Ambush In Austin : Texas Rangers Surprise Attack On Comanche Warriors

Austin, TX, March, 1837 - Noah Smithwick and a group of Texas Rangers are enjoying a peaceful spring evening, a rare treat on the dangerous expanses of the Texas frontier. As Smithwick plays a sad, familiar tune on his fiddle, the other Rangers trade stories, and play cards.
Suddenly, a Ranger on guard spots a campfire in the distance, on a knoll overlooking what is today Downtown Austin.
All the men in the fort know that the only group in this country who would be so bold as to strike a campfire visible for all to see are their most feared, and fearsome enemy : The Comanche.
Now, Rangers plan for a restful evenings are changed. Volunteers are called for to make an attack on the camp: an incredibly dangerous endeavor here in the middle of Comanche territory. Still, the ranks are filled quickly with men ready and willing for combat, and the Rangers head out.
What follows will be a brutal lesson in the human cost of the young Ranger's hubris in attacking a dangerous enemy, deep inside of their own territory...
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[@HistoricallyRomantic]

I have been ambushed in Austin myself.

[@historyattheokcorral]

Gotta watch it on Dirty 6th

[@alan30189]

By a bunch of women? 😍

[@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw]

Daniel Perry is that you? Congrats on your pardon.

[@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw]

A few landwhales lured me into their tahoe by telling me they pizza and beer at their place when I was drunk alone on 6th st. They didn't have either, it was a trap.

[@utubeisazzhoe1413]

Damn leftist crazies.

[@johndavison8690]

To leave the safety of their Fort in the black of night to take on an enemy who would torture to death anyone they caught shows just how Hardy these guys must have been . Another brilliant glimpse into this era .

[@deadhorse1391]

I can think of what else it might show they were too

[@HunterBidenscrack]

@@deadhorse1391 well it worked. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@R0n4ldR4y]

​@@deadhorse1391 brave?

[@thelemming54]

Such a great channel

[@BaldBunny]

Thanks for another great upload 😊

[@historyattheokcorral]

Thanks for watching!

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Holy God..balls of brass...

[@douglasturner6153]

Wasn't an Army Sergeant ambushed in Austin a couple years ago? Still got crazy goings on now 😂

[@vCLOWNSHOESv]

We are living through crazy times.

[@cryptomnesiac]

Your content is always top notch. Keep up the great work.

[@hudsontoo1212]

Wish you could do a podcast on my Great-great uncle Alonzo Van Oden aka ‘The Rhymin Ranger’. His diary is at the Texas Ranger Museum and is full of amazing stories- like the famous Cathouse Shooting in El Paso, where his friend Baz Outlaw (coolest name ever) shot a fellow Ranger while blackout drunk. Alonzo’s poetry was profoundly touching and his viewpoint on the life they lived and the fights they got into are something I’ve always been proud of. There’s a famous photograph of 4 rangers with rifles that you’ll see all over Texas and he’s the one seated on the bottom left. 1863-1910 RIP 🪦 to my brave relative

[@mmhthree]

I wish I could find a picture of my 2nd great grandfather, Obediah "Obe" R. Hocker. He was in the Texas Rangers from 1858-60, and then was in the Texas Cavalry - Civil War era. My great grandfather, George R. Hocker, also married an Austin, who was a sorta close cousin of Stephen F. Austin. Records show my greatx3 grandfather was a brother of Moses Austin. My grandfather was born at Camp Ben McCullough in Driftwood, Texas... an old Ranger campground. We had family reunions at Camp Ben on Labor Day for decades. Lot's of Texas families will find these type stories in their family tree... sadly, there's not much interest these days. But I bet our family knew each other back in those days. Obe also died in 1910.. Thanks for your post, enjoyed reading it. Best wishes to you!!

