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re: The Spanish were wrecking shop in the New World...then they met the Comanche
Posted on 8/5/21 at 8:13 am to TigerintheNO
Posted on 8/5/21 at 8:13 am to TigerintheNO
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The Lakota obliterated the 7th Calvary
Sir, Custer was a pussy. You ain't.
This post was edited on 8/5/21 at 8:22 am
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Posted on 8/5/21 at 8:23 am to HoboDickCheese
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I get my dicklust from.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 8:32 am to Tiger1242
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The Mongol hordes of the 13 and 14th centuries would’ve laid absolute waste to them
From massive numbers, not ability.
If I recall correctly, it was assumed less than 2,000 Comanche braves at any time controlled most of the southern great plains, at that time by far the most desirable buffalo hunting ground in North America... a.k.a. Comancheria.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 8:33 am to weagle99
That fricker on the right looks like he enjoys scalping and killing!!!!
Posted on 8/5/21 at 8:35 am to jeffsdad
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In general, true. But the Comanches were true savages.
That's what I was thinking after reading Gwynne's book. By the end I was thinking I'd have been firmly in the "eradicate them all" camp.
I mean, they raided a farm, captured the wife/mom of 3 kid and, just for fun, scalped her by cutting just above her ears and around the base of her skull and then peeled her skin/scalp off the top of her head. Left her there for her family to find and she died 3 days later. I can't even imagine.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 8:36 am to Tiger1242
They have been described as the finest light cavalry in the world. Were the Mongols light cavalry?. Where would the contest be held. In Texas, the Comanche kick butt, central Asia, not sure, what season, equal numbers, one on one, what kind of rules
Posted on 8/5/21 at 8:40 am to blueboy
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Her name was Cynthia Parker.
LOOK HERE, MARTIN! SHE'S NOT CYNTHIA ANYMORE! SHE'S COMANCH!
Posted on 8/5/21 at 8:56 am to Champagne
Ole baw on the far right looks like he wants to skin the photographer.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 9:06 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
The Spanish weren't in new Mexican. They were stopped by Mayan tribes deep on south America
Posted on 8/5/21 at 9:15 am to weagle99
My man on the right don’t play.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 9:35 am to sparkinator
The Frontiersman was great. I read it when I was about 15. It contains a very graphic, soul-shuddering scene involving the torturing death of a white army officer at the hands of some natives. I wish I had never read it actually as I still think about it decades later. It forever changed how I viewed American Indians. While atrocities happened on both sides, I then was far more sympathetic to the plight of white settlers.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:02 am to Jubalie Moe
well, you don't have most of the western hemisphere speaking commanche, so i rest my case
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:06 am to BeepNode
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Didn't it take innovations in guns to beat the Comanches?
I thought disease and the near extinction of the buffalo really did the Comanche in.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:06 am to LoneStarTiger
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McCarthy just writes depressing novels with no payoff. Just horrible thing followed by horrible thing followed by horrible thing the end. It’s just not enjoyable to read his book, which is certainly not the case with McMurtry.
I've only read Lonesome Dove but holy hell that was a depressing ending to a book. Not sure how the rest are but I found the ending to Lonesome Dove similar to Cormack books. They both put you in a interesting fantasy world then at the end remind you how brutal life can be
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:08 am to sabbertooth
quote:Prior to that, The Fetterman Fight in 1866 was the first major defeat on the frontier. If you're a reader, "Ridgeline" by Michael Punke details how Crazy Horse handed the cavalry their first major reality check of life on the prairie.
George Armstrong Custer’s blind ambition and arrogance obliterated the 7th Calvary.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:10 am to AgCoug
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The Comanche didn’t play. If you ever want to read a good book on them, check out Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne.
absolute awesome book.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:15 am to kjp811
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I thought disease and the near extinction of the buffalo really did the Comanche in.
Large issue with infertility as well. It was a mix of factors.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:16 am to Champagne
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Cynthia Parker.
Her son, Quanah Parker, was the last Comanche war chief. The Comanche birth rate was below replacement level so they bolstered their numbers by adoption or outright kidnapping. It's estimated that up to a third of Comanches were wholly or partly Anglo or Mexican.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:22 am to Cdawg
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Ever read McCarthy’s books?
No
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:25 am to Jim Rockford
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Cynthia Parker.
If i am correct, her Commanche name was "prairie flower"... which i affectionately call my daughter when she behaves like a Comanche.... which can be often
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