The Tragic Fate of Jim Bowie's Wife After His Battle With Caddo and Waco Indians at San Saba, 1831

[@sheepdog1102]

No one could have fought harder to survive than these men. Great story about Jim B.

[@normanmcneal3605]

And now, we elect career politicians to spend others tax money to “ voting pets” for control of the citizens! How much worse is that? Making humans into pets! Sounds educated, and in keeping with our patriotism. Let that sink in. You do realize “ free” public indoctrination has turned your kids against you? And parents just want to be their “ confused” offspring, to be “ friends” Sadly

[@seymourwrasse3321]

3 months earlier, over 100 soldiers were massacred in about two hours, you never hear about it because we already owned that state you hear about this because we hadn't gotten this state and thee politicians needed the publicity to sway public opinion for another war

[@eldorajohnson1150]

Some unworthy history. When I was a child the old folks would say that the Bowie"s lived here in St. Landry Parish. The family did not stay here very long. I believe the tale said they lived between Opelousas and Washington. La. Washington was where a steamboat came up the bayou so planters could ship cotton to New Orleans. I am 75 now and too old to go to the courthouse to look for land records. your presentation was terrific and I love any southern or pioneer history. I always tell my children how tough our ancestors were. Thank you for this very interesting history.

[@slappy8941]

The Bowie"s? BRO, APOSTROPHES DON'T MAKE WORDS PLURAL, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN AN APOSTROPHE, BUT A QUOTATION MARK! 😂😂😂 WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ntvypr4820]

I enjoyed this. Being a lifelong student of American History and living on the Tx-La border of Central Louisiana (20 miles east of Burr Ferry in current day Vernon Parish, La.) I am very to somewhat familiar with a lot of this story. The hardships that settlers endured in bringing themselves here and carving out towns and cities in a place that grows ever more inhospitable the farther west you go are exhausting just to HEAR of. Good luck on you're future stories.

[@Paulftate]

Bowie definitely a interesting character..thanks

[@stevenhall2408]

Great stuff. I am decendant of French and Caddo from Natchitoches and I love these histories as they are intertwined with my ancestors.

[@SueUTube]

Your voice doubles the impact of the stories you read. Great preparation and research.

[@debluetailfly]

Just a month ago, June 17, 2023, the Historical Arkansas Museum in Little Rock, AR, opened the refurbished exhibit of The Knife Gallery, an exhibit of Bowie knives. Everything from the Bowie No. 1 to new stuff by masters like Jerry Fisk. There was a knife competition with some Bowie knifemakers as competitors. It was hosted by Jerry Fisk. Lin Rhea was inducted as a 2023 Arkansaw Living Treasure. The knifemakers were the first to see the new gallery, but once Lin Rhea cut the ribbon, I was the 2nd one in. There are 50 knives on display. Mark Zelesky, an expert and author about James Black and Bowie knives gave a great lecture.

[@josephpadula2283]

Some leftists are trying to say some local or state laws regulating Bowie knives in the last century means the second amendment can be violated by regulating arms today despite the clear language.

[@Sandbarfight]

Thank you for all your hard work.

[@rcjdeanna5282]

A Texas girl, I went to the Alamo at 7 and spent minutes alone in Jim Bowie's death room where he fought like a tiger and was overwhelmed by the numbers of Mexican soldiers. It was the first time I was conscious of the spirit world and felt the whole group were friends and glad to see me thinking of them.

[@janetrouse8362]

Thank you for this history lesson. Enjoy your videos.

[@JohnWatson-is3xz]

Thank you for posting such an interesting story about Jim and Rezin Bowie. I was unfamiliar with the exciting battle and tale of survival. I am a direct descendant of the Bowie family and have heard about them all my life. My middle name is Bowie as I was named after Jim. I'll keep looking for additional postings from you.

[@foxylme9614]

My late husband was also a descendent. His name was Robert Bowie Fox. His people,4 generations ago hailed from SCarolina.

[@Quincy_Morris]

Wow! What a legacy! Thanks to the sacrifice of your ancestors my ancestors were able to live free in Texas.

[@johnlea8519]

Exciting times and told in way that kept the excitement alive, thank you Sir.

