I just came across this video on my UA-cam page and subscribed immediately. I am a history buff as well as an antique firearms collector. I really like your detailed information about the 1847 Colt Walker. This was the first of the "horse pistols" named so because of the weight and size of the gun and that many had a holster attached to their horse instead of carrying them on their hips. This gun held up to 60 grams of black powder in each cylinder, which gave the firearm tremendous power and was the most powerful handgun in the world until the creation of the .44 magnum in the 20th century. The gun did have a deadly failure, and the cylinders would often explode from the intense pressure in the cylinders with such a high load of black powder and the use of inferior materials used to manufacture the firearms.The following year Colt made the cylinders shorter so less powder could be used but still used the heavy frame and the 44 caliber ball. There were several models of these handguns, which were named Dragoons. I have never owned one of these because of the rarity of the originals that survived, but I do own one that I purchased in the 80s when Colt started assembling some of their most popular black powder models and using serial numbers where they left off in the 19th century. I have never fired this Colt, but I have owned several very nice exact replicas, and they are a very powerful, accurate, dependable side arm that would have been a life saver on the plains of Texas in the 1840s against determined, hostile opponents.
Friend we are glad to have you and your expertise! God bless and stay tuned. Also check out our other episodes if you get time and let us know what you think!
@@ptm3579 Not about English but a totally different system of measurement. 60 grams would equal over 2 ounces, an exorbitant amount of powder for any hand-held firearm’s cartridge.
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This movie is unhistorical because it plays in 1892 when a Comanche attack on anybody was highly unlikely, because since 1875 all Comanche-bands were safely locked up and guarded in the Fort Sill reservation in Oklahoma. The Comanche-wars were over.
ohhh c'mon eh? I was just on my way to bed and you had to release another highly addictive, non ignorable top shelf video? no shame huh? LOVE this channel. Binge watched it since i discovered it a couple months ago....
Well done guys. And you picked the pictures from the right movie. I don't stickle about the rifles of Rangers you showed...😅I appreciate your lessons, God's Blessings from Northern Germany. Ludwig
The picture shown while talking about William Gillespie is actually a cowboy and outlaw named Gus Gildea (associated with the New Mexico wars of the 1870's and 1880's (Billy the Kid era)
Thank you very much for providing an entertaining, yet actually factual, account of US history (instead of the relentless "white man evil - savage be victim" mass media propaganda) -finally!
You do excellent videos. However, at 3:30 you use a picture of Terry's Texas Rangers, who were a Civil War unit. Not a unit of the Texas Rangers of the State of Texas.
@blue lies matter Not sure what model those lever action rifles were but they are definitely Winchesters, so post Civil War. Not a huge number of photographs from the era this video is set in survive so I don't have an issue with them using later photos.
Comanche were absolute savage and ruthless, roasting stripped people alive on fires, tying people to stakes across Red Ant nests, burying people up to their necks with their eyelids chopped off in the heat of the day. The women were the worst, they were patient, and started off with petting the prisoner, which inevitably lead to amputation of ears, nose, lips and genitals. Rangers were the only professionals who could deal with them. You don't mention no part of that Comanche nation culture.
@user-mg8tw7yo4f my town of Brooklyn was overrun by outsiders. After 30 years in the trenches. 2001 before the infamous day I boarded a train and then a ship to parts unknown. As a NEWYORKCITY refugee I can never reach the HORIZON!
Yeah well you get what you pay for. Committing genocide, stealing land, lying, cheating, you know, being a piece of shit invader in lands that aren’t yours will get you tied to an anthill with your eyelids cut off. Good for the Comanches! 100% support their fight for existence.
What else can be expected from a people who had been abused by other tribes and then invaded by the whites who thought they owned a country that was stolen from the indigenous peoples... And the Comanche took full advantage of the horses and remastered the riding of the horses brought to the Americas by the invaders... So what is the issue?
You need to keep in mind that the revolvers used in those days (primer cap fired blackpowder single action only, I highly recommend that you take up Cowboy Action shooting as a hobby) can't be safely loaded to full capacity. You have to leave an empty chamber to let the hammer down on for carrying because if you bump the hammer or drop the gun it will fire if the chamber isn't empty. So your 6 shot cylinder is loaded to only 5 and 5 is definitely only worth 4, under normal circumstances unless you're willing to take your life into the hands of accident, of if you're Alec Baldwin and you don't care about taking a few innocent lives.
