Texas Rangers vs. Comanche Raiders : The Brutal Story Of The Battle Of Bandera Pass

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In the spring of 1846, the entire frontier of Texas is awash in violence as Comanche raiding parties took their toll on Texan farmers, Mexican homesteads, and rival native tribes people like the Tonkawa and Lipan Apache. For years, the tide of unrelenting bloodshed has seemed as though is cannot be stemmed. However, in recent years, a young Captain of the notoriously bellicose and disorderly Texas Rangers has begun to take the fight to the Comanche, in their own territory.
His name is Jack Hays, and he will be remembered as the most legendary Ranger in Texas history. Now, Hays and his men have received word of a raiding party having stolen a large number of horses near San Antonio. In order to engage them and retrieve the horses, the Rangers and their native scouts will have to find, and then fight, a far larger force of the feared and fearsome Comanche, in lands that had been familiar to their people for decades.
The pursuit and ensuing battle that is soon to take place, will go down in Texas as one of the bloodiest, most brutal battles to ever take place in the Lone Star State.
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LINKS TO SOURCES
Texas Ranger: Jack Hays in the Frontier Southwest (Volume 50) (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) by James Kimmins Greer. a.co/d/1P8YWDu

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@seanwhelan879 Ай бұрын

HOKC , fantastic narrating, wonderful storytelling , simply poetry. Great work, as always . I thoroughly enjoy your channel. You nearly bring the old west back to life. Respect from Dublin Ireland 🤝🇮🇪

@anangryranger Ай бұрын

A minor point, but the Colt Patterson revolvers were .36 caliber, and not .44 caliber. Again, a minor point in the tale, but one that I was compelled to point out.

@jrateliffknives Ай бұрын

I came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed lol

@anangryranger Ай бұрын

Well being a retired gunsmith, among other professions, I specialized in antique and vintage arms. Had contracts with two local museums and one with a major university museum. Patterson revolvers were made in what were called Pocket, Belt, and Holster models. Calibers were .28, .31, .34, and .36. The Patterson model sold to the Republic of Texas, in 1839 was commonly called the Texas Patterson. It, of course, was in .36 caliber. No .44 caliber Patterson revolver was ever produced.

@jrateliffknives Ай бұрын

I love historical firearms and have read in great detail about the early rangers and their weapons. It’s always fun noticing the little discrepancies in shows and podcasts

@davidriddell5294 Ай бұрын

I appreciate just learning this detail from you all. Thx.

@anangryranger Ай бұрын

@@davidriddell5294 my pleasure sir!

@Levi-mq3sl Ай бұрын

I've been waiting for this all day best channel on KZfaq promise.thank you genuinely

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

Thank you genuinely! We appreciate you watching.

@chrisflayter1250 Ай бұрын

I’m with you brother. Always looking out for a new HOKC episode!

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@judithcampbell1705 Ай бұрын

After living on a horse ranch for a number of years, I am drawn to these historical stories. Thank you 💛 for telling them so well!!!

@JamesGroves-vr2xw Ай бұрын

Outstanding as always! Thank you 🙏🏿🇺🇸

@louisianagray8618 Ай бұрын

Excellent video as always thank you for bringing the story to us

@mattheide2775 Ай бұрын

We need to keep the history of this time alive and thank you for covering this subject. Also hearing your narration is a welcome test of my vocabulary ❤

@HistoricallyRomantic Ай бұрын

Coffee Time

@mikeyh4406 Ай бұрын

Awesome episode... Shout out from Detroit...

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

Detroit! Respect.

@jacyjohnson795 Ай бұрын

Thanks for some of the History of the great Commander in the Confederate/Texas Ranger/Us vs Mexico wars Jack Hays fought in. We live in Buda,Tx.,Hays County,the High School is Hays High, and the FM road to the Middle School (Barton)and High School is called Jack C Hays Trail.

@ThePoopkie 26 күн бұрын

I graduated from hays 2008, in my freshman year they had Yosemite Sam in a confederate uniform as the mascot and the next year they had to change that

@richardkirk5098 Ай бұрын

We have a statue of Jack Hays in our town square in San Marcos TX. A real hero.

@timothymckenna140 Ай бұрын

I lived in SM for a decade. I know this statue.