[@SusieDaw-ix6pv]

Back in the "old" days when i was in elementary school, I'm 67 now, we were taught Texas history in depth. We learned how each county got it's name and when, along with many many trivia information lessons about our state. By 1980's, my children did not have taught a teeny tiny sliver of our state history that I had been taught in the 1960's. Texas has dropped the ball with our young people.

[@MTknitter22]

Yes Susie, we children all learned our Texas history right along with American history. I do know a number of other states required their state history be taught as well. We should never have allowed public schools to stop this!

[@widowrumstrypze9705]

@@MTknitter22 They've never stopped it! EVERY state makes their own state's history a graduation *requirement* for every student, that's never changed. It's the student's *interest* and retention of the facts that's gone downhill.

[@cwavt8849]

So has our nation. And our churches. We all beat some of the weight and all of the consequences of that failure

[@jackiemack8653]

​@@cwavt8849Yes. I'm also 67 and feel the same. There are Revolutionary war graves upstate NY and Fort Ticonderoga. NY was one of the 13 original colonies and British were running all over the state. Now NY gets criticized for Democrats ruining our state. Without the 13 original colonies there'd be no 🇺🇸

[@jackiemack8653]

​@@cwavt8849Revolutionary war graves and fort Ticonderoga upstate, NY Plenty of NYers died Fighting in Revolutionary war. NY one of the original 13 colonies. Lots are taught about civil war but not Revolutionary war.

[@2gpowell]

Enjoyed it very much. Thanks for the history and research.

[@murphymerryliz]

Since I’ve been enjoying your videos for about two weeks now, I thought it time to subscribe.

[@wisconsinfarmer4742]

I like the rifle discipline of the Texans. Bowie was a natural field tactician.

[@tecumsehcristero]

The portrayal or Native Americans always being honorable, respectful and only fighting in defense is definitely not borne out by history

[@sandidavis820]

Well would you be honorable if someone was stealing your land and home and murdering your family??? I have Native American blood in my veins, as well as Irish, Scottish and Dutch, so I can see both sides.

[@updownstate]

This information is so well organized it's easy to follow the events. Thank you.

[@LtBRS]

Wonderful. Keep em' comming.

[@tonyholt90]

Wow that was gripping Great video thanks 👍

[@BrianJohnson-bb2vi]

Outstanding Channel. Like the 30-40 min format.

[@staciesidloski2481]

Wow. Very strong and brave men.

[@christopherfoster1838]

Hi ! Thanks again for a excellent presentation ! I very much appreciate all your hard work in your presentation , and I look forward to many more of them !! 😊❤

[@robertbertagna1672]

Thanks!

[@unworthyhistory]

Thank you!

[@paul9745pdb]

What an amazing story to survive and provide a record for history. But I applaud the courage and tenacity of the tribes as well. They were merely trying to protect their lands.

[@aapex1]

Very interesting and informative. Thanks!

[@Khatoon170]

How are you doing sir. Thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel. We appreciate your great efforts as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English as well. As always I gathered main information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s jime Bowie ( 1796- 1836 ) he was 19 th century American pioneer, slave smuggler, trader , soldier who played prominent role in Texas Revolution. He was amongst Americans who died at battle of Almo . Stories of him as fighter and frontier man both real and fictious , have made him legendary figure in Texas history, folk hero of American culture. Rezin Bowie ( 1793 -1841 ) he was planter , inventor , mercenary. He also served three times in Louisiana House of Representatives.

[@markbrewer2923]

The pride Texans display, from those of us who have been in Texas for generations, descends from the honor paid to these men by out parents teaching us their stories.

[@Khatoon170]

Jim Bowie had two children they were Marie Elve and James Veramendi. Both children died along side their mother and grandparents in 1833 . It’s believed they all died of cholera. The knife of Jim Bowie is bearing engraving Bowie put in historical museum Arkansas Texas . Jim Bowie swords and daggers purchased by Phil Collins ( drummer gensis rock band ) , donated to Alamo museum in San Antonio Texas . The knife of Jim Bowie is very popular because in the day when pistols frequently misfired Bowie knife was reliable and effective backup weapons. Thank you for giving us chance to read learn new information. Good luck to you your family friends.

