Comanche Raiders vs. Texas Settlers : The Murder Of Roland Nichols
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2024
- On a beautiful April morning in the idyllic Texas Hill Country town of Kerrville, a respected local citizen named Roland Nichols ventures out on a routine turkey hunt. Though the area has long been known as a dangerous one, ripe with violence and thievery from bandits and Comanche raiding parties, Nichols feels assured that there will be no trouble. He bids his wife and children a cheerful goodbye, and heads off to his favorite hunting spot.
But Roland Nichols will never be seen alive again.
His body is found, near his favorite hunting spot, stuck with two arrows and a vicious bullet wound. Apparently, Nichols is yet another unfortunate Texan settler who paid the price for trespassing on Comanche lands. But is this all there is to the story?
Join HOKC as we delve into this little-known, and frankly blood-curdling account of the murder of Roland Nichols.
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I went to rehab from drug addiction near Kerrville. Im from New Jersey. It was a truly beautiful and magical place that i miss dearly. Swimming in the Guadalupe River is one of my best memories. It's crazy to imagine the history that unfolded there
how does rehab work? besides not taking drugs which you do what do they do help you thru withdrawl?
Thats just [science]. Youre a [non-delete add-on addict]. Admit it.
Yes. As someone who lives south of Kerrville thank you. The Texas hill country is incredible. And yes, this soil is soaked on an ocean of blood from these brave settlers.
U can do it bro...I'm 23 years clean..friend of Bill W
@@danielhermes4138always good to hear from a friend 💪🏻 congratulations
I was in Kerrville last week. In Fredericksburg almost every weekend. So many raids in these areas. There’s a plaque of Jack ‘Coffee’ Hayes at Enchanted Rock. The Battle of Walker Creek took place near Boerne, Texas (30 minutes from Kerrville). This was the battle (25 minutes from my house) that turned in the favor of Rangers. Love this channel.
My great great grandfather and his wife and children settled in East Texas. He bought some land farther west but never told his wife whhere it was because he wanted to surprise her. One day he decided to move some cattle to his new property. He was never heard from again and his wife didn't even know where to look because he never told her where he was going. Never found a trace of him or the cattle. The irony of it was that he was kin to Cynthia Ann Parker, so that if it was Comanches that attacked him (as it was believed), then they might have been related. 9:54
Always excited to hear another HOKC
The Comanche name is from the Ute word Komántcia, meaning "enemy," or, literally, "anyone who wants to fight me all the time.
I know lots of the settlers that came to Texas back then came from the south east, I wonder if they knew what they were getting into with the Indians when they moved out there?
I'm sure they were told when they got there but hearing about something and actually seeing it happen are two different experiences.
An interesting story with several questions. Great work
Invariably brilliant in terms of research, writing and narration. You sir are a true gem for sharing your excellence with us.
Can anyone explain to me the theory that Nichols, hiding from the Comanche as they walked by, hugged the tree so tightly that he inadvertently peeled a 5ft section of the bark off? Why would you hug a tree if someone was on the other side of it? Why would you hug it so tight that the bark would come off? Why would you put your gun down to hug the tree? Why would the bark come off from a hug? Why would you make the noise that would come with peeling a 5ft section of bark when you were trying to hide?
Is it even possible to hug a tree hard enough to peel bark to begin with? I agree that part of the story makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. If you are aware that you have Comanche warriors on your back trail and you're ostensibly taking cover behind a tree, why wouldn't you open fire the minute they came into view on the trail? I can't even think of an explanation for that part of the story, but just about anything is more plausible than hugging a tree so hard the bark comes off.
@@jasond1433 How about this for a theory; Nichols was working on peeling the large section of tree bark to make a hunting blind to hide himself from the Turkeys. That explains the tree bark coming off in one big piece and it explains why Nichols was distracted and unarmed when he was attacked. Look up; "tree bark hunting blind" on google images.
Sounds like trying to blend in with the tree and no be noticed, squeezing hard so as not to move. As for the bark it’s probably dead bark so not much was needed to take it off.
You ever consider making a video on Popay’s Rebellion (The Pueblo Rebellion), you did do a great video on the Acoma Massacre, so I was just wondering if you were gonna go back to the Colonial Southwest? 👀
Thanks for another interesting episode Sir.
Good stuff as always 👍
Thank you, sir🙏🏿🇺🇸
Excellent work Sir
Still one of the most beautiful areas of Texas
Absolutely. The hill country is beautiful. I lived in San Marcos back in the late 80's. I camped at Kerrville for the folk festival. Great memories.
Do the Comanche accredit the treatment they gave the Apache to the white-eyes? Hardly. I think all the Indian tribes raided each other. Maybe it comes down to "who did it better?"
Hello, HOKC. 😁👍🎉
Good video 👍
"Roland Nichols" is an awesome name. It's like the 1800's equivalent of naming your kid "Stacking Bills."
Grew up camping in/around that area. Sister lives just S.of Kerrville and Fredericksburg; a beautiful area with a heavy history behind it. None the less, 1 day I hope to move up and live there
Is there any chance you could do something over the battle of the Neches river in Van Zandt county?
Can you do some more videos on Canada? You’ve only done 2 abt events here but you’ve done like 30 separate videos abt Texas 💀
From texas and i know this area and story. it’s crazy to me how the area was described and how it looks now
Interesting
There was a Comanche raid on pioneers near Ledbetter Texas
Sounds like someone murdered him, and tried to make it look like the Comanche took his shotgun.
Why else would it be partially buried?
The pic at 9:00 is Jesse James, Frank James, and I don't remember the guy on the right's name.
I completely agree with you, no Comanche with any belief of proper behavior on a raid would let the body lay without any mutilation, it was just the kind of war at that time..Look at the classic western The last Waggon with Richard Widmark as Comanche Todd and pick up the sentences besides...God's Blessings from Northern Germany Ludwig.
You think other tribes and Europeans commonly did things similar to what the Comanches did? That is quite the claim.
@@Quincy_Morris I don't. I would say that the corpse without any signs of cutting or scalping found was probably a true view of white murderers. Yes there were any whites with a similar cruelty, think of Sand Creek or earlier Kirker and Glanton. But on the plains culture was the literally destroy of the, in best case, dead enemies a eminent part of the culture and belief. Some cases of killing by white people and the try to blame the Indians were reported from Kansas in the 1860s. All the best from Northern Germany Ludwig.
Great stuff for a history buff-and yes, Tex Mex is the best.
I wish all of your videos were an hour long!
Longer episodes coming soon!
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Tex Mex food is the best in the world 🌯 😊
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Go to Germany and get some schnitzel and get back to us on that :)
@@bc2578 nah, but I'm sure it's good. Taste is a subjective thing.
You can probably get some sausage from Castroville Tex
Not just Mormans who try to frame indigenous people of their own atrocities committed.
Right, because if your skin has dark pigment you can do no wrong, ever, right? Grow up.
@@Cernunnos-2024 Common human ancestor, dipsh**!!
@@Cernunnos-2024They were just earlier immigrants.
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They committed genocide against the White natives. The hidden graves hold bodies with relatives in Europe. They raped the surviving White women, who passed their DNA to their daughters. Not a single White man or male infant survived the Chinese invaders. This is also the confirmed history of New Zealand.
Mormons dressed up as indians and did what they did. If indians weren't doing that while dressing in my White man's clothes and beads, it would have been more difficult for the criminal gang known as "mormans" to hide their identities.
Kerrville is where the speed limit goes to 80.
No matter what tribe we are from, all the brutally that has been down must be learnt to never happen again, You mate, with drug issues, all I ask is be strong, go back where you feel free, much respect 🙏