Comanche Raids | What it was like to SURVIVE the Most TERRIFYING Attacks on the Frontier

What would it have been like to experience a Comanche raid?
Accounts from settlers on the Texas frontier paint a terrifying picture. The Comanche had a reputation as the most brutal of all the Native American Tribes. In the centuries prior to the 1800s they had inherited the horse from the Spanish and tamed them to become the supreme riders of the Great Plains. They lived entirely nomadically, hunting animals like the bison and raiding their neighbors for anything else they needed. New Spain learned of the Comanche in the 1750s, when they were massacred at San Saba. Decades later the Comanche Introduced themselves to Texans and the United States. Raids became common for those living on the frontier. A Constant threat that settlers had to understand and prepare for. In this video I discuss some of the factors behind the power of the Comanche and the experiences of settlers who had experienced raids including Nelson Lee, Herman Lehman, and Rachel Parker Plummer.
VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Rise to Power and the San Saba Massacre
04:15 Comanche Tactics and Witnessing Raids (Nelson Lee and Herman Lehman)
08:38 The Parker Fort Massacre
15:46 Legacy of Raids, Rachel Plummer, and the Parkers
RESOURCES
Comanches: A History of a People- T.R. Fehrenbach (Book)
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne (Book)
Fort Parker
www.tshaonline.org/handbook/e...
Fort Parker State Park
easttexashistory.org/items/sh...
Indian Depredations in Texas by J.W. Wilbarger (Book)
Life on the Frontier
tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/pa....
Nine Years Among the Indians by Herman Lehman (Book)
Three Years Among the Comanches by Nelson Lee (Book)
Tragedy and Triumph by Don Smart
truewestmagazine.com/article/...
21 Months a Captive by Rachel Plummer and James Parker (Book)

[@user-xj1jk3cl2b]

I grew up being told of my ancestors that were victims of an Indian raid in central Texas. Several family members died at their hands, but 2 children survived. Their mother hid them in a flour barrel when she saw Indians approaching. The story says the children spent the night with the bodies of their slaughtered family still lying outside their home. They were rescued by neighbors the next morning. The older child, a girl of about 10 years, was my direct ancestor, several generations back.

[@bennyhill7487]

For a moment I thought you were describing what the Native people of this country had gone through for so so many years. Then they got tired of being treated that way and gave the Europeans a taste of their own medicine. Or maybe the Comanche were retaliating for the 100,000 people who were removed from their land forced to move westward. So many possibilities.

[@johnmcbride1749]

My entire understanding of the term " settler " has changed with the West Bank. Land theft was and is never right.

[@meida6139]

​@@johnmcbride1749west bank is not theft. It was won from Jordan by Israel in a war of self defense for its existence, and it has always had communities of Jews living there, this is also known as Judea and Samaria. Half a dozen Muslim nations called to throw the Jews into the sea and lost. Then they got to set the terms of the deal, since when do losers of a war dictate the terms? And Gaza and Sinai from Egypt, Sinai it returned in exchange for peace and Egypt refused to take back Gaza, not wanted to the population living there. Theft is what Arab nations did to 850,000 (far more than Palestinians according to the UN) Jews it threw out if it's lands and froze their property and assets to this day not letting them get them back.

[@LauraKayne-zt8dk]

😂 it's history

[@zeck8541]

@@bennyhill7487for a moment I thought you were speaking from an educated standpoint, then I realized you are a moron who gives zero acknowledgement that the indigenous tribes of America were never peaceful. They conducted conquest, massacres, and forced displacement for centuries before the arrival of Europeans, who simply possessed the technology and resources to do it better. The Comanche almost rendered the Lipan extinct, as just one example. Take your virtue signaling and false, self-righteous narrative elsewhere.

[@philipsutton8921]

It's a breath of fresh air to have a real person with a real voice, actually narrating. All these Turkeys now who do a Y/T post, then overdub with a robot voice - I just refuse to listen to them.

[@Clintsessentials]

Same.

[@barbaraseymour3437]

@@Clintsessentials Ditto. Hate those mechanical voices.

[@Clintsessentials]

Indeed.@@barbaraseymour3437

[@andyhinds542]

Some real people have annoying voices though.

[@tsas485]

I feel the same. I'm so sick of the AI voices.

[@weejim48]

History no matter how gruesome , is probably the most important school subject. When you analyse the subject matter ( whatever that might be ) it gives you a broader insight into human nature. It becomes a bit of a compass and if you learn from it hopefully we won’t make the same mistakes . But these days people want to either delete or alter history to suit their own narrative. Very good video 👍👍

[@bestia2.063]

Here's an example of an Anglo. Trying hard to keep horrific narratives about a specific group. But continue to paint themselves as the heroes and the victims😂

[@ajim4057]

Of course, history is always gruesome to the Angolo except when bad things happen to him, then it's a different story.

[@KpxUrz5745]

Indeed, the Left's rewriting of history to suit their narrative is one of the most reprehensible aspects of their current movement.

[@UniquelyBarb]

Please tell this to the idiot that is in charge of Florida as governor... and maybe he can tell his fellow idiot friends... Because history is repeated... and not always exactly how the original attacks happened.... People who are trying to change history or just hide it, had best beware of karma....

[@aljirou29]

Liberals and their communist masters want to delete or alter history to suit their own fake history lie. Stop pretending both sides do it. It allows the communists attempting a coup to escape without consequences.

[@M98747]

For those wondering about Rachel's story, they took her healthy 6 week old baby and threw him on the ground to kill him. When she was able to revive him, they tied a rope to his legs and drug him through cactus until his body was torn apart. Literally pure evil.

