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The Comanche were noted as fierce combatants who practiced an emphatic resistance to European-American influence and encroachment upon their lands. Comanche power peaked in the 1840s when they conducted large-scale raids hundreds of miles into Mexico proper, while also warring against the Anglo-Americans and Tejanos who had settled in ...
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May 4, 2020 · One third of General Andrew Jackson’s 4,700 men were Kentuckians; many carried long rifles. The designation “Kentucky Rifle” first appeared in an 1822 poem celebrating their achievements.
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Why does the history of the Comanches get looked over in history classes?The origins of the Comanche peopleWhat the introduction of the horse did for the ComanchesThe transition from hunter culture to warrior cultureLonesome Dove seriesby Larry McMurtryListen to the episode on a separate page. Download this episode. Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice. Recorded on ClearCast.io Listen ad-free on Stitcher Premium; get a free month when you use code “manliness” at checkout.
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Brett McKay: For nearly 400 years, the Comanche tribe controlled the Southern Plains of America. Even as Europeans arrived on the scene with guns and metal armor, the Comanches held them off with nothing but horses, arrows, lances and buffalo-hide shields. In the 18th century, the Comanches stopped the Spanish from driving north from Mexico, and ha...
Aug 28, 2023 · Known as the ‘Lords of the Plains,’ the Comanches were a group of highly skilled horsemen and fierce warriors who dominated a vast territory, extending from modern-day Colorado and Kansas to New Mexico and Texas.
Dec 16, 2009 · His men’s rifles were most accurate when fired from afoot and not from the saddle of a restive horse, but if he dismounted his command and sought cover for a defensive action, he would surrender the initiative to the Comanches.
May 13, 2016 · "Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History" gives a blow-by-blow account of the hardscrabble and bloody...
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Aug 2, 2017 · David Appel’s 1951 book Comanche: The Story of America’s Most Heroic Horse presented a horse’s tale in first-person narrative, weaving Comanche’s story with that of Captain Keogh, a young Lakota brave called White Bull and their shared destiny at the Little Bighorn.