Sad, I feel bad for most native tribes, but the Comanche invaded and displaced other tribes, and when settlers did the same, eh, I dont know. But who am I to judge
Why feel sad?...comanche completely kicked the Apache out of Texas...the Apache kicked other people out before them...violence and warfare is part of the the human condition
I don't understand the whole commanche using their horses as cover thing. Like horses aren't bulletproof and are a hell of a lot bigger target than the average injun, so like, shoot the horse?
Almost all of the photos are anachronistic. They are from much later in the 19th century. That is a misleading practice and will lead to mis-perceptions about weapons and equipment of 1850 versus say 1885.
Dem shore is high-fallutin' words, y'all have used in describing this event. Such flowery language is more suited to telling about a Southern cotillion or a debutante ball.
I hope the boy got Baptized, was given a better name, and went on to live a long and fruitful life. I wouldnt call this a "tragic end" though. One Ranger lost honorably, the honorable behavior of the Rangers with the prisoner, and the chastisement of the "loony" make a proud story.
If the Indians had great horsemanship and were able to lay on the side of a horse and fire arrows wouldn't the white settlers and the soldiers just shoot the horses? I know I would have.
I don't understand this reverence we have for some of these people. The comanche, the apache, the aztec... these were all horribly brutal people that gladly tortured and murdered infants, pregnant women, elderly people and yet today we're supposed to think of them as a noble defeated people.
Says who? People like you? The winners write history because the others are dead. So if they were killed then the survivors had to torture and murder infants, pregnant women, and elderly people. You're delusional.
@@historyattheokcorral There seems to be a flash at the time 18:08. If you are not aware, it could be just part of the editing process..I'm not trying to be a dick. I was genuinely curious? Great Video and Channel, thanks!
No worries friend! We were genuinely curious. That was NOT intentional 😂. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned, we have some coming up we think you'll really enjoy!
brother....i like you ..i like your voice...i love western history...i would watch your vids more.....but i can't stand that out of tune music...and it's too loud
Give me break! If wasn't for the six shooter the Rangers or the Amry didn't stand a chance against the Comanche, better Horsemen, better fighters and could ride at full speed drop to the side of their ponies, shooting six arrows into a target the size of a cantaloupe! The Lord of the Plains could travel in the Buffalo Grasses on the plains that were so high that the Calgary would stand on thier horses to see over! while hunting for the Comanche for weeks until their rations would run out after going in circles! Going over themselves never finding a Comanche! The Texas Rangers History is a skewed in their favor! When it comes to it dealing with Indians and Mexicans along the border!
"If things had been different they'd of be different" No shit Sherlock, you figure that out on your own? If the Comanche hadn't stumbled on the white man's horses by pure fucking accident they'd of been driven to extinction by the other tribes before they ever laid eyes on their unwitting beneficiaries. But that doesn't matter things were what they were and it is what it is. They found the horse and handled them well, but they got handled by white men even better. And the rest as they say is history, written by the victor, so I've heard.
Texas, a part of Nueva España. With Cristian Indian communities. Living on peace under Spanish flag for centuries. Not until the arrival of wasp americans they were exterminated. But this Story is not told by Hollywood films....
Dude I’m halfway into this video and it’s all just color commentary. I really, sincerely want to watch and enjoy these video. I’ve read and am currently re-reading blood meridian. I’m fascinated by John Glanton and how the old southwest really was. BUT, with all that said, every video I click on seems like it’s really milking the crap out of the time and I’ll find myself at the end of the video getting maybe 10% of what I was hoping to hear, based on the title……im sorry man, I really want to enjoy these. Here’s an idea, just retitle the videos. So many of them are titled ‘the battle of such and such’. Why am I 13 minutes in and you’re still just coloring in the lifestyle more than any specific events?? Again, no disrespect. Just retitle these saying something about detailing ‘life on the commancheria frontier’, or something? That way, ppl will know and be stoked on what you’re giving them
Anyone interested in this story should also read the book Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne which is biography about the Comanches. Gwynne also did an episode of Joe Rogan.
@@normanmcneal3605 there's no mountains at all lol. It's just miles of farmland and brush now. There's some ravines that follow the river in certain areas but that's it.
This channel is awesome. The amazing storytelling complimented with the pictures and illustrations makes the history come alive. You’ve quickly become one of my favourite channels.
