COMANCHES NOT EASY PICKINGS FOR BUFFALO HUNTERS
Submitted by Edgar on
By Bartee Haile
Acting like the Paul Revere of the Texas Panhandle, Pat Garrett rode from camp to camp on Feb. 22, 1877 warning fellow buffalo hunters, “The Comanches are coming! The Comanches are coming!” That, of course, was not altogether true. The Indians had been in the vicinity for weeks but posed no real danger to white hunters with sense enough to keep their distance.
To view more please log in or subscribe to the digital edition http://www.etypeservices.com/Martin%20County%20MessengerID317/
Rate this article:
- Log in to post comments