Would Chief Ten Bears Really Have Taken Josey's Deal?
The 19th century West was pretty brutal. Seems like it would've been simpler for Ten Bears to take out Josey and claim whatever he wanted.
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shareI understand what you're saying, but the Comanche were among the most brutal of all Indian groups. The Cheyenne, along with most other tribes, despised them.
SC Gwynne, author of Empire Of The Summer Moon about the rise and fall of the Comanche, says simply: ‘No tribe in the history of the Spanish, French, Mexican, Texan, and American occupations of this land had ever caused so much havoc and death. None was even a close second.’
He refers to the ‘demonic immorality’ of Comanche attacks on white settlers, the way in which torture, killings and gang-rapes were routine. ‘The logic of Comanche raids was straightforward,’ he explains.
I was thinking of Lone Waite somehow. Chief Ten Bears was a 50/50 chance, as Josey knew. Fortunately, he chose life.
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