[@criticRN]

Ahh the Nobel natives 😕

[@lakeshoreshepherds741]

Ow 😣 I know way better than to read these. But I do (sigh) Yep, pure rotten evil! 😢. Poor baby & momma-💔😭 But, thank you for more details

[@dawnmartz8483]

Omg!! 😭

[@cuttlefisch]

Happy Indigenous People's Day!!

[@siesiechampion]

This was done to my ppl too and toddlers fed to alligators..

[@dominicconnor3437]

It's weird how modern society acts like the native people were completely innocent of any wrongdoing during the wars of the American West.

[@eliot1970]

What are you talking about? Try reading some actual history. Your snowflake pretension does not equal reality.

[@billyhomeyer7414]

Revisionist history

[@fakereality96]

You mean like the war to liberate the southwest from the Hopi? 🤣

[@debbieannsmith8962]

Remind me how the United States of America was founded again...

[@user-id5xf3qm3k]

We were innocent, ask my mom.😎👍

[@user-em4bx3vp8f]

It's refreshing to hear both sides of the story - we need more "full" history like this.

[@MrDannyHeim]

no we don't

[@user-em4bx3vp8f]

@@MrDannyHeim So - getting all of the history i.e. how brutal some native American tribes were AS WELL AS how whites mistreated them is a bad thing? Stop hiding from the truth. You can try to white wash or change history all you want - but the real truth still doesn't change.

[@theshocker4626]

We can't stop the Whit Guilt Grift...shut it down!

[@frankcastle2045]

​@@MrDannyHeimoh look the uneducated 🤪🖐🏻

[@maxs5571]

@@MrDannyHeim and why we don’t? Because these facts are against what you learned at school?

[@robmangeri777]

It’s ironic to me that today many of the people who have deemed the Comanche to simply be a group of victims would have been hated by them for dishonoring their courage and would have been slaughtered by them if the Comanche thought it necessary.

[@SB-mm9zh]

Yes, if you've lived on your own land for hundreds of years, your history if there, your homes, your crops and Europeans come and think it's their right to take that land then I believe they had a right to defend their land and themselves.

[@Thomas-hf8mz]

This was my first time coming across your channel. I am a retired elementary social studies teacher, and I enjoyed listening to you telling this story. Knowledge is something that is taken for granted in the time we live in. Thanks again, hope you continue sharing the history of this country that many want to deny or not talk about.

[@valuedCustomer2929]

In the entjrety of my education in the US I was never taught that natves were even capble of such crulty. It was always just said that settlrs were neutral at best but mostly eviI while natves were moraly superor. Many people report the same experience who were educated in our systm. Why do you think it is like that?

[@mikeetgen8987]

@@valuedCustomer2929 You're of course asking for the opinions of people who are subject matter experts on Western settlement. I'm just replying as a 73 year-old man who was educated in parochial and public schools, and in the northeast. I don't recall learning ANYTHING about this subject, although I have a vague recollection of what was meant by Manifest Destiny. Of course we all learned about the "first Thanksgiving" but know today that it was not the way it was taught. To the degree that it was ever acknowledged that there had been any kind of conflict between civilizations, we just had a vague understanding that whatever it was that happened to the Indians was inevitable. I never heard any "defense" of the natives as being noble or morally superior. They were just human beings (at best) that got in the way of the settling of the west. In fact, if the popular westerns of the time were to be believed, the Indians were ignorant and bloodthirsty and incapable of defending themselves against the superior numbers and weaponry of the western settlers and the US Army. That said, I have of course encountered people who romanticize Indian culture and maybe some of them take refuge in the idea that they were morally superior to us. That's as simplistic as believing what John Wayne and Andrew Jackson taught us. History is never that simple and the one thing we can agree on is that western settlement was sometimes a dangerous and sometimes a horrific experience, whichever side you were on. What's undeniable was that the US government devoted blood and treasure to be sure that Indian civilization was subdued - in the opinion of a regular guy with a regular education.

[@garyphisher7375]

@@valuedCustomer2929 I bet that you were never taught that by the 15th century, the Islamic Empire had conquered 19 European countries - as well as India, and the majority of East and North Africa. Yew choob deletes stuff so I can't even talk about their thriving trade in people.

[@carolmacdonald2918]

Sadly this man's take on history in no way takes into account the influx of settler's brutal expansion into native lands. There's so much history that goes untold mainly BC the invasion is told by the voice of the oppressors. The horrors on both sides of history are terrible and there's usually no good guys or bad.....just those trying to survive.

[@mikeetgen8987]

@@carolmacdonald2918 Agreed and an excellent point. I can certainly say that the silence I experienced as a student was surely deliberate and a way of avoiding the accountability we should have learned. The same sentiment exists today in the efforts to suppress other legacies of the American experiment that are uncomfortable or inconvenient.

[@tmaddrummer]

I'm over 70, but listening to you made me feel like a young boy in school learning U.S. History. Thanks and Blessings! (new sub).

[@odysseusrex5908]

Hmph, back when they actually used to teach history.

[@tmaddrummer]

@@odysseusrex5908 very true!

[@kathrynbruchhauser6890]

For anyone interested in what happened to Cynthia Ann Parker, an amazing read is "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S. C. Gwynne. An audio version is also available. I don't want to say anything and spoil your read. I truly enjoyed the book.

[@robertdesio766]

I read it and agree with you. One of the best books I have read. The libs keep pushing the "Noble Savage Myth." Anything to denigrate our Judeo-Christian heritage. Another example is the libs creation of " Native American." This was created to instill the belief that our being here is not legitimate.