@Kilkennyspurs Ай бұрын

Thank you for this it's a great tale and as always excellently relayed by yourself. Greetings from Kilkenny R.O.I 🇮🇪

@bjrnterjesen651 Ай бұрын

Watcher nr 80 signing in. Thank you for the mental pictures. I say it again as many times before, this is top tier storytelling ❤

@slowturtle6745 Ай бұрын

Gripping episode today. Had me on the edge of my seat the whole time as if I wasn't aware of the outcome. Well done.

@LeoJr-rk4km Ай бұрын

My favorite channel! We need this on Netflix! Much love from Colombia ❤

@TRHARTAmericanArtist 14 күн бұрын

Wonderful storytelling. Thanks, I really enjoyed it.

@jerryleejohnsonjr1377 Ай бұрын

Great job as usual! Thanks for keeping real History alive.

@michaelthomson8065 Ай бұрын

Excellent as always.Great job at keeping the suspense going.

@smoke5620 Ай бұрын

Unbelievably good!! The best presentation and execution of historical information of Texas, on the early frontier. HOKC has a spell binding show, my attention to the show never falters. Very exciting stuff! Thank you so much!

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@henryrodgers1752 Ай бұрын

Wonderful narration. Thank you.

@azdrifter3968 Ай бұрын

40 rangers and some native scouts vs. hundreds of commanche. And the rangers come out victorious, without losing a single person, while the commanche lose a hundred plus warriors. Crazy how many battles went that way.

@enigma9971 Ай бұрын

Superior tactics and equipment will always beat superior numbers

@ianmacdiarmid1249 Ай бұрын

Ambushes can easily turn into such a battle. Never underestimate the value of surprise.

@johnboehmer6683 8 күн бұрын

This is all very surprising to me. I've just recently started to learn about these supposedly unbeatable commanches. That the only reason they were ultimately defeated was due to the depleted buffalo numbers, and the sicknesses the Europeans brought...that NO ONE could overcome their insanely fierce, aggressive, wicked tactics. Very good to see that at least on this occasion, they got their butts handed to them!

@focuszx Ай бұрын

Yet another masterpiece, thank you!

@dconvention8568 Ай бұрын

Man, you are a skilled writer, editor, storyteller and narrator!! Thank God for Jack Hays! Thank God for thickets! All the best from beautiful Vancouver, Canada!

@N1988P Ай бұрын

Love your videos! I always look forward to new episodes

@johnpugh327 Ай бұрын

Greatly enjoy all of your videos. I get so bored hearing the same stories over and over. Thanks for breathing new life into times past. Great work.

@johndavison8690 Ай бұрын

Another great episode.

@deadhorse1391 Ай бұрын

Great story! Thanks for sharing

@johnjennings7628 Ай бұрын

Perhaps one of your best episodes. Thanks!

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@DeepTexas Ай бұрын

man i love this channel

@smartrn1 11 күн бұрын

Appreciate these Men. Great documentary.

@historyattheokcorral 11 күн бұрын

Much appreciated

@mitchconner6831 Ай бұрын

John coffee tales are my favorite

@pulido6974 Ай бұрын

That was a really great video sir. I love history especially texas because i'm from here. Please keep the good videos coming. Do you have any videos about the kamanchi themselves?

@anthonypenny3362 Ай бұрын

Would make a brilliant film, excellent episode

@mojoron Ай бұрын

I was always amazed more horses weren't crushed by the prodigious weight of the ranger's nuts.

@WyomingTraveler Ай бұрын

Wonderful telling of an interesting battle. Three days of fighting and the Comanche continued doing the same on the successful tactic.

@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf Ай бұрын

Good one mate

@geneotrexler8246 Ай бұрын

Good video 👍

@kiernanpurcell2420 Ай бұрын

Always phenomenal! Fucking love this channel!

@MegaDog2012 Ай бұрын

From Oklahoma I'm always interested in the old west stories, Thanks

@mikeyh4406 Ай бұрын

Aqesome episode

@dipaculao1960 Күн бұрын

I admire the tenacity of the Comanches, their bavery in battle and what they are fighting for. But they way they treat their enemies and captives is despicable and unforgivable.

@seantrevathan3041 26 күн бұрын

My 4th great uncle was John J Grumbles. Capt of the Texas Rangers. Fought at Battle of Brushy Creek. Sold Barton his land. Owned the couple miles of land south of the River Colorado at downtown; owned and operated a ferry before the bridges. There is a small Swedish cabin he built that is on display at Zilker Gardens.