I recently finished Six Years With The Texas Ranger by James Gillet. It's brief and more of a snapshot of the Ranger era, but fascinating nonetheless. Those were some tough men. Most were British and Irish stock in the early days.
@@clemfarley7257 At that stage of history, nearly everyone was, especially outside of a few neighborhoods in a few big cities. It was such an obvious observation that I thought he must have had something else in mind (if that's indeed what he meant).
@@hurdygurdyman1905 There were many immigrants from Europe that were enticed to The Republic of Texas by promises of ample land and a good climate. Mostly German in the early days, then Czech and Polish. Those settlements are primarily in central and southern Texas, from Houston westward to Kerrville/Fredericksburg/Bandera. Most of the men that fought at the Alamo and Battle of San Jacinto were from Tennessee and a few other states before the immigration started. I’m 5th generation Texan from two different lines and have bloodlines from all over present day UK as well as Germany and Czechoslovakia.
@@daviddigital6887 determined and intelligent humans, no matter the race or ilk, can always offer an equal challenge once adapted to the immediate conditions
Very interesting. I have been a Texas Ranger buff since I was a kid. I'm good friends with a retired Ranger and we talk about the "old timers" from time to time. Very brave men. Probably beyond what we can imagine, knowing a little bit about the history of the Comanche in Texas. However, I was not a big fan of you describing Rangers of that era as "ad hoc killers for hire". Seems to me that if you haven't walked a mile in their boots then you have no idea what they went through or what their motivations were for joining a Ranger outfit.
I don't know why your response "That's what they were. Deal with it Hoss" hasn't showed up here but don't call me "Hoss" . I was polite and respectful with my comment so don't be a dick. You have obviously done a lot of research for your videos and have probably crossed referenced many, many sources. But history tends to be subject to the perspective from which it's told. There are plenty of stories told from the perspective of the pioneers of that era about comanches and their brutal killing and torture. "Comanche roasted captives to death over open fires", "...burying captives up to the chin and cutting off their eyelids so their eyes were seared by the burning sun before they starved to death", "staking out male captives spread-eagled and naked over red ant beds after excising the victim's private parts, putting them in his mouth and sewing his lips together", "John Parker was pinned to the ground, he was scalped and his genitals were ripped off...Granny Parker was stripped and fixed to the earth with a lance driven through her flesh. Several warriors raped her while she screamed' And they did it all for free Tough, hard men who volunteered to do a hard, brutal job for maybe $25 a month, if they got paid at all. Pretty poor wages for a "killer for hire", even back in those days.
Your destiny is a mystery to us. What will happen when the buffalo are all slaughtered? The wild horses tamed? What will happen when the secret corners of the forest are heavy with the scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills is blotted with talking wires? Where will the thicket be? Gone! Where will the eagle be? Gone! And what is to say goodbye to the swift pony and then hunt? The end of living and the beginning of survival. Chief Seattle's Letter
I don't necessarily know that I would call it a "great country." Marginally better than most countries historically? Absolutely, 100%!! But "great?" Nah. We weren't the first to ban slavery, and we actually had to fight a war with our own citizens over it (a war, btw, that STILL wouldn't have ended slavery if the average northerner didn't think it was necessary to end the violence). The US then engaged in over 100 years of racial persecution against the descendants of former slaves before the civil rights movement, which only partly fixed the problem in spite of what we most pf us were taught in schools. The US committed theft and genocide against the native peoples who inhabited this land by creating false reasons to go to war with them (the campaign against the Sioux and Cheyenne), taking their land because it might have gold to help our economy (the black hills), committing atrocities against peaceful natives whenever those wars weren't going in our favor (see: the massacres at Sand Creek and the Washita). The US then put virtually all of the survivors on reservations without adequate provisions, and killed the buffalo to make sure they couldn't use their native hunting grounds anymore. The US then restricted civil liberties during the cold war, fucked with democratic countries if we didn't like their politics (see: all of South American history during the 20th century), and just generally made the world a much worse place than it needed to be for no real reason. Today we lack universal healthcare, unlike virtually every other country in the western world. Our education system is also fucked beyond measure, and most other western countries provide college for free or far less money than we do. Are our problems worse than other countries? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. We still have way more individual freedoms than most places historically have, but not as many as some western nations once you factor in the effects of income inequality. So, good? Sure. History worth remembering? Hell yeah! Great? Not a chance.