[@sargefreedom1578]

Excellent book

[@maplelass1223]

I grew up in the Texas Panhandle where the Comanche ruled. The book was great. In Palo Duro Canyon, you can see the play Texas in the canyon.

[@yourcommentmakesmecomment.3423]

Yeah, this book left a huge impression on me, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. Highly recommended.

[@lynnboyd33]

Katheryn, I have just finished reading that book, and found it amazing! I thought her son that became the head of the Comanche tribes was really a heart felt unique man himself. I really loved him thru most of the book. It could get pretty gory on both sides, just have to say.

[@mamazalama]

When I was barely 10 or 11 years old my brothers and sisters and I would gather around my great-grandmother's knees on the floor at her house and listen while she told us stories of "life on the prairie" . She had traveled from Europe, Norway, specifically, and crossed the Eastern United States and into the harsh Northern U.S.A., settling in Minnesota. I recall one story (after which I believe I was shocked into deafness), whereby she told a story of women who were captured by Indians and hung by their mammary glands and further tortured and mutilated, killed. As I said, I didn't hear any more after that. But I loved my great-grandmother, she was a very tough character and I respected her greatly. I was a very sheltered young girl and on some level I believe I needed a shocking revelation of the truth of life in our world, on our planet. I think it helped me not to take my life for granted, although my upbringing was hard, I never complained.

[@jennifer9322]

BTW Rachel died in 1839 not 1939. She died like a week before her 20th birthday. I believe if I got the dates right. For only having lived 19 years, what a life she had, and the fact that her writing and her life story still live on in peoples memory still is amazing to me. Another fascinating thing I learned, was that the Comanche had such low birth rates that they kept captives, and raised them to be members of the tribe when they were child bearing age. I never knew that they had such low birth rates pretty amazing stuff. Thanks again.

[@rogerknueven7468]

Whatever happen to her 18 month old baby?

[@pikiwiki]

Of all the spoken history channels, I find your narrative style to be the easiest to listen to. The tone of voice conveys, for me, the implacability of the circumstances and helps to recreate just how incredible the fight for survival in a hostile environment truly was. It's a real reminder of the history. A sobering task to recall it for others but it carries a realism that is rare to find

[@christie4004]

I agree I love the delivery and I love the speed at which he speaks I didn't have to speed up the playback no annoying pauses. I Was riveted to the story and the music in the background was not distracting it added to the whole ambience I really appreciated this and I for one cannot wait to hear you tell the Captive story. The little bit that you told of the story was so vivid that I think that I will dream of it.

[@pikiwiki]

Agreed. He has combined tastefully spare music, visceral storytelling straight from the history books and a dry delivery to let the material speak for itself. After that, all the listener has to do is play the visual element in their own mind, which is what true storytelling has always allowed people to do@@christie4004

[@jean-francoishuc1439]

Couldnt of said it better myself!🫡

[@peterwilliams6114]

Since I was a young child I have been fascinated by the Native American history / way of life and throughout the years bought many a book on the subject but discovering this place brings that history to life - congratulations , sir on creating this most valuable of sites .

[@FFGG22E]

They were truly horrible people. It's good to see the truth.

[@beatlesrgear]

@@FFGG22E To be honest, some Native Americans were very nobly and had good morals. Not all of them were Satanic savages. The ones who were tend to get all the publicity. And don't forget, a lot of Whites were evil and cruel, too. Gen. George Custer is a perfect example of pure evil and sadism. Plus, the men who carried out the Wounded Knee Massacre in S.D.

[@martaholmes4287]

@@FFGG22E Warlike like Europeans, except they didn't cross several oceans to raid another people.

[@rosshugecaulk]

​@@FFGG22Esome yes, others were persecuted for absolutely no reason other than the sins of the evil. History and people aren't black and white, no matter how much you try to make them

[@erichansen7161]

​@@martaholmes4287I'm glad they are on the reg . payback a Bich.

[@moogdome2562]

Although very tragic and horrific in parts, the productions and narration of these excellent stories are second to none. It must have taken a long time and a lot of hard work to produce, I really appreciate them. I particularly like, how you show respect and are unbiased, and sensitive, not going too deep in the gory parts. Another thing is it awakens some of our darkest fears held from childhood and watching old movies. But still, The way you describe events is so vivid and visual, I feel I'm there, and wonder what I'd be like and do in these situations. So glad I discovered you. I find it fascinating. Thank you..great job.

[@ladybug591]

Back in the day people used to wonder how they would have behaved in Hitler's Germany - now I know after 2020. Human nature can be weak and terrible at the same time.

[@beatlesrgear]

I'm very glad I did not live west of the Mississippi River before 1880!

[@kevinsnyder2026]

Silas took out 4 Comanche warriors. Many stories came out about the ferocity of the Comanche warriors, however there were many American soldiers, frontiersmen, and Army veterans who fought and beat the Comanche in lopsided victories. Often small groups of frontiersmen and Army veterans went out and defeated them with stunning success. Good vid.

[@ThatGuy-rdo]

Very false bro 😂

[@tommas2674]

the various Indians tribes would kill off their prey and then raid and rape and murder other tribes or settlers Who actually made a nation.

[@sanichedgedawg]

@@ThatGuy-rdoYou mean Literally very true, bro LOL Historical fact, and the obvious results of them that are the very world you live in, don't care about your feelings 😅

[@ThatGuy-rdo]

@sanichedgedawg the results are quite the opposite, 90% at the time period have already died due to disease, and the vast majority of the rest died due to fighting other tribes the others died to our now liberal government and maybe some died due to these guys don't forget natives the US calvary couldn't take them Rangers got wiped there were numerous things that led to their demise educate yourself

[@ThatGuy-rdo]

@sanichedgedawg and many groups and the west had very strong bonds to native Americans despite what you people think

[@user-tm9qb2jk4o]

Fascinating. I was stationed at Fort Sill, OK, for 10 years, so I am familiar with the story of Cynthia Ann Parker. She is buried at Fort Sill.

