Texas Rangers vs. Comanche Raiders : The Brutal Story of The Battle At Uvalde Canyon

Fascinating commentary. People do not understand the bitter savagery that was the Texas frontier. All sides committed and suffered, Mexican, Texian and Natives, none were spared. Thank you for such intriguing content.

It's a shame that the word Uvalde now means 'cowardly cops.'

My girlfriend was born and raised in Hays County, Texas. My favorite story of the Comanche is this: Upon winning independence from Spain, The Mexican delegates met with the Comanche delegates who had come to collect their annual tribute from Spain. The Mexicans were all excited and told the Comanche about their great victory. The Comanche: "Bro, where are our gifts ?" Mexicans: "About that, we are broke, but independent from Spain" Comanche: "To be clear, you do NOT have our gifts ?" Mexicans: "Uh, not at this point". Comanche: "We will be back". I find it super funny because paying off the barbarian goes back to Roman times up through the 1800's with the Barbary Pirates. It was a common practice and respected by both sides, more or less. Unless you failed to pay. Keep up the great work.

As a teenager I was quite interested in tales of the American frontier. At one point I remember reading a book of short histories of the Indian Wars. One story in particular I wish I'd never read was about an American Army officer who was captured sometime in the early 1800's by an Iroquois war party. His own small band of soldiers had been killed during an ambush and he was the only survivor. The story was related by a French trapper who was friendly to the Iroquois in that area, but had no love for the Americans or British. Long story short, the Iroquois braves decided to burn the American alive. When the trapper told the officer that his fate was to be burned, he stated that he "would attempt to bear it bravely", but the trapper told him that it would be nowhere near a quick death, as the Iroquois truly enjoyed the spectacle of burning their captives slowly on a bed of coals where they would tie a man's hands behind his back and then rope him by his neck to a pole, but leave his feet and legs free. Then they'd watch him dance as he'd slowly roast to death over coals with just enough rope to allow him to put part of his body out of the intense heat, but not all of it. This led to a man "favoring" various parts of his body as the rest of him roasted in various places until the thousands of twists and turns to obtain some relief had finally caused every part of the man's surface to become charred, with the exception of his face and head; at which point the Iroquois would shove him to the ground and heap hot coals on his head to finish the deed. The "fun" was to see how long they could keep a man alive during this ordeal. The trapper related that it took this particular officer a day and a half to finally expire. I still have trouble grasping this level of evil. The knowledge that the native peoples of the Americas had been dealing out this sort of treatment to their rivals long before Europeans appeared on the scene has since destroyed any naive ideas of the "Noble Indigenous Peoples" B.S. you might hear from supremely ignorant people in our modern era.

Our families ranch is South of San Antonio, and has been since 1842. There is a dry creek bed in one of the back pastures. We have found 4 or5 of what we believe to be Comanche lance tops out there over the years.

I am a retired Land Surveyor from Oregon. Interesting to hear that surveyors had the "most dangerous job" and getting "staked out"by the Comanches, instead of staking out the rectangular land system.

Jack Hays is a legend here in Texas. There is a wonderful sculpture of him wielding his pistol on horseback here in our town square in San Marcos.

Literally the only youtuber I have seen capable of covering this kind of history in an objective, complete and detailed manner. Everywhere else I look, all I see is dances with wolves.

Being from Texas, love to listen to the history of Texas.

Thank you guys for the teaching of this clash, Jack Hays was the hard case at this time and perfect drawn in Comanche Moon, going by a other name in McMurtry s novel. The Lipan Apache scout was a Kickapoo there. In all the pictures and paintings you show two things are overlooked, the Comanche wear no feathers nor bonnets before 1873 and the never go to battle- or raid- without braiding their horse tails in a club shape. Best wishes from Northern Germany Ludwig.

Sir, I don’t know how you are able to do it, but your facts, deep insight of history, and your way of sharing it with us is second to none. Many, many thumbs up to you and your channel!

Really great content every single time. Thank you for what you do! It is greatly appreciated and enjoyed!

A flowing river of knowledge to your thirsty listeners. You artfully sweep us back to an amazing time and place, in the current of your story telling. Well told.

Outstanding !! For me ......The narrative is very well done/presented. Thank you.

My great great grandfather Warren Angus Ferris was employed by the Rocky Mountain Fur company and traveled with the fur trappers in the Rocky Mountains from 1930 to 1835. During this time, he kept a daily diary that was published as a book, "Life In The Rocky Mountains," by Warren Angus Ferris. The book was first published in the 1940s and again in 1980 but is now out of print. Warren drew a detailed map of the Yellowstone guiser area from memory once he returned from the mountains, Warren's map was used for many years until the area could be surveyed and his map was found to be very accurate. Warren's brother Charles Drake Ferris fought with Sam Houston in the Battle of San Jacinto, and although the records fail to record his enlistment in the army, he is listed in the heroes of San Jacinto and gave many eyewitness accounts of the actions that could only have been known by someone who participated in the battle. It seems that there were many men who took part in the battle whose records were lost over the years. After Warren Angus returned from the Rockies, he joined his brother Charles Drake, and they surveyed land in the new Texas frontier. There is a book that was written about Warren Angus's time surveying in Texas named "Land Is The Cry" by Susanne Starling. Warren Angus surveyed the land in the northeastern part of Texas as well as Dallas County and the original streets along with the three forks of the Trinity River in what was to be Warwick Texas but is now Dallas Texas. Warren also surveyed north to the border of what is now Oklahoma. I have in my possession the 66-foot Gunter's chain that Warren Angus Ferris used to survey land in Texas with his brother Charles Drake. Warren's book "Life In The Rocky Mountains" is considered an important source of information of what life was like for fur trappers in that period and can be found in public libraries. This book details some very interesting topics that Warren encountered while on this pursuit. "Land Is The Cry" is also a very educational glimpse at the dangers and trials that faced early survey parties in the Texas frontier. I am not sure if that book is still in print, but I am sure that it could also be found at a public library. I really enjoy your videos and the amount of time and effort that you put into them. I didn't get to view this video when you released it, but I always try to watch your videos.

Thanks for posting these historical documentaries there very interesting and be quiet compelling thanks very much for sharing!

Man, what a three way fight. The Americans, Indians, and Mexicans were all involved in one way or another. Getting revolvers were a big game changer for the Rangers. I’ve been in that area of the States several times, and I’ve often thought of the terrain that was an obstacle for everyone.

My kids went to Hays HS in Hays County in Texas. His life is certainly fascinating, and this video adds some things I hadn’t known. I remember reading that he was offered a commission by both the union and confederate forces in the civil war but turned down both . My sense is that he was a southerner in his thinking, but he just couldn’t take up arms against the US government, for whom he had worked for many years.

Superior writing and story-telling! What makes your content even more captivating is revealing this, comparatively unknown, era of American history. All the best from beautiful Vancouver, Canada!

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