German Revolution. They didn't want to settle in Texas like many of the "Forty Eighters", but in California (probably wanted to get in on the California Gold Rush.). They didn't make it out of Northern Texas while heading north to the California trail at Fort Hall in Idaho and most family members were killed or captured in a single attack or series of attacks (history is a little vague as the survivors were all mostly pre-teens). From what we do know, three kids and a hired escort survived due to the kids wandering off during a prolonged stay due to disease (probably Typhoid according to his family history.). They escaped and the kids were eventually adopted by other German families in Central Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth area where his family has been residing since the 1870's.

@davidwilliams7552 4 месяца назад

Great accounts of this time, thank you.

@geraldmasters7595 7 месяцев назад

Luv yr stories brother.

@bobbywoods5925 4 месяца назад

Great work n job thanks for the story 😊😊

@artsimpson3670 4 месяца назад

Thanks! Well done. I knew my grandfather born to Kansas homesteaders in 1875. Taught me to fish. Old school kine.

@BCTGuitarPlayer 7 месяцев назад

Such history! Great story telling. And what a movie it would make!!

@declandalton6666 4 месяца назад

Fascinating story. Thanks for sharing

@dariusbaja21 6 месяцев назад

Im a little late to this one , but as always great video and more importantly i never Congratulated u on hitting that 100k mark !! Congrats , great achievement man 👏

@youris3595 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! Amazing story

@Scrat335 6 месяцев назад

I don't get notifications when you post. Excellent work.

@nathanburns9177 7 месяцев назад

Yes I would love to see a story about bad hand McKenzie

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

It’s rude but I wish I could find a picture of his hand.

@blackonbothsides651 Месяц назад

Man i was smoking a joint watching a video of Honey badgers vs Lions and up came one of your videos and I've been hooked, subscribed and all ever since 👍🏿👍🏿😎 love your work.

@geoffreybudge3027 6 месяцев назад

That was worth subscribing , thanks for a very visual history lesson .

@landmarkadventureco.5519 4 месяца назад

I’m from this area of Texas, we need more quanah Parker and Mackenzie stories

@Xraydelta14sector2 3 месяца назад

Excellent job by you and your staff .👍

@jamescoffey2472 3 месяца назад

These are well done. Very well done.

@Bunchquitter 6 месяцев назад

Very nicely presented!

@teddycourtright3466 7 месяцев назад

Great job again brother

@datesanddeadguys 7 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@nunyabeeswax2575 7 месяцев назад

I'd heard of a " blue norther" in a certain country and western song for years now but never knew what it was till tonight. Cheers mate!

@justinroberts5393 5 месяцев назад

Chris L is a hell of a song writer

@Gata-gj1qx 21 день назад

You are an excellent storyteller. And I appreciate your ‘compact’ narrations of your subject matter. I’m not a book learner and abhor long, drawn out documentaries with a voiceover much like the teacher in Ferris Bueller. Okay, well, that’s a stretch, however, you cover the essentials well and in short order enough to make it interesting to stay attentive and not nod off. That being said, I have subscribed.

@marks1638 2 месяца назад

I would like to hear the next stage in this drama between the Comanches and the US Army. Excellent narrative and good historical information. Thanks again for your work.

@rickyggonzales2912 Месяц назад

My son and I just stopped at the Blanco Canyon picnic area and climbed up to the Quana Parker arrow outside of Floydada on highway 62. We spooked out a deer 🦌 and it was just a great moment we shared.

@user-hk3hl2kz4z 5 месяцев назад

I love the way this channel is edited

@martinjones4776 6 месяцев назад

Well narrated, Liked & Subscribed.

@camarasaurus1 2 месяца назад

I first read about McKenzie in a fascinating American Heritage piece about 40 years ago ( I believe the issue was from the 1950s or 60s ) ; your piece certainly brings back memories of my various readings on the plains Indians and the plains wars ....Bravo for a job well done !