[@davidmorin6667]

My grandson went to boot camp at Fort Sill, he went to South Korea, came home back in Idaho ❤

[@user-tm9qb2jk4o]

@@davidmorin6667 When was he there? I was there 1998-2008.

[@Redlegarty]

You must be a Redleg. I was there in 86.

[@williams268]

yea i grew up in lawton (fort Sill) Geronimo is buried nearby in the town named after him. (supposedly anyway he was obviously Apache) Quanah Parker has streets and monuments named after him still here. Its in Comanche county so obviously the Comanches are very appreciated here. Apaches also. You can still see Geronimo's jail cell, where he paced so much the floor is worn like a hole, and the bars are bent from him constantly pulling on them.

[@latinaalma1947]

I am a 76 yo Texan and grew up on the story of Cynthia Parker and her Comanche son.

[@fredgandolfi2356]

Been sharing some of these stories with my younger kids. They are uncomfortable with them, as they are taught in the Canadian school system that Indians are victims, did always good, and only white folks committed crimes. I appreciate the more balanced perspective from this channel, very much. Thank you.

[@h.calvert3165]

It's ridiculously unbalanced here. It encourages the natives to lie on their backs like turtles, refusing to make any efforts to improve their lives. All they do is whine & demand more reparations. 👎🏻

[@latinaalma1947]

Yes I am Texan. My grandson was out in California in the school system and took issue with me being Texan...he said he had learned in school we murdered the Indians with relish and were evil people. I was astounded....in public school? It was the 90's...he is an adult now in the military and I imagine that early indoctrination stuck.

[@The_Catnip]

I understand the rage and hatred of the Indians towards the intruders. But Indians weren't saints either, they constantly fought with each other for the land, women, or just because. And the Comanche sounds like the most brutal tribe ever, a bunch of maniacs hungry for blood and suffering...

[@AllardDubbeldam]

I also am in favour of a more balanced perspective, but the Indians were still victims of genocide. You just can't gloss over that.

[@AllardDubbeldam]

@latinaalma1947 It is history. How is that indoctrination? It happened, and that was bad. Children should learn about history, whether good or bad. In German schools, children learn ALL about WW2. You just can't leave the bad things out.

[@CheerfulAirplaneWindow-qt7im]

I was born in Gallup New Mexico. It's on Rt66. It's between Albuquerque and Flagstaff, Az. Our town was surrounded by the Red Rocks. I used to have nightmares about Comanche Warriors coming down out of the Red Rocks! It horrified me as a child till I found out that all happened "a long time ago"! Gallup is up by the panhandle of Texas so we were between the Navajo and Comanche reservations.

[@randymartin5521]

Gallup is 370 miles, give or take, from Texas, I wouldn't exactly call that "near" the panhandle of Texas.

[@perryrush6563]

That's what I was thinking. It is literally next door to Arizona.

[@CheerfulAirplaneWindow-qt7im]

@@perryrush6563 100 miles past Albuquerque going west, is Gallup. Then 100more miles is Flagstaff Az. Gallup is where they have the Largest Pow-wow and rodeo in the world. Every. Indian tribe in Canada, United States and Mexico all converge once a year in Gallup. Fort Windgate, Kit Carson's cave are just before you get to the town. If you Don't get there the second week of September, if you blink you'll miss it!

[@CheerfulAirplaneWindow-qt7im]

@@randymartin5521 have you ever been out west? EVERYTHING is 100miles from everything else!!! A big lot of nothing! But it's beautiful

[@tommas2674]

the various Indians tribes would kill off their prey and then raid and rape and murder other tribes or settlers Who actually made a nation.

[@DannyRayburn-mn3tx]

You kept me on the edge of my seat telling this tragic story. Id love to know more about Rachael's story. In the meantime, I'm on my way to watch your other videos! Thanks!

[@janaparma]

I love the amazing artwork you presented during your telling of what happened. It really helps bring to life history.

[@achlipala]

Wow Im impressed. Great delivery without gimmicks. Very informative and without the usual modern bias.

[@jaybower577]

Way back in my family tree, I am a descendant of the Texas Parkers. I can recall as a youngster at holidays and family gatherings how my cousin and I would be playing in the living room while the adults sat around the table and talked about the Parker family, mostly Cynthia Ann and Quanah. Now, as an adult, I wish I could have heard more of those conversations and learned that family history in detail. Empire of the Summer Moon was a great read, and I plan to get the others you mentioned.

[@joanferguson4194]

Cynthia Parker’s story was heartbreaking! She loved her native husband and kids. A woman in the town wrote that Cynthia would often be seen walking to the very edge of town staring out across the vast landscape in the direction of her native village. Can’t imagine the torment that poor woman felt! 💔

[@curiouscanuck]

This man is a wonderful story-teller. I agree with so many other commenters that to find a good story told by a real person is the best. Subscribed ☑

[@lynnboyd33]

So very, very well done, thank you. I have just recently finished the book Empire of the Summer Moon. I wasn't certain that it would be too dry and all about the soldiers and the "horrific savages", but it turned out amazing! It mentioned Rachel Plummer a bit, but a lot more of Cynthia Ann Parker's life. And a lot more about the Comanches. They were fascinating people, very deadly, yet brilliant in they're people and horse training skills, sneak midnight attacks, leaving no trail, among other feats. I truly learned so much more about that time period in Texas and both the white and the Indian people of that time period. Thank you so much for telling both sides of the great west story.

