The Horrific Tragedy of the Dowdy Children. Risks of Early Pioneers.
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- Опубліковано 25 лют 2023
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Thomas A. Dowdy wanted a better life for his wife Susan and their eight children when he decided to move from Goliad to a small town that was then named Eura in Kerr County,
On October 5, 1878, still in the midst of unpacking their belongings, the Dowdy family was going about their normal day. Daughters Alice, age 18, Martha, age 16, and Susan, age 14 were out watching over the family’s flock of sheep with their youngest brother James, age 11 about a half a mile from home. The oldest brother, Richard, was at home with a friend, who was engaged to one of the girls, to eat an early lunch. They finished their lunch around 11 a.m. and headed to the spot where the Dowdy girls and their brother were tending the sheep.
They were nowhere to be found.
A horrific scene would soon be discovered.
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Sadly, this is happening daily even as I type this. Children are used and abused daily. Pray for them.
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As soon as you said the tomahawks were left I already knew it wasn’t them.
I love that you really find the forgotten and memorialize lost ones!
Oh but he is racist! !
He still has doubt the hanged confessor did the murders and says
..."we will never know. "
meaning he still thinks the Comanche did them He owes them an apology here. I do not think he has the honor to do that !
R.I.P. little angels. Thank you for another interesting, but sad story. 🕯
Angels are not and never were dead people. They rest in unconscious peace. (Ecclesiastes)
So sad! I can’t imagine the mother and father’ pain at such a loss. Four children!!
The braggart surely received swift justice. Ron thank you for visiting our Texas and after visiting Boerne, you can see why the area is continuing to experience massive growth. We pray this cemetery will always be cared for and protected.
Such a terrible tragedy. 😪
As soon as you said the tomahawks were left behind, I thought then it was not the Comanche.
RIP little ones 🙏🕊🙏🕊🙏🕊🙏
Yep.
Yes, I thought the same. So sad.
Absolutely agree!!!
Sad, brutal, revenge killings...
My grandfather came with his family from Salamanca Spain landed in San Francisco and walked with their children to Hayward to carve out a better life after he was told that the streets of California were paved with gold. Grandma asked why he didn't pick up some of that gold so they didn't have to walk so far. My Aunt never camped after that said it reminded her of walking so far eating squirrels. ❤
Glad it wasn't the way the Commanche acted and the true killer got his due. RIP to all the little children.
Incredibly sad... To know the mother had domed coffins made, not remove the arrows in their bodies... Because she did not want to inflict any more pain, so deeply sad and moving. 😢
RIP INNOCENT ANGELS YOU WERE TOO GOOD FOR THIS ROTTEN WORLD JESUS WANTED YOU ALL IN HEAVEN
Rest in peace to a family that died tragically.
Shot with a gun and arrows and tomahawks left, looks like a tactic used often too point ppl in the direction of ppl who did not do it, they never leave a tomahawk behind after battle and certainly not after this, very sad those kids were a victim of this.
That's what I was thinking to. this wasn't an Indian raid. Childern usually were always taken and adopted into the tribes.
Yes that’s what I thought also, sounds like they were trying to blame it on the tribe. So awful, those poor kids ☹️
I agree @white people did this! A native where the captured the children and the women took them back to the tribe and made slaves of the women and adopted to children out into the families. The war weapons wouldn't have been left behind, I believe that the only thing you would have seen that was of native would have been an arrow and that would have been it
As a mother who lost a child, I get the mothers logic of not removing the arrows. It sounds morbid perhaps but grief controls our hearts.
I'm so deeply sorry
I’m so sorry. My mom wouldn’t let anyone touch my teenage brother either.
amen
😢😢RIP children.
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What a tragic ending to those vulnerable children. Never let your children roam too far! Thanks Ron, stay safe and keep well.
So very tragic.
Thanks for all the care you bring to retelling the story of this horrific massacre. It's incredibly difficult knowing what these people went through, especially the children.
