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Harry Love is best known for tracking down California outlaw Joaquin Murrieta. But he had other adventures. After a stint in the army, in the late 1840s, he was a dispatch rider, carrying letters, newspapers and more across the Southwest.
He and a companion were in northern Mexico in September 1848 when they were attacked by Comanches. Things looked dire until Love shot and killed the Indian leader; the rest of the band stopped the attack. Taking advantage of the situation, the two managed to get safely away.