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

Well presented, by a real person with a real voice, so refreshing. The information also kicks the movie Soldier blue into perspective.

[@MrDannyHeim]

his voice is limited my friend, he's telling one story, not the one WE did to the natives, i'd dare that screwball to do that

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

@@MrDannyHeim. First time I've come across the guy with his style of presentation. But your probably right about content, not one of America's finest hours.

[@jeffkukkee]

Wait a second.... we never learn about this in school..... gasp!! Shocking.

[@shitmandood]

You never spoke to your parents? They told me when I was growing up.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

history books always glaze over personal fates and stick to broader topics

[@rosshugecaulk]

School isn't supposed to teach you everything. If your school didn't give you a basic understanding of the relationship between native American tribes and the USA, that's on them AND you for not pursuing it. Shocking, they didn't teach horrific stories to children. Absolute idiot.

[@dobleanchorecords]

Even Chirakawas were, not afraid, but they beware of comancheros territories. Great video. Rgds

[@Lindyanne622]

I read Empire of the Summer Moon several years and found it fascinating. Loved your video, keep it coming. Such interesting history.

[@ladybug591]

It is good to hear some real history - the modern movies of today are rubbish if any history is involved, because there is so much revision of history - full of propaganda. Regards.

[@guayusateahouse]

Taylor Sheridan that made Yellowstone and other awesome shows is making a movie about the book right now. Going to be great I'm sure!

[@MrDannyHeim]

it's the shit history of white people on that time, the natives were the victims, remember that

[@alanadams4965]

I enjoy listening the stories you're telling. There's something magical in your representation of the past. The closest I can describe it is as sitting next to a bonfire somewhere in the wilderness at night, covered with a blanket, with a good warm coffee in my hand, and listening an old friend telling his passed experience. Keep up the good work sir, and if possible release new videos more often. Would you as well consider including the gold rush stories and the impact the process has had over the natives as well as stories of yet uncovered hidden treasures ( Superstition Mountains etc. )

[@datesanddeadguys]

That’s very kind of you. It means a lot. Much time goes into these videos. I working on finding a way to get more content out. One of my hopes as the channel grows is to start working with an editor. By the end of the year I would love to be in a place where I am getting out a video every two weeks.

[@alanadams4965]

@@datesanddeadguysEvent if you have to sacrifice some of the visuals in favor of release videos more often, please do. I like the visuals but I ( and probably most of the audience ) enjoy much more listening the stories, being told in this magical way.

[@hildahilpert5018]

You might want to look up Herman Lehrman who was an Indian captive. You might also look up Baron John O.Meusbach head of the German settlers in Fredericksburg.He made a treaty with them which neither side broke The town of Baby head in Llano County was named because there was an Indian raid and they stole a baby .Settlers went after them, but all they found was a baby,s head Near San Antonio is Woman,s Hollering Creek.One story is a woman was washing clothes in the creek and saw native Americans approaching and shouting a warning.Now on an old Bexar County map saw it as Indian Woman Hollow Creek Wish I had bought the map years ago .

[@datesanddeadguys]

I wonder if this would be a common sentiment. Some really good story telling channels do very little in the realm of visuals. It could be good advice.

[@janismeyers2909]

@@datesanddeadguys It's what we as humans have done since time immemorial-- listen to stories. Sometimes the visuals just get in the way and interrupt the flow. Maybe set the scene in the beginning with a visual, then just go on to tell the story. You have a very good voice and manner for this kind of thing. Thank you for what you're doing!

[@gregchatham3890]

Awesome story from our history as settlers and living with the Comanche! Enjoyed this, thanks!

[@brandankelly4069]

Thank you this was a most interesting and fascinating documentary.

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

Those people were so strong and courageous. Today we people have no idea how hard life was.

[@MrDannyHeim]

not as hard as it was for the people here, you know, the natives?

[@lynnboyd33]

We are lugs, compared to this older way of life! Such courage!

[@lynnboyd33]

Sorry, supposed to be slugs!

[@jimbelcher6877]

@@MrDannyHeim You mean the ones busily killing each other before the white man showed up?

[@sitcomchristian6886]

I mean, by all means, volunteer to live like that.

[@johnmilon866]

Fantastic storytelling and production value. subbed!

[@stevo54838]

North America has a lot of interesting history which we don't generally learn about here in Australia.

[@douglasb5046]

Yanks think the world began on 1776

[@tommoore4717]

We are not being taught our history either.

[@rosshugecaulk]

​​@@tommoore4717speaking from some shitty school in the Midwest? Cus they for sure teach it in 95% of high schools in multiple degrees of depth.

[@joshuaw4109]

Any country that was colonized is a mass graveyard to whoever resisted. I’m sure Australia is no different.

[@ellencook3070]

Thankyou so much 😊 I am new to the channel and I will definitely be looking forward to more.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MrDannyHeim]

sorry for you

[@ellencook3070]

Each to there own

[@horvathsogranfume658]

this video got me to buy the rachel plummer narrative. Also u got a new sub.

[@datesanddeadguys]

Good on you. It is a good read. I should have linked it in the description but it is old enough that you can find it online for free. I bought the audiobook version. That isn’t bad either.

[@katydidd6321]

You might enjoy the autobiography of Olive Oatman too. The fact that her brother never stopped looking for her and the little sister gets me every time.

[@paulstockdale7627]

Fantastic narration. You have a new fan and subscriber. Thank you

[@debrawoolahan2301]

Absolutely fascinating, thank you.