Rest In Peace Dowdy Family.
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Because they are so similar, I'm wondering if the two smaller adjoining graves were also Dowdy children lost in childhood/infancy.
Yes. Please tell us who are buried in the matching tiny graves.
Infant mortality rates then were truly horrific
If you got to five your odds increased dramatically and again at twenty
But it cannot be stressed enough: pre antibiotics and vaccination: you were in a very different world.
That’s on top of accidents and malicious acts
These people were a radically different breed
To achieve all they did in the face of all that: awesome takes on a new meaning.
ANYONE who takes the life of another person, is EVIL!!! More so if it is on defenseless people!!!
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Definitely this was a good story but sad for the children...I love pioneer stories too... Rip children dowdy kids.... felt bad for the mother...ty Ron for another great story and Remembering these kids in the pioneer days... did a great job Ron!!! Safe travels especially when heading home....💖💖👍👌....see you in your next video.....
thanks for this sad story about these little siblings. The frontier in Texas had many thieves, cattle rustlers and murderers . It was a lawless time unfortunatley. may they rest in peace.
When my family immigrated to the US they described Texas as being the Wild West. So they settled in Monterrey and went to Texas when it was a little tamer.
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Another heartbreaking story, May they all rest in peace after the brutal death they had. Thank you Ron. Its much appreciated that you travel & bring stories to us.
A sad story but I enjoy your stories so much. You tell the history of people no one would have known ever existed. I love seeing the early graves...i love walking through cemeteries and reading the headstones. Thank you.
Horrible loss of young lives. They aren’t forgotten. Rest in Peace little angels. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Thank you for telling their stories. ❤️
What a heartbreaking story..
Those poor children how scared they must have been 😢
Their graves are beautiful and I can understand their mothers request to not remove the arrows.
Thank you Ron!
Safe travels.
Such a tragedy for the Dowdy family, those poor children. 😢 They had high hopes for a better life, but as you said Ron the risks were real for these pioneers. The man who bragged about the horrific killings I guess got his in the end. Wow. Quite a story Ron and thank you for bringing this to us! Rest in Peace Dowdy children and the family. 🕊
Hello and welcome to my part of Texas. My husband and I live in Boerne, Kendall County and have visited Kerrville, which is in Kerr County. I love the hills covered in their scrub oak and cedar. I have never heard this account, and am a bit ashamed as I taught Texas History for 18 of my 29 years as a public school teacher (I substituted for the last 7). We moved to this part of Texas from Katy (west of Houston) a year after Hurricane Harvey and have never regretted it. We love the scenery and the history of our German town, which is the county seat. I hope you liked the Texas Hill Country and will come back often.
Keep your Texas roots strong and don't put up with the wealthy Californians and New Yorkers coming to ruin the great state of Texas. Occupy that seat if you can.🤠🏴❤
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We are all Americans and will eventually work things out.
Stop spreading division.
Thank you. I like to think they're all together now. The little graves put me in mind of beds. A wonderful insight into the way their mother's beautiful mind worked, not removing arrows, laying her babies to rest together.
I'd imagine the landscape is much the same as it was back then.
Good story. My grandfather was from Texas and was a Dowdy.
What a sad story and a wicked thing to do to the children it is beautiful there Ron thank you love from the UK x
Ron, such a sad story for what happen to these innocent children and may they RIP. Thanks for sharing and have a great week.
R.I.P. little ones. You will forever be young and beautiful with your youth!!
I was listening to a Native American man give a presentation about the wars for the Old Northwest and he said he believes the pioneers are just as heroic the warriors defending their land since they did not know what they would face yet went into the unknown anyway.
The white vs red of the Old Westerns, which I love, is a false dichotomy. Many times the the parties raiding the settlers had members of European ancestry And many times there were Native Americans helping the settlers fight off the Indians.
Suggest you read Empire of the Summer Moon by S J Gwynne. Fantastic history of the Comanches and the settlers....
