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I’ve been watching the miniseries Comanche Moon.

by | May 15, 2010 | Inside History

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I’ve been watching the miniseries Comanche Moon, which features an Indian attack on a town. Did that ever really happen? John Redshaw, True West Maniac 776 Beaumont, AB, Canada Comanches did raid towns, especially before 1865. The classic instances were the raids in Victoria and Linnville, Texas. Under the Comanche moon of early August 1840, some 400 to 1,000 warriors under Buffalo Hump cut a swath of destruction through the area.   First, they swarmed over the town of Victoria, looting and


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