[@tirtraz3174]

Accidentally found your video. History has always been an interest of mine for as long as I can remember. My husband’s family had a picture of one of the families grandmother. The family story was she was an important female in (I think it was Cherokee??) an Indian tribe. She fell in love with one of the white men, married and had children - thus being my husband’s family history. The story was that the Indian tribe was angry she was with the white man. A group of Indian riders came to their cabin to get her back. She instructed her husband to not come out of the cabin for any reason. Apparently she knew what was coming. She refused to go with them so they cut half her ear off so all Indians will know she was white from that point on. This is told by my husband’s family, and after so many story telling I would assume it was right - all of their stories were told the same way. Interesting for sure. Appreciate your posts and you have a fan.

[@robertfleming387]

TY for the Story...would very much enjoy hearing about the young woman's time in captivity...see you soon...

[@keatonduckett6966]

One ugly truth of history is the degree that man is so deeply flawed and cruel. People in the modern era have been convinced of utopian thinking, that man is perfectible, that he is inherently good, oblivious to the bottomless pit that stares them in the mirror if they would just take but a moment to observe by looking to the past. May God have mercy on us all.

[@user-qs1hy7ni6s]

I freaking love this series.thank u for these stories

[@bettygreenhansen]

I found this very interesting! Thank you! My family helped settle Texas in the 1830’s.

[@user-jz5ye1iu3k]

Until viewing your page I always felt sorry for the Comanche who I was told had their lands stolen from them, now we intend to research this further as it has changed our view on history (or what we thought was history of America)! Thank you.

[@tdk9518]

Dude all Native Americans had their land stolen and they also had a system of genocide waged against them. Posting film about some pretty red head get man-handled by those nasty injuns is not actually balancing the scale.

[@johnpiddock7260]

It wasn't stolen, they lost. Now people are learning the real truth why they were erdicated

[@theangryscotsman5174]

They did have their land stolen. That's not in doubt. Everyone here seems to judge the tribes on modern feelings and way of life. These people lived 3/400years ago ffs!

[@daisyhoney3088]

​@theangryscotsman5174 well listen to you. Nobody stole thier land. There were several tribes and they hated each other before the settlers ever came. They mastered each other and stile each other's territory. They hate the white people today because we won the battles that they forced on us. There never woukd have been a problem if they didn't attack us.

[@Lou-Lou8343]

So amazing to hear about Cynthia Parker and her son Quanah. I lived in Quanah Tx as young girl for about 3 years. My father was one of the ministers in town. To hear about this intersection of lives who impact so many even today, was very interesting.

[@lambertmoving]

My Mom Jackie Kidd was raises in Quanah Texas. My grandma Ruby Parker Kidd was the great Niece of Cynthia Parker. My Grandpa JL Kidd built the wall around the city park in Quanah in the 1930's still there.

[@joanitunes]

This is very interesting, Thanks for sharing.

[@redpatriot403]

Nicely done 🤘

[@savanaconda8526]

I want to hear it all, even in code😁 thank you. It was excellent storytelling!

[@lulajohns1883]

Love hearing about history. There is always good and bad in every race and so many nuances that we do not understand. Different tribes, be it black, white, native American, etc have their own beliefs and ways. Thanks for this bit of history.

[@pfridell8424]

Thanks for this video; it was very eye-opening and frightening. Also liked the fact that it was your voice and not some dubbed over computer voice.

[@brettsmith3703]

I really enjoy the stories. I will listen to everyone you find a way to tell.

[@JH-1775]

Excellent historical video. Humans and our history is indeed brutal. Thanks!

[@fayee8986]

Fascinating history. And very well told. Thank you. Keep on coming.

[@iammovingtokorea]

Fascinating story. Glad I stumbled onto this video.

[@joeproctor2216]

He's back!!!! 🎉

[@janmichael1262]

A great video, infomative and delivered without hype

[@prsnurse1318]

Absolutely memorising! Wow. ❤❤❤

[@OhMy-pr1qq]

You mean 'mesmerizng'?

[@prsnurse1318]

@@OhMy-pr1qq o my gosh!! Yes I did. Thank you for fixing my issue. lol 😜

[@Clintsessentials]

Great storytelling. Thank you.

[@paulmurphy9887]

Awesome Buddy just brilliant

[@joepipito7431]

GREAT VIDEO AS USUAL GOD BLESS 🙏🙏💪💪👍👍

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

"A Fate Worse than Death" by Gregory and Susan Michno is a catalog of documented Indian raids and captivity from 1830 to 1885. It is a great reference and foundation for captive history in the Old West.

[@dontrend5956]

And "Empire of the Summer Moon". Horrifying things that went on during the Indian wars and the author chose not to include some details because he thought they would be too much for readers.

[@deborahlester4018]

My great and great great grandmothers survived a Palo Pinto County Comanche raid just before the onset of the civil war. Shot by arrows and left for dead, went on to have long and fruitful lives. They stayed. I don't know if I could have done that.

[@clouddog2393]

Fascinating and tragic in equal measures . An interesting account very well told and presented .

[@rishz7857]

...and still the "woke" refuse to recognize sports teams are named after Indians because of the Indian's ferocity.

[@mrblister6289]

Thank you for making this video. Very instructive, not a sensationalistic trash and you treated your subjects with sensitivity. Well done, you are a joy to listen too.

[@davidmacnutt9184]

That was fascinating, thanks!

[@junemcquaide9726]

I loved your tale and the art work very striking.thankyou

[@leigholivier8600]

It's good to see the truth about these tribes in America. There seems to be such a crybully air about the NA's. Like the Africans in South Africa, for example, they like to pretend that their part is blameless and innocent. This post is a breath of fresh, unsullied air.