That’s not heroic - they killed many children and yes native Americans fought indigenous Americans for their land …real heroic
@@femdivinemind7777 survival is a real motivator
@@george2113 they were surviving just fine in Europe
@@femdivinemind7777 I think you should read up on European history
Kills me. Rips my heart out for every one of them. God I hope they're living in eternal happiness together. I'm watching the 1883, 1923 series' and some of the saddest things are so historically normal that it makes me dread the thought of what so many ancestors went through in those days. Euro, Native, African americans...they all endured very very hard lives and it was just Lawless and brutal. Thank you, Ron.
I can feel how spiritual you are. Each time one looks at your face when you enter the cemetery gates. The amount of melancholy you feel deep down can't be compared to none. May the good Lord bless you. You are a good man
Just breaks my heart. Look at those precious babies. 🙏🏻💔😔Thank you, Ron, for bringing us this story. 🙂
That's awesome I have family in that cemetery my sister's baby's ashes are in that cemetery as well I live in a little town named Ingram right as you come out of mountain home. Thanks for doing a video in my area
Hi Ron I’m in Australia,I absolutely love your stories.I could listen to your stories all day
Another great history lesson. I haven’t heard about this. When you said that the tomahawks were left behind that made me suspicious right away. But like you said we will never know what really happened. RIP too the Dowdy family. Too be found by their mother that poor woman 🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹
Also makes me suspicious. No scalping, leaving tomahawk sounds like a set up against the natives. Some one else wanted the land they where settling?
@@sheriepeterson3927 That’s what thought too.
The most coveted prizes that a Comanche raiding party could bring back to the tribe were captives, ,mainly older children and teenagers, especially female. The Comanches were at war with everybody that they came into contact with and could not keep their numbers up without outside "help". I believe that the left behind tomahawks and the killing and not capturing of these kids make me believe that they were murders committed to make the Comanche the fall guys...not that the Comanche needed help in garnering a worse reputation than they made for themselves.
@@sheriepeterson3927 my thoughts too.. very suspish.. 🤔
@@sheriepeterson3927I hadn't thought of that. I just assumed he and his crew were sickos and the kids were unfortunate enough to run afoul of them, and the scumbags tried to leave "evidence" that it was the Comanche. But maybe it was what you say and they were trying to make the Dowdys want to leave. Evil.
Thanks for yet another interesting story. It's so sad, it made me cry. What a bad way to die, can't imagine the pain there parents went through. Such beautiful innocent kids, people are so heartless. But there is divine Justice, they will pay for what they did to them. RIP Little ones.
Another great story!!!
Thanks for sharing with us 👍🏻
Thank you Ron ❤️ You're the best ❤️ Very sad story but you present it in such a beautiful way. We are there with you, giving them the honor they deserve 👍❤️ Blessings to you, stay safe and warm ❤️
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Can't wait. Love all your work please stay safe on all your travels
The commanche would certainly have kidnapped The kids and won't have left any tomahawk or anything else.
Very, very tragic on what happened to the Dowdy family. Thank you Ron for sharing their story
Thank you for sharing this story with us, and may they rest in peace .
You’re such a great story teller. Thank you for doing this.
Thanks Ron for telling us about this tragedy. Essentially 4 innocent young lives taken for sheer greed. Times were hard then,but losing 4 at once would still be devastating. May these poor souls be resting in peace❤️
How awful! That's just such a sad story, ty Ron, for telling it. These old stories need telling so we and future generations can know the struggles of our fire father's and mothers, not to mention the poor children! Keep up the amazing work you do Ron ❤️
Thanks for sharing this story. Ron never heard of the. Dowdy family so sad what happened to them!!😥Have a wonderful blessed evening!❤
Thanks for sharing. It's such a sad story. Sometimes, we think we have it so bad, but there are a lot worse things that can happen. It doesn't matter what Era you were born
Love that there are still people who have compassion in this turbulent world, thank you for sharing
Beautiful cemetery Ron. This story hurts my heart. I love children, they are everything wonderful in the world. These poor children. I can't imagine the fear and suffering they experienced. You're such a gifted story teller.