[@hudsontoo1212]

@@mmhthree that’s a really cool lineage- wouldn’t it be wild if our families knew each other?! My ancestors settled the Fort Davis area around 1870-75 and Alonzo was in the Rangers I think in the 1880’s, but they kind of migrated from East Tx in the 1850’s to 60’s out West, so you never know! It’s sad that people don’t care about their history anymore because it makes me incredibly proud that we took this land and did something with it. I grew up on stories from my great aunts telling me all about how our people fought the Mexican Army and the bandidos and the Indians (as well as their fellow Texans- who weren’t always the most lawful bunch of people) and made a life for themselves here. I’ve always been super proud of being a Texan. Hell, I consider myself a Texan before I’m an American for sure. On my dads side, they were in East Tx and Eastern Louisiana from WAY early on and fought in the Civil War against the ‘Northern Aggression’ and I’m proud of that too- won’t hear any different (except for the slavery part- that sucks). Few fought against many, and I think that’s pretty heroic. All my best!

[@txgunguy2766]

US Deputy Marshal(and ex-Ranger) Bass"Baz"Outlaw shot Texas Ranger Joe McKidrict in the left temple and again in the back as he was falling. Bass then shot at the face of El Paso Constable John Selman(who later killed John Wesley Hardin)missing him but powder burning his eyes, temporarily rendering him all but blind. Selman blindly returned fire on instinct, hitting Bass just above the heart and fatally wounding him. He died 4 hours later. Selman never fully recovered the use of his eyes and, according to his son, was night blind thereafter. This shootout between 3 lawmen, 2 of which were killed, had the unusual effect of making people in El Paso's Tenderloin District behave themselves for a while, no arrests were made in the following 3 weeks.

[@hudsontoo1212]

@@txgunguy2766 that’s the story I’ve been told. My Ranger relative was very upset about it and wrote a beautiful poem about him that talks about how he was a good person deep down, but an extremely violent drunk who a lot of men did not like. The tale I’ve been told was that my great-great and their crew went into town and Outlaw got crazy drunk and started shooting at a fellow Ranger and then one of them put a round into him. It effected my relative for the rest of his life and that outfit was not unfamiliar with violence

[@txgunguy2766]

@@hudsontoo1212 You're right, though. Bass Outlaw is one heck of a name.

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

Until repeating pistols and rifles the Comanche usually won! They were just that tough! The Comanche even beat the double tough Apache! Repeating weapons, sheer weight of numbers, and not having good terrain for ambushing is what beat the Comanche. They were kicking butt until those 3 things happened.

[@southwestrunner6384]

Just found your channel- I live in North Texas- close to the Red River, have been reading EVERYTHING about the Texas Rangers and Quannah Parker I love this channel- so well done Thank you for your efforts, they are excellent!

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[@focuszx]

Easily one of the best channels on KZbin, keep up the good work!

[@historyattheokcorral]

Wow, thank you! Lots more content coming soon!

[@karstenhultquist9915]

You’re videos make me so happy to watch and never thought I’d consider myself a history nerd until your videos - SO well done and interesting Also, following watching your videos I explored my family history further and they cane over in the mayflower (family has all of the documentation’s) - and came across in a wagon for westward expansion. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@RoadTraveler]

Bump

[@Texasbluestunes]

I was ambushed in Austin Halloween 1993.

[@ludwigderzanker9767]

The herd keep calm because most of them were taken by the Texians and was used to them I guess. Thx Ludwig.

[@RoadTraveler]

Algorithm

[@greenwave819]

this channel seems to be trending toward the woke side... I guess if ur on YT you either go woke or get censored. sad times

[@MichaelGalt]

What are you even talking about? The fact that it was posted 4 hours ago... means it was 3 in the morning...

[@greenwave819]

@@MichaelGalt as a native american I don't like the discrimination already presented by the woke culture trying to downplay the numbers of us that died valiantly fighting for what we considered a just cause. all the woke on YT and wikipedia are drastically reducing native casualties numbers. Our ancestors died and they deserve recognition!!! don't even try to discrimante against us by talking about "time zones" and saying that 3 in the morning ur time means that we can't be living our lives in our own time

[@gstlb]

@@MichaelGaltamen!

[@archlich4489]

@@greenwave819 Well said.

[@swhip897]

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