[@debluetailfly]

The Bowie #1 is in the Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock. There are things we may never know about the knife. Was the engraving on it original, or was it added later, and if later, when? At a recent event, the construction methods of James Black were discussed in detail. Some details only visible by x-ray. Even the way he located rivets in the handles is of interest. The discussion was largely by Lin Rhea, and a few others who have not only studied Bowie knifes but are involved in making replicas and their own interpretations of the style.

[@debluetailfly]

The Bowie #1 is in the Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock. There are things we may never know about the knife. Was the engraving on it original, or was it added later, and if later, when? At a recent event, the construction methods of James Black were discussed in detail. Some details only visible by x-ray. Even the way he located rivets in the handles is of interest. The discussion was largely by Lin Rhea, and a few others who have not only studied Bowie knifes but are involved in making replicas and their own interpretations of the style.

[@enriquemireles8947]

I’m not to sue e how many original Bowie knives are floating around. As a young boy I saw a so called original a Jim Bowie knife at the Alamo, at San Jacinto and at the state capitol in Austin in the same year.

[@debluetailfly]

​@@enriquemireles8947 Not sure if there are any that actually belonged to Jim himself. There are a few that can be attributed to James Black, the knifemaker, but he made them for many different people. Some other knifmakers tried to copy his work, and then there have been those who at a later date tried to created fakes to sell for filthy lucre.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

If Bowie had any sense, he would have sent his family to New Orleans instead Couilla.

[@deadhorse1391]

Another amazing video! Thank you.

[@brianshepherd3201]

As a student of history and a member of the Caddo tribe, I know that the terms of this skirmish can’t be judged simply by one sides recollection. I’m not saying that my Caddo ancestors are innocent but generally were peaceful unless provoked. By this time, the Caddo were pushed into the Brazos reservation

[@markbehr88]

Great information.

[@Quincy_Morris]

“Good news. We have them outnumbered.” “And the bad news?” “Jim Bowie”

[@garysimon7765]

When men were men. Great story. Thank you.

[@littlebrookreader949]

GREAT !ł. I subscribed.

[@brianaimar3124]

navarro county soon will be call golsteem or levy or silverstim county (orwell 1984)

[@sandypeppers6861]

Am I a proud Texan? Always!

[@BobSmith-in2gn]

Great story and ending.

[@outdoorloser4340]

I love this channel ❤

[@charlesbyrd6055]

Bowie was adept at fighting politicking and deal making in general

[@lambastepirate]

Great vid thanks!

[@libraryelf123]

Took a long time to tell the story in the title. That should have been first, then the battle. I fast forward to get to her story.

[@wayne-d6l]

Whoever wrote the description of Cherokee Bob did not have a prejudiced bone in his body. I 'm sure the report is spot on.

[@borisbadanov2471]

Bowie had one of his knives made in Washington, AR by a blacksmith named James Black. It is part of the legend that Black had a piece of a meteorite that he included in the forging of the blade for Bowie's last knife. Jim Bowie's knife at the Alamo was not of this world!

[@Jo-the-fixer]

I tell you what hearing these battles they had with the Indians gets me all tingly on the inside

[@paul9745pdb]

Those were some tough men back then. That’s what made the Civil War so brutal. We’ve lost those attributes.

[@georgefitzhugh5408]

Is that a genuine portrait of Maria Ursula Veramendi?

[@unworthyhistory]

Yes it is. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas' facebook page says that the portrait of them together was by Henry Godines.