I always love to stop at historical markers. History needs to be remembered.
Sad story😔 R.i.P Dowdy family🙏🏻💔 Thanks Ron for sharing.
This was very nice. Thank you for traveling there and sharing their story with us! This is my first time watching one of your videos. Definitely going to sub! You were so respectful in your whole presentation and I appreciate that so much! Thank you again! Take care and be safe!
That is so heart breaking thoses poor babies may they for ever Rest in Peace, I believe it was the guy that was bragging about it I don't believe it was Indians. Thank you Ron for sharing your story. May the Lord Bless you and keep you safe.
We're called natives or indigenous. "Indians" is a derogatory term.
Everything is derogatory now days!!!!
Such a tragic but interesting story. As you were telling it, even I began feeling something was up when you were describing the scene. Also, Cynthia Ann (Nadua) Parker was ransomed back, although her desire was to stay. Great book about her life is Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson.
Have you read the next book. Walk in my soul?
Amazing story of hurt and loss-so quickly things happen and innocent lives are lost😢😢😢
Nice to hear you tell the stories that I’d never know without you. Thank you for educating me.
What a fabulous storyteller. I always enjoy your videos. The slow pace makes me feel like I’m right there with you
Love the seashells so interesting. Great story Ron.
Thank you, again and again. Another wonderful, thought provoking story. I can't decide whether it's the bravest or the craziest thing one could have done to be a pioneer. It was certainly a risk and danger for the whole family.
In reading a diary written by one of my ancestors, I learned how cruel the native tribes could be. One of the families was kidnapped by Iroquois and taken hundreds of miles through the forests.
The father was firced to carry an immensely heavy copper kettle full of goods strapped to his back. He carried the scars for life. Each time he fell he was beaten until he stood up.
The wife gave birth on the trail to a baby who lived just a few minutes, and had to bury him under a tree.
The family were in servitude to the tribe for several years.
In the case of the Dowdy children however, I do not believe the Comanches were the killers.
Thank you. I appreciate your videos to bring to light some unknown stories in history. Always with respect and grace. My heart is saddened for these children and their family.
Interesting story, thank you for telling it to us.
Thank you for bringing their story and their memory to us.
This is so sad, those little ones did nothing to no one, hope they rest in peace, they have beautiful graves🙏 thanks for the storie and the walk, stay save Ron.
So saddd!! But told with grace as always!!! Love your channel as you know!! Never stop being amazing!!! Thank you for your content!!!!! 🎉❤ much love and peace!!!
What a sad story thanks for sharing and watching this in Australia on my birthday ❤
RIP those poor kids. God bless them. Thank you for your videos.
So sad and the mother not wanting to remove the arrows just breaks my heart! Interesting grave mounds though!
Love the rocks and shells covering the tops! Thanks for another great story Ron!
He said they were shot. I'm confused as he never mentioned arrows.
Thank you so much for this video and your hard work to bring it to us. I very much appreciate your humbleness and the care you take when telling the stories/historical event. Dowdy is a family name, so when I heard the name, my ears really perked up. I'm going to have to do a little searching in my tree. There are quite a few people in the comments who are Dowdys or kin to Dowdys, I think that's very interesting. We just might all be related. Thanks again, Ron. Have a blessed day. From Melissa in the mountains of Virginia. Btw, I was so curious when I came upon the first commenter who shares the name Dowdy that I read ALL of the comments. Lol! :)
Edited to add: There are currently 482 comments at this time. March 3, 2023. Yes, I really did read ALL of the comments. Ikr, probably thinking... crazy lady. Lol! :)
Very interesting story Ron. Also, very tragic and 😔 sad. May all the 4 Dowdy children rest in peace! You really don,t forget anyone Ron. God Bless you my friend.
