Comanche Blood-Feud | The RUTHLESS Frontier War between Settlers and the most BRUTAL Indian Tribe

Get 20% off DeleteMe US consumer plans when you go to and use promo code DATES at checkout. DeleteMe International Plans: EPISODE DESCRIPTION Comanches were the dominant force in Texas in the 1830s. Their abilities as warriors on horseback made them a nightmare for settlers on the Frontier. Encroachment on the land of Comancheria cost the lives of thousands of Spanish, Mexicans, and Texans. Comanche raids resulted in death, destruction, and led many to be captured. One of the captured was a 14 year old girl named Matilda Lockhart. When she was taken in a Comanche raid, the government in the young Texas Republic raised a company to fight a punitive expedition and get her and the other captives taken back. When the Texans strike back at the Comanche a cascade of violence falls. Both groups continuously become more violent and aggressive as attempts at peace fail and the blood-feud between the Texans and Comanche escalates. VIDEO CHAPTERS 00:00 The Capture of Matilda Lockhart 02:24 Col. Moore’s Disaster on the San Saba 09:25 The Council House Fight 18:22 The Great Raid of 1840 25:53 The Battle of Plum Creek RESOURCES ‘Big Wonderful Thing’ Excerpt: “Savage Ware Fare” by Stephen Harrigan Burning Through Texas by Mike Coppock The Comanches: A History of a People by T.R. Ferenbach Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gywnne The Evolution of a State, Or, Recollections of Old Texas Days by Noah Smithwick The Expedition of Colonel John Moore by Jeffrey Robenalt Indian Depredations in Texas by J.W. Wilbarger Memoirs of Mary A. Maverick: A Journal of Early Texas arranged by Mary A. Maverick and her son Madison Maverick