Man I can't stop binge watching this stuff, incredible.
I just came across this video on my UA-cam page and subscribed immediately. I am a history buff as well as an antique firearms collector. I really like your detailed information about the 1847 Colt Walker. This was the first of the "horse pistols" named so because of the weight and size of the gun and that many had a holster attached to their horse instead of carrying them on their hips. This gun held up to 60 grams of black powder in each cylinder, which gave the firearm tremendous power and was the most powerful handgun in the world until the creation of the .44 magnum in the 20th century. The gun did have a deadly failure, and the cylinders would often explode from the intense pressure in the cylinders with such a high load of black powder and the use of inferior materials used to manufacture the firearms.The following year Colt made the cylinders shorter so less powder could be used but still used the heavy frame and the 44 caliber ball. There were several models of these handguns, which were named Dragoons. I have never owned one of these because of the rarity of the originals that survived, but I do own one that I purchased in the 80s when Colt started assembling some of their most popular black powder models and using serial numbers where they left off in the 19th century. I have never fired this Colt, but I have owned several very nice exact replicas, and they are a very powerful, accurate, dependable side arm that would have been a life saver on the plains of Texas in the 1840s against determined, hostile opponents.
Friend we are glad to have you and your expertise! God bless and stay tuned. Also check out our other episodes if you get time and let us know what you think!
That would be GRAINS of powder, NOT grams.
@@ptm3579 Not about English but a totally different system of measurement. 60 grams would equal over 2 ounces, an exorbitant amount of powder for any hand-held firearm’s cartridge.
I thought it was called a ''horse pistol''', because they were considered powerful enough to humanely put down a horse
I'm really enjoying the longer form content with additional details on weapons and tactics. Thanks for the upload!
Wow, perfectly produced. No fluff filler. I’m a docent & re-enactor at a Nevada state park so your programs help me produce authentic history.
I’ve just finished watching Hostiles on Apple TV. Any movie with Wes Studi is a must watch for me. Now that I’ve found your programme I’m thrilled to be able to enjoy it. Many thanks from New Zealand 🇳🇿
This movie is unhistorical because it plays in 1892 when a Comanche attack on anybody was highly unlikely,
because since 1875 all Comanche-bands were safely locked up and guarded in the Fort Sill reservation
in Oklahoma. The Comanche-wars were over.
What a professional well trained/led outfit. Youve got to be a great leader to have such discipline and respect from these tough men.
Its crazy these guys looked like men at 20 and some of us still look like kids at 40 LOL
Cuz we put money above purpose
The pictures aren't taken at the same time they're referenced from
There was definitely a lot more real men around then, even though population has multiplied a bunch since
He's retelling stories. But probably only had one pic of the guy. The age in the story doesn't match the picture.
@@zehsackett6132thank you
Excellent job! Keep the history coming!
Thank you for watching!
Dam this is the best channel on UA-cam. Can’t wait for another story.
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im from australia and find these stories of texas rangers amazing to listen to
Bro.... these are soooo good.
Thank you!!
Thanks for this post. My Great great grandad is the Ben Highsmith you speak of.
That's awesome. I wish he was still around to take care of this mexican invasion
THE BOOK TITLED "A TEXAS settler by August SANTLEBAUM IS A GREAT READ ON EARLY TEXAS HISTORY...
ohhh c'mon eh? I was just on my way to bed and you had to release another highly addictive, non ignorable top shelf video? no shame huh? LOVE this channel. Binge watched it since i discovered it a couple months ago....
Sorry!!! 😂🙏🏻 Thank you for tuning in!
@@historyattheokcorral sorry? Not sorry? lol. Great content, excellent narration. Thanks. Love a good story!!
Well done guys. And you picked the pictures from the right movie. I don't stickle about the rifles of Rangers you showed...😅I appreciate your lessons, God's Blessings from Northern Germany. Ludwig
Prost, mitt Einbecker
@@kirbyculp3449 that's a beer, yessir! Try danish black elefant. God's Blessings to you and yours from Ludwig
Where were the photos taken? There are no sizeable hills near Aqua Dulce. Its in the coastal plains.
Wow another one!!! Amazing work thank you for the hard work.
