re: The Spanish were wrecking shop in the New World...then they met the Comanche

Read about Chief Quanah Parker.

I've read a ton of stuff on the Comanches. Another great book is Captured - the true stories of white settlers captured by the Comanches who adjusted to Comanche life so quickly they never wanted to come back.

It's easy to mytholize the comanche since we are safe. They had some very noble characteristics in how kind they were to their own children, but they were a brutal, savage, primitive, war-like people.

In addition to the rapes, torture mentioned, they would just take a captured newborn and bash it against a rock/tree.

It's hard to ultimately sympathize with such a brutal culture that's sole purpose was to raid and pillage.

The whites are not without atrocities either though.

yeah, i wouldnt frick with a Comanche. they were some bad hombres

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The Mongols were know to wrap enemy leaders in blankets and stampede horses over them or shove stones down their throat to choke'em.

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Let us not forget about the time that The Mongols captured an enemy European army and castle, then took the castle gates off the hinges, laid it on top all the nobles and officers, ate a celebratory feast on them, then held a victory dance on it through the night.

Everyone under the door was slowly crushed to death.


That's some badass, psychological warfare they did. Europe was ready to bend the knee to them, and would have if Khan hadn't died and they stopped their conquest to return for his funeral.

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In fact no one speaks Comanche because the Europeans wiped them out…easily!

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Uh yea because of diseases they brought over, not exactly “fighting fair”

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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.

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Jesus Christ what a shite take. I would expect nothing less from the smooth brains on tigerdroppings

now, that's funny. ever been to say, adobe walls?

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Thanks for the recommendation. I found the Thalia trilogy pretty easily on Amazon. But, not coming up with anything on the Duane Moore series? Is that also McMurtry? Thanks.

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It’s the same series. Duane Moore is the main character.

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MyNameIsNobody

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Thank you! I was trying the other day to remember the name of the Terrance Hill spaghetti western that came after They Call me Trinity and Trinity Is Still My Name. I loved those movies when I was a kid.