WOW… very sad story.. but thank u for visiting and sharing their story!!! ❤
May them rest in peace. Nice video. Thanks for sharing your video with all the info you provide. 👋👋👋
Missed you… love your stories and videos. Keep up the terrific work!!!
Hi Mr. Ron! Good evening. What a sad story. Thank you for all you do. Stay safe.
Wonderful story. I’m drawn to Eastern cemeteries and stories because I grew up there. But I’m even more fascinated in pioneer/frontier cemetery stories as a West Coast transplant.
Hey Jo Cunningham. I just wanted to stop and say hey. I hope that's ok. Your surname caught my eye. My great-grandmother is a Cunningham, she married a Glovier. Her momma is a Dowdy. Anyway, I just think it's interesting that this video is about those poor Dowdy children and I came across your last name, and both are my family's names. I'm just curious if you have either of those names in your family. Have a blessed day. From Melissa in the mountains of Virginia. :)
@@melissaciswhoibe9183 - Hi Melissa. Cunningham is my married name. His folks hail from Virginia, Kansas and Moses Lake WA. No Dowdy he’s heard of.
Love pioneer stories! I think I was one in a past life!
I believe in past lives. You may have lived during that time period, 🤗
I have always felt strongly that I may have also been in that era. I joke about it. But deep inside I do believe I may have. I have had a strange love of the history of pioneering. I can’t get enough information of the history. Just got finished watching the series 1868. Very sad of all the loss and heart ache they went through trying to better their life.
Check your roots maybe your family was an let’s say intruder back then also
@@donnaboisen6003 I do living history in Gettysburg, Pa.
I live in Texas but very drawn to the Civil War era and very comfortable wearing the 5 layers of clothing .. even in summer .
Makes me wonder too.
My oldest son used to tell me a story when he was around 4, that he was my dad. That he found me as a baby after my mom and dad were killed by indians, and we lived in Texas 😳
Thank you for sharing this story. It was a horrific thing that happened to the Dowdys. I had never heard the story, you did a great job telling it.
Thanks Ron for all the wonderful videos
Love your stories!❤️
Good video Ron
Thank you!
Love your videos and history lessons too. Thank you.
This is the second video of yours I watched. Your videos are good. You speak with a calm voice and are informative.
Thanks for your considered and sympathetic treatment of history. It's good travel with you. . .from Australia.
Beautiful graves. So sad. Thank you for telling their story.
Thank you for sharing this very sad and tragic story and remembering the lives of these children.
Thank You for learning & sharing what you’ve learned. Taking us there makes us see it like we’re there! Awesome Experience listening to this channel. A great way to learn!
Thank you Ron, may they RIP🌹
Thanks Ron, for another very interesting, but sad story
I got called away at the beginning of this video...I'm so thankful I was able to watch the whole thing later. Such a sad story. Thanks Ron,and be careful.
Thank's for sharing mate
So very sad 😢 I can't even imagine how the parents would ever recover from such a great loss 💔💔 RIP little darlings 🕊🕊🕊💐💐💐
Horrific tragedy may they be at peace and be reunited . Thank you 🙏for remembering them
I remember in the 1960's My Parents, Talking about this Tragedy, My Mother, was from Texas's, born and raised.
And that was way before her time, RIP to the ones who lost there life's..💐 Thanks for taking the time to share the tragic Story, really appreciate, your videos, your voice comes across very clear, video footage is very vividly colorful Thanks❤️
This is great content!!
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VERY SAD THAT THESE YOUNG CHILDREN/ADULT HAD TO DIE SUCH HORRIFIC WAYS!!! MAY THEY RIP!!
This was a very sad story. Thanks for sharing. RIP Dowdy children.
Beautiful grave sites. This is the most horrible and senseless murders I ever heard of. Thank you for remembering these innocent children
Yay! Excited to watch this! ♥️🔥
Good video; as always !!!!!!!!!!!!!!