[@leroyb1876]

So very true

[@314iamian]

Excuse my French, dear Sir or Madam, but what the fuck are you talking about? People defending themselves, their families, the group by employing brutal tactics, while brutal tactics were used against them, to seize individuals and wealth is somehow racism against Whites? Just stop. Tell the whole story, yes. But, don’t you dare say, “See? They were brutal. We were more brutal, but see just how brutal THEY were!” I don’t like where you’re coming from.

[@shitmandood]

There is now BECAUSE they’ve mostly been destroyed due to manifest destiny. The crimes of ppl no longer with us do not pass on to their offspring. It’s not that hard to figure out. Unless your Elon Musk and treat it like the calculus.

[@rosshugecaulk]

Oh good Christ shut up. The same people who talk like this think there's a gender pay gap 💀

[@johnhelton9533]

It's interesting that since horses were not introduced to the America's until Spanish conquistadors brought them, this entire people's horse culture was contingent on prior conquest.

[@MaggMagg-pq9uw]

Loved it thanks

[@lovescoffee9780]

New Sub. Looking forward to more stories

[@lukewarmwater5320]

I just read "Empire Of The Summer Moon". Comanches were like the Hell's Angels of the plains they scared the living shit out of "everyone".

[@charlesbennett959]

Good analogy. The Dakota were like the Nazis of the plains. Dominating or wiping out several other tribes from WI to ID an south to OK.

[@ole5539]

If I were to trade my scooter for a horse, go back and ride with a band, it would be the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers. Personal preference.

[@lukewarmwater5320]

Except it's 2024, we're all creature comfort pussies and none of us would last a day riding with a 12 year old Mexican kid on a donkey...@@ole5539

[@T-borG]

You read the book, oh wow, about things that happened before two or three century's? Oh, that must be the reality and true, Luke. Come on, this channel and you, is just one of many bs channels full of hate, and for people full of hate... In the best scenario (for you), you're living in the past and hating the descendants of people from past. You all know nothing about war and violence. I was in war (for my country and my family) and i can recognize that this is ONE-SIDED BS!

[@lakmeister]

Wasn't it their land you mug?

[@manuelkong10]

LOVED the video !!!! the Comanche are NEVER given the proper attention----the SIOUX get so much because of the Custer thing

[@cindygibbs1964]

Very interesting...thank you!!

[@noplacelikehome2.0]

Great storytelling, History so hard to take.🤝✨

[@chapiit08]

These stories should come as a sobering dose to people who still believe in the "noble native" narrative. I'm from Argentina where the Pampas and Ranquel tribes from South-Central Argentina and the Araucanians (conveniently renamed Mapuche) from Southern Chile were as violent and ruthless as the Comanche. Their raids spanned many decades leaving behind death and desolation; they prized female and child captives but killed infants most of the time, there's an account of a woman who was tied by her wrists with her infant son's intestines when taken into captivity, that nice they were. The leftist woke movement in their blind defense of the "noble amerindian" prefers not to see, lest mention, the thousands of victims of raids in which countless women were simply swallowed into oblivion.

[@davejones5745]

These natives in Texas, along with the natives in your country were invaded! You got that! It was not vice versa. Of course they'll be brutal !!!

[@scallopohare9431]

@@davejones5745 Soooo, you will be heading off to the American/Mexican border any day now, to defend US?

[@chapiit08]

@@davejones5745 Yes, but it wasn't as simple as that, because they were brutal even before the arrival of the brutal whites, the thing that bothers me and many like me is that they now play the victim card painting themselves as saints.

[@chapiit08]

@@scallopohare9431 Such an unintelligent and out of context response doesn't deserve much attention on my part. Try harder next time.

[@scallopohare9431]

@@chapiit08 Truth hurts, huh? 🙄

[@bricketdabrown9607]

I thought the natives were peaceful people that got picked on for no reason 🙄 modern history sure wouldn’t like this one. Thanks for a good documentary.

[@martaholmes4287]

REAL history tells us that some tribes were peaceful and others very brutal. The BIG difference between First Nations peoples and Europeans was First Nations warred with neighboring tribes or with tribes they encountered with migration of maybe a couple of hundred miles. Europeans crossed 2,000 miles of ocean and arrived by the hundreds, then thousands. As we spread, elk, bison, wolf, cougar populations plummeted. We overhunted, overfished, destroyed forests JUST as I suspect we did in Europe. First Nations populations plummeted too, from diseases (approximately 25) we brought from Europe, war, starvation from lack of game and being driven from their territories onto reservations. Then, to top it off, we kidnapped, coerced, bribed these people to put their children in Residential Schools to assimilate them into Anglo culture. It was to destroy their cultures, languages, spiritualities and replace with Patriarchal Christianity and culture. The last of these schools closed in the 1980s. Children DIED at these schools or ran away and were never seen again or returned to their people after several years to be possibly rejected or not trusted because of how "white" they acted. The effects are still felt today. THAT'S REAL HISTORY.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

?? where did you learn that from mate lol what history book paints the comanches as peaceful? genuinely interested

[@bricketdabrown9607]

@@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 American history classes. About 9 years ago. We barely touched on the tribes and violence between them and the US Army/ settlers back then. It was more so we did bad things, sent them on the trail of tears and now we owe them everything.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

@@bricketdabrown9607 lol can hardly believe it. aren't like three quarters of US western movies all about how evil indians want to hurt the poor innocent settlers? I mean the word scalping is pretty famous. strange you never learned about that but well I guess those crimes aren't that important to the current situation. I mean damn, I'm german, half my class was about the fall of the weimar republic and how democracies fail, all the crimes that occured during the thirty years war or napoleonics were only touched upon once and then left behind. And I guess for the US it doesn't really matter what some indians did before because well the US did kind of do a little genocide on them.