I like the clips from Dead Mans Walk. Larry McMurtry books are some of my favorites. Buffalo Hump was one of the best characters ever written imo
The picture shown while talking about William Gillespie is actually a cowboy and outlaw named Gus Gildea (associated with the New Mexico wars of the 1870's and 1880's (Billy the Kid era)
There was no picture of Gillespie, but we did not know this!
Great story thank you! Just subscribed. Can’t wait to hear more. Keep up the good work. Thanks again God bless.
Thank you very much for providing an entertaining, yet actually factual, account of US history (instead of the relentless "white man evil - savage be victim" mass media propaganda) -finally!
Excellent narrative of life and death on the Texas frontier.
It’s a shame that William was killed, but he would probably have died by now anyway.
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After serious contemplation, I too believe he would of died by now.😉
How is it a shame that he was killed ?
@@cplmpcocptcl6306 is. cd zzz and i and the warriors were still going
@@BigWillyBilly26 for whom the bell tolls.
You do excellent videos. However, at 3:30 you use a picture of Terry's Texas Rangers, who were a Civil War unit. Not a unit of the Texas Rangers of the State of Texas.
@blue lies matter Not sure what model those lever action rifles were but they are definitely Winchesters, so post Civil War. Not a huge number of photographs from the era this video is set in survive so I don't have an issue with them using later photos.
@@blueliesmatter2 , My timestamp is not precise.
this content is brilliant. thank you.
Another awesome video from an awesome channel. 🤩
Comanche were absolute savage and ruthless, roasting stripped people alive on fires, tying people to stakes across Red Ant nests, burying people up to their necks with their eyelids chopped off in the heat of the day. The women were the worst, they were patient, and started off with petting the prisoner, which inevitably lead to amputation of ears, nose, lips and genitals. Rangers were the only professionals who could deal with them. You don't mention no part of that Comanche nation culture.
That is what happens when you move to a new neighborhood!
@@ivanojeda1691 WOW, stay away from your part of town.
@user-mg8tw7yo4f my town of Brooklyn was overrun by outsiders. After 30 years in the trenches. 2001 before the infamous day I boarded a train and then a ship to parts unknown. As a NEWYORKCITY refugee I can never reach the HORIZON!
Yeah well you get what you pay for. Committing genocide, stealing land, lying, cheating, you know, being a piece of shit invader in lands that aren’t yours will get you tied to an anthill with your eyelids cut off. Good for the Comanches! 100% support their fight for existence.
Give me a break.
Love your videos thank you so very much for sharing
Love this channel ❤️
The Commanches were the most brutal of all the indian tribes
What else can be expected from a people who had been abused by other tribes and then invaded by the whites who thought they owned a country that was stolen from the indigenous peoples...
And the Comanche took full advantage of the horses and remastered the riding of the horses brought to the Americas by the invaders...
So what is the issue?
Try blackfoot they were told because of their vicious fighting styles, and numbers they were the strongest plains indians
Many years ago I came across a box of Texas Ranger reports at my local library. I sat and read them for hours.
Did it say how this country government paid white people to murder natives .... women and children included?
Once again, well done
Great video.
Wow!? I thought a Texas Ranger was supposed to look like Chuck Norris.
All Texas Rangers were required to know karate 😀
One must wonder...what did they do with the lil Indian boy!? Awesome channel btw.
You need to keep in mind that the revolvers used in those days (primer cap fired blackpowder single action only, I highly recommend that you take up Cowboy Action shooting as a hobby) can't be safely loaded to full capacity. You have to leave an empty chamber to let the hammer down on for carrying because if you bump the hammer or drop the gun it will fire if the chamber isn't empty. So your 6 shot cylinder is loaded to only 5 and 5 is definitely only worth 4, under normal circumstances unless you're willing to take your life into the hands of accident, of if you're Alec Baldwin and you don't care about taking a few innocent lives.
Waiting.
What was the tragic part?
Seriously?
Me too!!!!
Great story of the Texas Rangers...
I recently sold my Walker Colt. It was a good pistol.
I live on property that was rancho amargosa, or owl ranch, near agau dulce Texas, i dont think any of my neighbors know the histort of the place
Thats awesome!
Perhaps I’m mistaken, but by 1850 the latest iteration of Colt revolvers would have been the Dragoon.
I love American History❤❤❤ but the most tragic thing is that nobody makes a movie out of these stories. Instead they do "Avengers 1,2,3,4,5...😂
name of background song please
Waltz for Zachariah!
