Most stories of the Comanche are written from the white man’s point of view—heartless, brutal savages. But there’s more to them than that. In this episode, we reconstruct what the daily life of a Comanche warrior was really like: their training, spirituality, and family life; how they loved and lost; and the code of honor that guided everything they did.
From childhood to marriage to thrilling raids under the Comanche Moon, this is life at full gallop on the hard edges of a changing frontier.
Content note: historical violence and war, abduction/captivity, animal harm, ritual self-harm.
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Music by Gentry Ford and the Homeless Lobos.
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Credits:
- Writer: Jody L. Slaughter
- Producer: Jody L. Slaughter
- Editor: Jody L. Slaughter
- Engineer: Jody L. Slaughter
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