[@georgewilkie3580]

Guys, My most sincere THAN YOU, Fot this impressive look at one of America's lager than Life Heros, one of Texas's Favorite Sons, the Honorable Jim Bowie. Along with mastering the tactics and strategies of plains Warfare, Jim Bowie was a Master Knife Fighter. Besides creating his World famous, "Bowie Knife", he also developed an amazing and effective method of Knife Fighting consisting of various Slashes, Thrusts, Blocks, Parry's, Footwork, Body Shifting, and even making use of his Knife's Pommel as a weapon in certain techniques. His Famous Fighting Knife (Today's World now refers to Fighting Lives as, "Tactical Knives". I guess that's done to make it all sound more, "Civilized".) Anyway, the Great Jim Bowie's original Fighting Knife has never been found. Some Historians believe that Bowie's original first Knife was destroyed along with his body during the funeral process of cremation. They say that Mr. Bowie had requested that this be done in his last Will. Some, Historians don't agree with this and say it was merely lost. The fascinating facts are that there are more legends about the original Bowie Knife than any other American Fighting (Tactical) Knife. For instance it has been said that Jim Bowie's original Fighting Knife's large Blade was composed in part by a type of Metal that was found within an actual Meteorite the lay out on the Texas Plains! Could be. I think no one really knows. Again, my heartfelt Thank You to the producers of this Outstanding tribute to a great American. BRAVO!

[@hmldjr]

where is the book stating his knife fighting technique?

[@toddbonin6926]

This is a stab in the dark, but I will try. I’ve been binging on your channel today. I think you referenced a book (maybe from the 1930s) about frontier swindlers and ruffians. Do you recall mentioning such a book? I’ve rewatched all the videos I thought I’d watched, but I can’t find it.

[@unworthyhistory]

Could be “Vigilante Days and Ways,” or “Life in the Far West,” or “Arizona Characters.”

[@toddbonin6926]

@@unworthyhistory Vigilante Days and Ways. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@texanasimmons1761]

My 4 times great-grandfather, Edward Cox 1810-1867, was killed near Hamilton county, Texas was killed and scalped with a young man named Hollis by Comanche Indians. Their story is mentioned in this same book., on page 503.

[@thomasmacginnes100]

Truth can be a hard swallow wether angled from your Right or your wrong !

[@benhearn4142]

Thank I need to hear about the state

[@mobilegamersunite]

So awesome this gets passed down to us 😅

[@stevenfromer3816]

Exciting narrative.

[@charlesbyrd6055]

Caddos Kind of out of character The Mohawk of the southern plains

[@jamesdeen3011]

I'm glad you told a story that included Jims brother Resen {heck of a name ain't it} there aren't that many of him or for that matter Jim as he died in the mission at the Alamo. This is the only account that I've ever heard of a Comanche { Isa Oney} spelling probably incorrect, befriending and offering assistance to anyone especially a white man. Is this before they took on such a fiercesome reputation? If so what event brought this to the forefront? He also must have been an extraordinary man. Sense you know his name, are there stories of him? Sorry so many questions. Enjoyed.

[@Shineon83]

Poor Ursula….Bowie sounded like a piss-poor husband.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

She would have been safer if he’d sent her to New Orleans instead.

[@rt3box6tx74]

A "league and a labor (lahbour)" are Spanish land measurements consisting of: league =4428 acres, labor = 1/25th of a league. In the early Empresario land grants a league was granted for livestock grazing and a labor was added for farming, raising supplemental livestock feed.

[@2anthro]

My g-g-g-auntie was granted a league and labor in her own right. I went to the archives in Austin and got copies of the grant.

[@rt3box6tx74]

@2anthro Oh, how special that you were able to do that. I'm surprised that women were allowed. Perhaps European leadership (of MX) were more progressive. I believe research into women's privilege of land ownership under MX rule vs US Fed Constitutional law might be interesting. I wonder if TX women lost rights via TX being admitted into the union. My grandmother homesteaded a section of land in NM, which she conveyed to her brother... whose wife soon after had him killed by a clandestine lover.

[@acechump3284]

@@rt3box6tx74Nancy Tevis, one of the founders of Beaumont, Texas not only owned her own property, she operated her own ferry business (no bridges across the Neches River). A free black man, named Ashworth owned and operated a ferry near the Sabine Pass and Neches River confluence. He also owned slaves, in spite of being black/mulatto (using terms of the time).

[@WackoFromWaco]

As my friend dequan would say.... IsaOnie a real one...

[@harrylime8077]

Was Phil Collins (Genesis) a distant relative of Jim Bowie?