When I was a kid I'd watch TV, and I always rooted for the Indians. My bad, I know 😆
I did, too. Especially Geronimo.
@@patriciajrs46 Geronimo was a savage mf there’s a reason they call them Apache helicopters 😂 apaches were crazy
Sad, I feel bad for most native tribes, but the Comanche invaded and displaced other tribes, and when settlers did the same, eh, I dont know. But who am I to judge
And think about it like this, the Comanche were regularly attacked and abused by other tribes until the arrival of the horse.
All or most all First Nations did the same. It's how it was. The strongest pushed out the weak.
I feel bad how many treaties America made then broke.
Why feel sad?...comanche completely kicked the Apache out of Texas...the Apache kicked other people out before them...violence and warfare is part of the the human condition
I wish we knew who the people in that old picture were.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WESTERN MOVIE CLIP THANKS
I don't understand the whole commanche using their horses as cover thing. Like horses aren't bulletproof and are a hell of a lot bigger target than the average injun, so like, shoot the horse?
Almost all of the photos are anachronistic. They are from much later in the 19th century. That is a misleading practice and will lead to mis-perceptions about weapons and equipment of 1850 versus say 1885.
All weaponry discussed shows accurate pictures.
Dem shore is high-fallutin' words, y'all have used in describing this event. Such flowery language is more suited to telling about a Southern cotillion or a debutante ball.
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I hope the boy got Baptized, was given a better name, and went on to live a long and fruitful life.
I wouldnt call this a "tragic end" though. One Ranger lost honorably, the honorable behavior of the Rangers with the prisoner, and the chastisement of the "loony" make a proud story.
Instead of fighting bandits and criminales of the prairie.
Samuel Walker didn't survive the War with Mexico.
He got murked in Huamantla.
Can you do one on the tlingit tribe
We have one on the Battle Of Sitka 1832! More to come soon!
October 9ths my birthday
If the Indians had great horsemanship and were able to lay on the side of a horse and fire arrows wouldn't the white settlers and the soldiers just shoot the horses? I know I would have.
Foot-long handgun lol
I don't understand this reverence we have for some of these people. The comanche, the apache, the aztec... these were all horribly brutal people that gladly tortured and murdered infants, pregnant women, elderly people and yet today we're supposed to think of them as a noble defeated people.
Says who? People like you? The winners write history because the others are dead. So if they were killed then the survivors had to torture and murder infants, pregnant women, and elderly people. You're delusional.
IM SICK OF YOUR LOW VOLUME
What?
Do a video on how the hero Texas Rangers that committed many atrocities like lynchings
Hard times make hard men.
The real story is more interesting but less entertaining.
This is the real story.
A lot of people got murdered by these people
Rangers still murder people.
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I do not think these were Rangers, I suggest that war rather Dallas Stars or something 😆
This was badass
Thats not agua dulce creek. Its got water in it and hills around it. Agua dulce creek aint got either.
Time 1808, why are you putting subliminal messages in this video, that is great ?
What do you mean?
@@historyattheokcorral There seems to be a flash at the time 18:08. If you are not aware, it could be just part of the editing process..I'm not trying to be a dick. I was genuinely curious? Great Video and Channel, thanks!
No worries friend! We were genuinely curious. That was NOT intentional 😂. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned, we have some coming up we think you'll really enjoy!
brother....i like you ..i like your voice...i love western history...i would watch your vids more.....but i can't stand that out of tune music...and it's too loud
They didn’t believe the land was theirs…
The land WAS theirs
I have lived in Texas all my life and I did not know that SAN ANTONIO WAS ON THE RIO GRAND ! ??????
San Antonio Viejo
Old.san antonio, san antonio Viejo. the current san antonio is not on the rio.
The narrator's three words and a halt, is so boring and annoying, I had to stop watching.
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I thought he was very well spoken, although he really overdid the importance of a small meaningless gunfight.
Give me break! If wasn't for the six shooter the Rangers or the Amry didn't stand a chance against the Comanche, better Horsemen, better fighters and could ride at full speed drop to the side of their ponies, shooting six arrows into a target the size of a cantaloupe! The Lord of the Plains could travel in the Buffalo Grasses on the plains that were so high that the Calgary would stand on thier horses to see over! while hunting for the Comanche for weeks until their rations would run out after going in circles! Going over themselves never finding a Comanche! The Texas Rangers History is a skewed in their favor! When it comes to it dealing with Indians and Mexicans along the border!
