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279 - Comanche Quanah Parker

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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The Best Bugle Battle Ever

Kit Carson was facing at least 2,000 Comanche warriors during the Civil War. He used howitzers to hold them off but he was running out of shells and rifle ammo. The Comanches now owned about 15,000 horses and had stolen around 300,000 cattle. Quenna began to make a name for himself as a leader by torturing himself in order to prove he could stand greater pain than others.

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