[@lindaross783]

No, but he had a type of relationship with one of the couriers. Bless Phil Collins

[@charlesbyrd6055]

Natchez is pronounced as in gnatchez

[@wendellas3420]

NOTCHEZ..????

[@rtxhoneybees]

I grew up near there. He butchered it. Sounds like matches , Nat-chez!

[@wpeale71341]

I was born in Natchez. Rhymes with Matches. Notches on a gun butt is what it sounds like when this guy pronounces it.

[@danielgeorge-j8i]

Jim Bowie was from Antigonish NS Canada

[@susantripp8062]

16:53

[@prenticefaber9626]

The Caddo killed a few families on the Red River in Red River County in the early 1800,s.

[@crystalharris7394]

💖💖💖

[@marvlb]

He should have called Buster Scruggs

[@terireed3740]

I'm not trying to be disrespectful to the opinions that I've read thus far but just the name of the book alone turned me off to this story and I love history. But I love history that's truthful of both sides whether it's flattering or not. Learning from a book that slants the story before it even starts doesn't sound like it will be an impartial telling of the history. "The degradations of the Indians". There was degradation on both sides. The indians were in Texas first. When settlers started claiming it was their's and killing Indians that came on what the Indians were promised was their land and they started fighting back .. they're committing degradations . The people claiming their land, building on burial grounds and ancestoral spiritual sites, taking their hunting grounds and killing them if they tried to hunt on them. Those aren't degradations? Where's the book titled"the degradation of the white man"or better yet with all of the pipes getting run through their reservations in present day against treaties and against the wishes of the tribes whose land is being taken yet again where is the book titled " the continued degradations of the white man". All of you from Texas..are you going to tell me that if someone was told they could have your land and they came to take it.. legally take it because someone with the power to decide told them they could have it.. when they get there to take it are you going to say oh ok.. enjoy it and we'll just be moving along. Or are you going to dare them to try and defend your land?

[@beachcomber1able]

I'd take that claim of 80 Indians killed in the battle with a large pinch of salt.

[@jameswilliams3241]

I'm Caddo and know our history 80 dead would have made a story someone would know. I take it with a cup of salt.

[@patrickbush9526]

After the attack of 14000 Indians 8 grizzly bears, 2 coyotes and 4 rattlesnakes. Gooey Bowie 🔬

[@judyfaul8524]

A real nail biter! 😱

[@TashaWilliams-cn5oz]

Bowie is a "Sundown Town" did y'all know that part of the history

[@Youngblood457]

No, but I don’t know that s sundown town was named after Jim Bowie, but that has nothing to do with the actual historical figure.

[@coyotedust]

I thought he died at the Alamo

[@danielbridgewater3444]

Is it pronounced Boo ee or Bow ee ?? I always thought it was bow ee ??

[@debluetailfly]

I always said Bow ee too. Even one of the ladies employed at the Historical Arkansas Museum had trouble saying Boo ee. It seems like some people say every pronunciation I learned in school is wrong! We were taught Hay lee's comet. Now somebody comes along and says it is Hal lee's. I tend to trust the old ways more. Also Hiro SHema, now they try to say it is hiROshima.

[@unworthyhistory]

This BBC article says he pronounced it as Boo ee, although David Bowie pronounced it as Bow ee. www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/8b5651ad-6e64-4056-8ce5-550342792e06#:~:text=Having%20said%20that%2C%20Jim%20Bowie,life%20isn't%20confusing%20enough.

[@danielbridgewater3444]

@@unworthyhistory Cool, thank you for the info.

[@danielbridgewater3444]

@@unworthyhistory I don't think I can call my knife a boo ee knife. I have to stick with Bow ee on that one.. lol

[@danielbarrows7144]

Definitely Boo-ie

[@LowejaDogs]

I dont think the title above really represents the story been told here. I expected more about his wife and family not over 20mins of a war and 7mins of how his wife died. Cholera was rampant around that time and millions died as a result. Yes a white mans disease but another story for another time. But still sad at the end of the day to loose so many members of his family.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Couilla was also afflicted with cholera. He should have sent his wife to New Orleans instead.