@The_ZeroLine Ай бұрын

It’s interesting and nice to see the Rangers found great beauty in the Comanche’s dress. This war chief didn’t seem like a very smart or responsible one. Most chiefs quickly retreated when facing high attrition.

@jacyjohnson795 Ай бұрын

The chiefs irrational persistence was probably due to the importance and scarcity of watering holes…not many around Enchanted Rock, also if u have ever been there it is enchanting and possibly spiritual to the Comanche.

@johnboehmer6683 8 күн бұрын

It couldn't have been very often the Comanches got their butts kicked by far inferior numbers. And with that hyper-aggressive fighting style, it's not too surprising, still with a numbers advantage, that they would fight on. They weren't used to losing, it may have been inexperience with it that worked against them also.

@pauladams7344 Ай бұрын

WOW !

@woahhbro2906 Ай бұрын

Excellent videos! I'd be curious if you could speak about the filibuster movement after the Mexican and American war. After reading Blood Meridian, it has made me more interested in western history and I wonder if the real history was as brutally violent and hopeless as Blood Meridian was. Some history can sound like horror stories.

@lehmannadventures3439 Ай бұрын

Great account of the battle- Wasn’t there a skirmish at Enchanted Rock as well?

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

There was! We have an episode on it!

@nunyabussiness4054 Ай бұрын

Were they also able to discern how many were in the automobile that made the tracks at 6:26?

@SSHitMan Ай бұрын

@9:40 that's the same tactic armored knights would use to attack enemy pike formations during the pike and shot era, except they had primitive pistols.

@MM-hg6ld Ай бұрын

In San Antonio. Will try to locate Bandera Pass

@Texasbluestunes Ай бұрын

It must be what is known as Paint Rock above the Concho River on the Campbell Ranch, in Paint Rock Texas. This place was a ceremonial gathering area for Comanches for many years. If you travel NW from Corpus, cut through Bandera Pass and ride past Enchanted Rock you are long ways from Bandera Pass. There’s much disinformation about this battle, beginning from the initial accounts. I would love to know and find exactly where this battle was to have taken place.

@Texasbluestunes Ай бұрын

This is the biggest mystery in early Texas folklore, as many dates have been given for this battle and the discrepancies were questioned even at the time. Coming from Corpus, passing through Bandera Pass, and going beyond Enchanted Rock, you would be far north of the Medina River. Paint Rock, TX has on the private Campbell ranch an area known as Paint Rock with pictographs by the Comanches. This was a ceremonial place for them, but it is located on the Concho river, still further on a NW pattern. This is likely the place where this took place. I would love to find the actual place this battle was to have occurred. That’s a long trip on horseback for both parties, but a notorious path of travel for the Comanche raiding parties, in order to get back to the safety of the Llano Estacado.

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

Yes this was a very difficult one to research. Ultimately we came to most of these same conclusions. Kudos on such high-level Texas knowledge!

@StevenSmith-dc1fq Ай бұрын

So this was a battle?

@charliejackson922 Ай бұрын

The Patterson revolver was chambered in. 36 caliber not. 44

@bensamuels4976 Ай бұрын

Jack Hayes is awesome.

@slickrickybob3447 Ай бұрын

Hey hey captain jack … meet me down by the railroad tracks 🎶

@tct84 14 күн бұрын

It's horrific seeing the chemtrails over enchanted rock, and the fact that so few of the dullards notice them

@58landman 28 күн бұрын

Does anyone know the name of the war chief that led this fight?

@user-ei6mm7qo1i Ай бұрын

Can you please do a video focusing on the Caribbean please like the maroons of Jamaica or the slave revolt in Haiti ( which caused France to sell some parts of it’s colonial territory in North America ) it’s honestly quite interesting and it doesn’t get much coverage but it’s a suggestion.

@raymanvermillionare2962 Ай бұрын

Do one about the Doolin gang plz 😊

@bold810 Ай бұрын

Unfazed Hayes vs. the Jeep Comanches and their angriest '73 Camero.

@AEM-le7uy Ай бұрын

A repeat ?

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

No, Hays just fought the Comanche a LOT! 😳 Like, alot alot. So it merits several episodes.

