“Not only did they inflict horrific suffering but by all evidence, they enjoyed it… Making people scream in pain was fun for them….it was an important part of their adult culture, and one they accepted without challenge.”
~ S.C. Gwynne, in Empire of the Summer Moon
I855 a Texas Ranger named Nelson Lee is kidnapped by the Comanche in the American Southwest. This was the reality for many settlers encroaching on and passing through Comanche territory on the wild Great Plains. In the episode we'll take a look at Lee's experience and see what it was like for someone to be captured by a Native American Tribe known to be more brutal than any other on the frontier.
Resources
1. Kidnapped by Indians (Book) edited by Frederick Drimmer
2. Empire of the Summer Moon (Book) by SC Gwynne
3. Three Years Among the Comaches (Book) by Nelson Lee
- The eBook is available online for free https://books.google.com/books/about/Three_Years_Among_the_Camanches.html?id=aHQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&gboemv=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
4. https://mapgeeks.org/texas/