[@LReno-di9cm]

A distant relative

[@rogerborroel4707]

Let's see the truth now folks! Crockett surrendered to the Mexican soldiery, only to be executed moments later. Travis committed suicide when he saw all was lost, and Bowie was probably dead by the time the Mexicans came calling for him - he never got to use his knife. Over 100 Alamo defenders jumped the eastern walls of the Alamo complex into the countryside, only to be lanced down by lancers of General Sesma.

[@davefoster9199]

Its Bowee not boo we

[@televisor9506]

It is pronounced BOO-EEE, not BOW-EE. James and the Bowie family are distant relatives of mine.

[@MariaGazda]

Very misleading title! Probably good his-tory of Bowie...pretty much nothing about his wife! Please change title - Life of Bowie (3 minutes about his wife). Lots of viewers expected Her-story Not His!

[@ciscotx74]

This is very interesting but would be better if you would pronounce place names properly. All you have to do is ask a native Texan.

[@peterclark9369]

cards 1 & 5 e21hhk3

[@IslamKarim-or2sx]

All this theft of land and Genocide of the indigenous, was it all worth it? As a Black man and Muslim raised here in the American diaspora and seeing what whites also done to my people how should I view this type of history? And how are the indigenous and Black treated at this very moment in this society?

[@jacquelynlynch1397]

Try cracking a book, it'll change your life. Fact: Black slave owners in the American South accounted for owning 12,000 of their own kind. Fact: British sold married, white Irish women to slave owners in the American South to be forcefully bred to black slaves. Fact: White slaves were still being sold in the Ottoman empire after American slaves were freed here after the civil war. Fact: It took two more years after the emancipation proclamation before the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole released their black and white slaves in America. Fact: Japanese Americans were put in concentration camps in America during WWII. Fact: People of all colors and races and religions are guilty of terrible atrocities against other people. It isn't a color issue, but a soulless issue.

[@IslamKarim-or2sx]

​@@jacquelynlynch1397 Growing up I read your books and they all lied. Seriously you can't expect for the oppressed to be educated by the oppressor now do you? As far as the Blacks that owned enslaved Africans is there any evidence that they raped, viciously beaten, castrated, sold the children they sired from the rapes, stripped them of their historical consciousness? And after their slaves were freed did these Black "slave owners" participate in the extra judicial Apartheid aka 'Jim Crow' that followed lasting a century? Your the first white person i have dialogued with to have knowledge of Western white colonial slavery please pass that on to other whites they need to know.

[@IslamKarim-or2sx]

@Jim-zd6mn Well Jimmy the Indigenous natives want you off their land and with what you have said to me they been wanting you "forked tounge" and "treaty breaking devils!" to make your way back to Europe. So I go to Africa and you return to Ukraine FAIR DEAL?

[@LReno-di9cm]

I am white, black and Cherokee. I live in the present and as a Christian, race is irrelevant as we all are sisters and brothers....

[@silkie8511]

Learn the history of your own country pal

[@Tsonontowan]

Alan Eckert tells a very different story of Wetzel being taken by and living with the Shawnee.

[@AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko]

You are damn right that The WOKE MERCHANTS dislike presenting HISTORICAL FACTS. THe would rather colour their versions of actual History Hollyweird style. Thank you for the excellent programme. I have always been a keen student of the ALAMO; especially the 13 Scotsmen (My Countrymen) who stood and fought for the freedom of Texas.

[@stevenicholson7488]

Bowie, spelled his name wrong in English on the original wall left at fort San Saba. "Bouie" is what is inscribed on the wall. Of course this is not 100%, known to be fact; but it is likely his. I was at San Saba in the early 2000s when a team from Texas A&M found a Spanish cross just outside the fort's boundary. I go to hold it briefly, a very cool day that was.

[@seymourwrasse3321]

some how I don't believe they used the term Native Americans in the middle 1700's, we weren't woke then

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

How much history has been perverted, or lost altogether; and how many heroes have been slandered, or had their character assassinated by uninformed political correctness along with the cancel culture of the Woke world-view, being inclined to simply deny the existence of anything they deem unpleasant or offensive, but with no attendant responsibility to vet the information they base their beliefs or actions on?