@ProudFudd Ай бұрын

My buddy was at the auction where they sold his gun, it was a 51 Navy. Little John sold it. Est. 500k. During the auction a guy stood up and said, "that's my family's gun". Gaines De Gaffenried probably stole it lol. Little John being the good guy he is passed the lot.

@steveferris663 Ай бұрын

44 caliber Patterson revolver? Really?

@garrettmiller7664 Ай бұрын

The Patterson was a 36.

@elguerojusticiero 18 күн бұрын

I know its a deyail but you dont "reload" a bow. You nock another arrow.

@daveabrams7791 21 күн бұрын

Ranger’s handed out that ass whooping

@fangslaughter1198 Ай бұрын

🇨🇦🤠👍👋

@MrRDRII 19 күн бұрын

Neither side was wrong or right.

@mattk3083 29 күн бұрын

I can see why that scalp would be so valuable- look at that perfect hairline!

@jameswilson313 Ай бұрын

Kamikaze/comachekaze attacks don't end well against superior firepower.

@bonnieprincecharlie6248 Ай бұрын

I can't beleive the Comanche could be so foolish as to fight like this. Even the loss of a single warrior could be devasting to an Indian community, the Comanche losing over 100 warriors would have been absolutely devasting to their population which was already rapidly depleting at this point from disease epidemics and constant warfare. Continually making futile charges with the same result every time over and over during the course of 3 days is extremely foolish and seems to go against the way the Comanches fought. A lot of the firsthand sources I've read always stated that the Comanches would always stay out of rifle range if they were fighting against an entrenched enemy because they had no desire to incur unneccessary casualties. The comanche could have easily overwhelmed and killed every single one of the rangers if they had hundreds of warriors there. They should have just done a full charge with all of them them right towards the thicket and not stopped. Of course the first few lines of warriors would have been cut down, but they could have easily overwhelmed them. The Texans wouldn't have had time to reload their single shot rifles in time to fire again, they could have killed more with their reveolvers but they would have only had time to get off a few more shots before being overwhelmed. The stupidest thing they could do would be to keep making charges with smaller bands of warriors where the first line who got in range was always shot down and then retreat. If this story is true this was the stupidest group of Comanches to ever roam the plains.

@Sturminfantrist Ай бұрын

yes stupid but no exeption, same for Burnside`s piecemeal Attacks ,again and again, at maryes heights. I think the commanche Chieftain/ leader wasnt the brightest.

@geneotrexler8246 Ай бұрын

Agreed 👍 Comanche we’re fearless & bold which made them apparently impatient . As Capt. Hays men were isolated from resuplly of food and ammo , Comanche could have taken a siege against Hay’s men.

@chodiewanks 16 күн бұрын

Yes it seems a bit fanciful

@johnboehmer6683 8 күн бұрын

Same thing with the Japanese in WWll - that fierce, aggressive, rage and pride-filled means of fighting worked to their detriment in infusing stupidity as a result several times also.

@curtbruce7128 Ай бұрын

Sing song narration is annoying. Subject was well done.

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

Sing song comment

@jw70467 28 күн бұрын

Much to like about what you are doing here, but phrases like “all too apt” to refer to the name of Paint rock take away from great storytelling. It isn’t all too apt - it simply is. Just one example, but the economy of words is so good in some places and out of sorts in others.

@historyattheokcorral 28 күн бұрын

Don't care.

@davenaga6101 Ай бұрын

U keep doing repeats,unsubing.

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

This isn't a repeat at all.

@davenaga6101 Ай бұрын

@@historyattheokcorral ok my mistake,i will resub.

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

No worries! There are lots of Jack Hays stories!

@Joe3pops Ай бұрын

I think this actually occured in 1844. Comanche party of about 85. Less than 20 Rangers. First time the Indians were defeated by 36 cap & ball revolvers. Battle ended on the first day. After two fruitless charges. Walker Creek battle. 1846-1848 the Mexican American War occured. Capt Hays was there fighting under General Zachary Taylor. Educate yourself mister.

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

There are several varying dates "mister", we went with the closest to primary sourcing available. No need for baseless aspersions.

@Joe3pops Ай бұрын

Your own words, late spring 1846 Corpus Christi. Hays was at war April 1846 in Mexico. You can see the discrepancy here.

@historyattheokcorral Ай бұрын

Thats what we just addressed in previous comment.