Comanches Attack Wil Willis On His Way To A Dance in Hamilton, TX, Christmas Eve, 1866
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- In this episode we read a story from "Indian Depredations in Texas." Wil Willis was attacked by a party of Comanches as he was riding a lame mule to a dance that occurred in Hamilton, TX on Christmas Eve of 1866. J.G.W. Pierson led the pursuit with his bloodhounds.
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Thank you for all your hard work brother from Northern California.
Maybe because I am getting old and more sentimental I recently found myself with a tear in my eye as I sat with my grandsons fishing on Vancouver Island, while visiting relatives before we flew back to Britain. As we sat there in serenity I just could not get the thought out of my head of the uncountable pioneers & settlers who came to this beautiful " New World " and tore a living & a life out of nothing but wilderness. The hard work and suffering they endured to make a better life for them & there families just seems to be forgotten to time and I shed a tear for them as I looked at my gorgeous grandson's and worried for their future back in London and wondered if we should just stay where we are and build a cabin & live free. But if legal citizens of Canada/America appear not to be free in a land their ancestors civilised, then what chance did we stand. New to this channel & these stories are just so enthralling with it's windows into the past. So glad I came across it on UA-cam. p.s Hiram Abiff is a masonic name.
lmao coward
Your going senile old man
What are you talking about? We are free!
@@backwatersageHe said Canada and the US. Canada is living under a dictatorial regime and the American federal government is trying to take the last vestiges if freedom away from us. We suffer constant censorship and assaults on our Constitutional rights. They are trying to take all rights away from the states, many if which were lost in the war between the states. Now the government wants to take ownership of ALL water in every state as “waters of the united states”! From a lake to a ditch-every bit of it. They are constantly assailing the first and second amendments, upon which all other Constitutional rights and freedoms rest.
Great stuff ,love to hear the history of the brave men who settled this land
The dogs have always been used to good effect in Texas. When I was a boy in Somerville ,Texas in the mid 50's a fellow shot the town Sheriff and took off through the country side, The Police from various towns joined in the man hunt along with thr State Militia. Finally the doge were called in along with the Texas Rangers . They got their man.
Sickens me that a prisoner escapes a prison bus in 2022 and no one could find that murderous trash. A family of 5 had to die before killing the criminal over 200 miles away.
While dogs have been used to track virtually everything over time, The dogs sure didn't work finding the excaped murderer-- His trail was long gone by the time the Sheriff finally gave up on the perimeter they set up------
@@thomasfoss9963 I’m as pro law enforcement as anyone but that situation sure seemed to be way too slow in progress . Many question the efficiency and end result of that tragic situation. We may never know the real reasons that took so long to end .
Thank you for another awesome story sir! You are super!
Glad you like them! More coming later this week.
You're doing a great work covering Texas history. Too bad our schools in Texas haven't done it. I see, looking back, the Texas State Board of Education decided to increase Texas history instruction during their April meeting. Eaglegards...
Proud to be a Texan, some incredibly brave people came before.
Human rights abuses of the Comanche people by war criminals with the lone star the Texas Rangers thugs !
@@markbourke3267 LOL, Comanches enslaved and tortured others for a long time before Texans and disease and the US GOV ever desteoyed them. There is not a culture on earth removed from nature,and that is,the strongest survive. Takes a lot of brainwashing to think otherwise.
Absolutely awesome! I live in Hamilton Scotland (the original Hamilton named after the Hamilton family). So this was of particular interest. Even some of the surnames in this account are noticeably Scot’s.
I think your channel is great and offers a unique insight. Would love to visit Texas Oklahoma etc.
One question; Did the Comanche ever come in to conflict with the Lokota Nakota or Dakota (Sioux)?
I would guess that they must have as each used the horse, so their range would have been extended. Your thoughts or anyone else’s would be appreciated
Must have been awful to live through the Civil War days and then get attacked by Comanches (after the war ended). Much respect from the Sooner State...
We definitely have it much easier.
@@unworthyhistory You said it there, U.H.
Incredible to have an arrow in your back, and still able to pull off that shot. But the poison finally got the better of him. A lot of extraordinary people settled that area. And a lot of them died young.
Nice flags of Chile! 😉. Awesome flags and great job on your channel.
Thanks for taking the time for these great stories. Have you done the story of one the Wilbarger's that was left for dead and the fascinating and amazing events that took place to try and save the poor man.. Beyond belief! So Bill Willis has 7 wounds and lingered for 39 days before passing - tough lad!
I think I did that one awhile ago, but not in the current format I've been doing these videos. I probably need to redo it.
@@unworthyhistory Hope so, it beggers belief how he was saved.
Awesome story
Of course, Willis was a hell of a shot! I learned about the bloodhounds at this period, thx a lot Daryl! Ludwig
Interesting channel. Well presented.
Thanks!
That's where Bruce Willis got his badass from
i'm surprised they didn't use hounds more!
I can't nor will I understand what it was with this wild people who are historically known for always attacking and killing other people but seldom do we hear of them coming to them and offering some kind of assistance.
Agreed! What was it about European culture that the wild Anglo man felt the need to kill and torture people. An interesting culture with complex torture devices.
Sorry, but you have not read many history books regarding when the first english pilgrims and settlers came to found colonies in the new world. Many europeans would not have survived the first winter without the help of friendly and generous first nations folks.
Could you please do a story on Ann Whitney
Yes, probably later this week.
@@unworthyhistory sweet because she supposedly got killed on our place on the leon
Wow, that's awesome! If you feel like taking some pictures of the area by the river and sending them to unworthyhistory@gmail.com, I could use them in my video on the schoolhouse massacre, but if not, that's fine.
@@unworthyhistory I unfortunately do not live there but I might have some I will look and see
Mah pa used to deliver bread and such to grocers in Hamilton. I grew up fishing on Lake Leon, sortof. Sad to hear about Wil's troubles. Mehbe he should have kept his white ass off Comanche territory? I can attest, most land in Central Texas isn't worth risking your neck, even if it were your own!
Jesus is coming soon, do you know him as your Lord and Savior ?
Deprived of the animals they depended on for food and being pushed off of their land, the original Homeland Security fought back.
Yep , the original homeland security fought with everything they had . Todays homeland security (the bureaucracy) is nothing more than the current corrupt administration’s welcoming committee (meaning no disrespect to the men and women on the ground at the border)
The conquerors just got conquered.. pretty simple, now they run casinos and stay drunk- they were never meant for greatness, they were simple minded cave people and extinction was necessary
Well I be damn. Im from Hamilton. Actually the Leon is North of Hamilton
Ah Im from Hamilton too, but the original town of Hamilton in Scotland 😊