"If things had been different they'd of be different" No shit Sherlock, you figure that out on your own? If the Comanche hadn't stumbled on the white man's horses by pure fucking accident they'd of been driven to extinction by the other tribes before they ever laid eyes on their unwitting beneficiaries. But that doesn't matter things were what they were and it is what it is.
They found the horse and handled them well, but they got handled by white men even better.
And the rest as they say is history, written by the victor, so I've heard.
The contempt for the native American film: How the West Was Won "How America was conquered over primitive people ".
Texas, a part of Nueva España. With Cristian Indian communities. Living on peace under Spanish flag for centuries. Not until the arrival of wasp americans they were exterminated. But this Story is not told by Hollywood films....
Juan Buatista De Anza was certainly a genius who was never duplicated. Check out tomorrow's episode, we go into this.
Bullshit...Apaches and Comanches raided the Spanish long before the Americans of British stock smashed all three of them.
Dude I’m halfway into this video and it’s all just color commentary. I really, sincerely want to watch and enjoy these video. I’ve read and am currently re-reading blood meridian. I’m fascinated by John Glanton and how the old southwest really was. BUT, with all that said, every video I click on seems like it’s really milking the crap out of the time and I’ll find myself at the end of the video getting maybe 10% of what I was hoping to hear, based on the title……im sorry man, I really want to enjoy these. Here’s an idea, just retitle the videos. So many of them are titled ‘the battle of such and such’. Why am I 13 minutes in and you’re still just coloring in the lifestyle more than any specific events?? Again, no disrespect. Just retitle these saying something about detailing ‘life on the commancheria frontier’, or something? That way, ppl will know and be stoked on what you’re giving them
Anyone interested in this story should also read the book Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne which is biography about the Comanches. Gwynne also did an episode of Joe Rogan.
We have never heard of Gwynne at The Comanche Nation.
Alot of frauds out there making money off of bs it seems
-COMANCHE NATION
I grew up literally within 10 miles of where this all took place. Knew the history but it's nice stumbling upon a video about it randomly.
Literally?
@@Momusinterra Not figuratively within 10 miles.
Did you climb all those mountains that the photos show?
@@normanmcneal3605 there's no mountains at all lol. It's just miles of farmland and brush now. There's some ravines that follow the river in certain areas but that's it.
@@zackthatguy I know that! But, the pictures sure showed mountains. Case in point. Many photos of south Texas, but, this editor opted for mountains
This channel is awesome. The amazing storytelling complimented with the pictures and illustrations makes the history come alive. You’ve quickly become one of my favourite channels.
I recently finished Six Years With The Texas Ranger by James Gillet. It's brief and more of a snapshot of the Ranger era, but fascinating nonetheless. Those were some tough men. Most were British and Irish stock in the early days.
We have a few episodes based on that book! Check out "Rangers vs Lipan Apache"!
What do you mean by British and Irish stock?
From.
@@clemfarley7257 At that stage of history, nearly everyone was, especially outside of a few neighborhoods in a few big cities. It was such an obvious observation that I thought he must have had something else in mind (if that's indeed what he meant).
@@hurdygurdyman1905 There were many immigrants from Europe that were enticed to The Republic of Texas by promises of ample land and a good climate. Mostly German in the early days, then Czech and Polish. Those settlements are primarily in central and southern Texas, from Houston westward to Kerrville/Fredericksburg/Bandera. Most of the men that fought at the Alamo and Battle of San Jacinto were from Tennessee and a few other states before the immigration started. I’m 5th generation Texan from two different lines and have bloodlines from all over present day UK as well as Germany and Czechoslovakia.
Yes. Horses are valuable. But if a band of Comanches is attacking you, why would you not shoot the horse he’s riding?
Interesting viewpoint in the storytelling. Obviously favors the 'poor Indians'.
Great job, you're story telling is on point
Imagine that. Surprising the Comanche in their own element.
There's many stories of them being caught flat footed
@@daviddigital6887 determined and intelligent humans, no matter the race or ilk, can always offer an equal challenge once adapted to the immediate conditions
Yet another really outstanding presentation, thank you
What was the name of the Mexican commanche scout? I didnt catch the last name. I believe it might be a relative.
Imagine seeing some this in person. Like holy shit.
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Yes these stories are missed as not reported anywhere else. Thank you!