[@rosshugecaulk]

No people were peaceful throughout history. Europeans, Asians, Africans and everyone else all have stories exactly like this. No one likes them because they are horrific stories. Fucken buffoon.

[@belindahopkins-leigh9193]

You told this well and yes I’d love to hear more.

[@npo64]

Good to hear a narrator speak of real history. The way it really was.

[@MrDannyHeim]

you've very likely never heard how it really was, and for sure the Comanches are NOT an example at all. WE, the white people were the evil here in that time, not just the Comanches.

[@lulabelle4760]

Great true story, "Follow the River". 2 woman abducted and their escape. George Washington interviewed them to learn about the Ohio river valley area which was pretty much unexplored at that time. Great book !💖!💖!💖! Didn't know there was a video!

[@wrennspencer6070]

Yes, I have that movie & watched it with my grandkids. *my grandson, when the Betsy character was sold to another tribe as a slave said"well that's what she earned herself for being a whiney little besch of a coward. The women who got away had courage & that earned them respect." Out of the mouths of babes...

[@hyacinthlady]

Excellent story telling. Would love to hear more on the captivity. Read the book on Quanah Parker. Also Black Elk Speaks. Enjoyed them both.

[@datesanddeadguys]

I love black elk speaks. The story of high horse and red deer courting the girl is one of my favorite Native American stories.

[@ivanurseryii1427]

Very informative.

[@blanchesplace]

Great episode. I would love to hear the entire story

[@tonimonteith8125]

This gentleman is the best story teller ever! I love to listen to him.! 🇺🇸

[@reggiehodges6784]

Wasn't that the main reason for the formation of the Texas Rangers ? To battle the Comanche ? Thanks for the great video !

[@kerstin.jitschin5861]

Definitely interested to the full story 💯‼️‼️

[@robertstewart6956]

Thanks!

[@justink1075]

Wow, she lived to 1939. That would make her 120yrs old. Great effort.

[@robertaustin7493]

I think he meant 1839.

[@someblokecalleddave1]

@@robertaustin7493 So she died at 20 years old? Something don't add up.

[@juliadia007]

@@someblokecalleddave1that’s correct-about a year after her 2 years of captivity

[@theselector4733]

And while having her 3rd child.........................I tell ya, they made em tough back then.

[@susanadams3874]

3/10/24 the narrator may want to go back and redo that last few sentences. I was scratching my head at 1939 also? Giving birth at 120?

[@williamcervetti1455]

Absolutely stunningly blunt, objective and historically accurate account of history that's been neglected, forgotten, downplayed, and just another giant footnote to the total lack of importance placed on always troubling facts in our or anyone else's history. This is an invaluable service this site and its narrator performs. As it jostles us free just "a little bit"from the morass of the white liberal guilt we've been sunk in for a century at least.

[@steveswitzer4353]

Excellent well told

[@julesolaguer8679]

loved this video! and would like to learn more about rachel's life

[@TRangers24]

As a comanche. I am proud of my heritage and blood

[@stevenharder308]

How so?

[@thomashasty2936]

Yes find a way. Really great the way you told the history. Real things I find very interesting. New subscriber. Thanks

[@user-jt7ou4rv4c]

Excellent presentation

[@michaelroche5744]

Very interesting. Thank you

[@trollytrolltroll2613]

I enjoyed this video very much. Perhaps you can do another about the massacre at Tome, NM by Comanches. It seems the Spanish settlements in the Rio Grande valley were subject to frequent Comanche raids. For some reason it appears a prominent citizen of the village of Tome became on speaking terms with a Comanche chief and his daughter became fast friends with the chief's son. The chief and Spaniard agreed that when the youngsters became old enough, they would be wed. The Comanches protected this village as a sign of friendship. When the time came, the chief visited the village looking for the daughter. The Spaniard lied and said she had died of smallpox. In short order, the chief found out the truth, and enraged, ordered the raid of Tome and the inhabitants massacred. The funny thing is sometimes I can find this story on the internet and sometimes not. Tal vez es solamente una leyenda.

[@alxra]

Sounds like it wasn't all maize and peace, like many people want you to think.

[@cyborgflippers8661]

Sounds like the invader wrote his version of history...they needed a reason to take land so they made a couple up

[@shanegooding4839]

Many Natives were as shocked by our savagery towards our own people as we were by theirs towards their enemies.

[@jamesaglionby1927]

Ignorant comment. No people are entirely peaceful as we all know. We also all know which people killed more of the other…

[@alxra]

@@cyborgflippers8661 You mean wen the comanche INVADED the apache territory and tried to exterminate them? 🤡🤣

[@alxra]

@@shanegooding4839 Good thing "we" settled the country and brought some order to the chaos.

[@davidsolberg9935]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@cajuncraftysue]

I would love to hear the entire story of Rachel Plummer. New subscriber from TX. Love hearing about TX history! ❤

[@ImigrentfromMars]

My family passed down this same life history because they lived it as well and then when I learned in school the settlers and their families were somehow the bad guys I told the teacher it was not true and I started to say why it was not true and I was sent to the office where I was told it's not about the truth it's about the story the government wants people to believe, When I grew up I married an Indian girl and she told me she would never live on the reserve or get the tax cards or land because she knew the same truth as I do and she learned it from her family. Im honestly surprised your video was allowed to stay posted,