Very interesting. I have been a Texas Ranger buff since I was a kid. I'm good friends with a retired Ranger and we talk about the "old timers" from time to time. Very brave men. Probably beyond what we can imagine, knowing a little bit about the history of the Comanche in Texas. However, I was not a big fan of you describing Rangers of that era as "ad hoc killers for hire". Seems to me that if you haven't walked a mile in their boots then you have no idea what they went through or what their motivations were for joining a Ranger outfit.
I don't know why your response "That's what they were. Deal with it Hoss" hasn't showed up here but don't call me "Hoss" . I was polite and respectful with my comment so don't be a dick. You have obviously done a lot of research for your videos and have probably crossed referenced many, many sources. But history tends to be subject to the perspective from which it's told. There are plenty of stories told from the perspective of the pioneers of that era about comanches and their brutal killing and torture.
"Comanche roasted captives to death over open fires", "...burying captives up to the chin and cutting off their eyelids so their eyes were seared by the burning sun before they starved to death", "staking out male captives spread-eagled and naked over red ant beds after excising the victim's private parts, putting them in his mouth and sewing his lips together", "John Parker was pinned to the ground, he was scalped and his genitals were ripped off...Granny Parker was stripped and fixed to the earth with a lance driven through her flesh. Several warriors raped her while she screamed' And they did it all for free
Tough, hard men who volunteered to do a hard, brutal job for maybe $25 a month, if they got paid at all. Pretty poor wages for a "killer for hire", even back in those days.
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Completely agree.
Your destiny is a mystery to us. What will happen when the buffalo are all slaughtered? The wild horses tamed? What will happen when the secret corners of the forest are heavy with the scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills is blotted with talking wires? Where will the thicket be? Gone! Where will the eagle be? Gone! And what is to say goodbye to the swift pony and then hunt? The end of living and the beginning of survival. Chief Seattle's Letter
Very cool to see this video! I taught history in Alice TX for 13 years.
Alice, is that the town with a smallest Dairy Queen?
@@kirbyculp3449 Not sure. They have a Dairy Burger, the only one I’ve ever seen.
Did you lie about how white euro trash murdered inocente native people?
Thank you for posting American History. May we never forget those that forged our great country!
I don't necessarily know that I would call it a "great country." Marginally better than most countries historically? Absolutely, 100%!! But "great?" Nah.
We weren't the first to ban slavery, and we actually had to fight a war with our own citizens over it (a war, btw, that STILL wouldn't have ended slavery if the average northerner didn't think it was necessary to end the violence). The US then engaged in over 100 years of racial persecution against the descendants of former slaves before the civil rights movement, which only partly fixed the problem in spite of what we most pf us were taught in schools.
The US committed theft and genocide against the native peoples who inhabited this land by creating false reasons to go to war with them (the campaign against the Sioux and Cheyenne), taking their land because it might have gold to help our economy (the black hills), committing atrocities against peaceful natives whenever those wars weren't going in our favor (see: the massacres at Sand Creek and the Washita). The US then put virtually all of the survivors on reservations without adequate provisions, and killed the buffalo to make sure they couldn't use their native hunting grounds anymore.
The US then restricted civil liberties during the cold war, fucked with democratic countries if we didn't like their politics (see: all of South American history during the 20th century), and just generally made the world a much worse place than it needed to be for no real reason.
Today we lack universal healthcare, unlike virtually every other country in the western world. Our education system is also fucked beyond measure, and most other western countries provide college for free or far less money than we do.
Are our problems worse than other countries? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. We still have way more individual freedoms than most places historically have, but not as many as some western nations once you factor in the effects of income inequality.
So, good? Sure. History worth remembering? Hell yeah! Great? Not a chance.
@@bobthabuilda1525 You're right, this country is no longer great under the helm of Joe BiDumb and his cabinet of PDFiles and diversity hires.
@@bobthabuilda1525😂😂😂. Will there be a second book?
@@bobthabuilda1525 W@NKER
Forgery is a criminal offence and so is genocide.
Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrea.
You see that man in the thumbnail when the hands in the shirt like that. It's a mason
The baseball Texas Rangers are named after the lawmen Texas Rangers.
New to the channel, big fan. Love this vids.
Sweet Water Creek. Poor William, I hate to hear that he got killed.
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Always Fascinating and Entertaining!!!! Thank You!!!!