The Comanche peaked and then fell in the decades between 1840 and 1880. In this episode, we discuss that story arc. From the Comanche retaliation against Texas for the Council House Massacre, through a brief peace with the Texans, drought and declining bison herds, collapsing population, and finally to the back-and-forth relations with the US that culminated in the reservation period. In the middle of this story, Quanah Parker emerges as a great Comanche warrior who would then, in an unexpected pivot, urge assimilation as the last, best hope for his people.

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Further reading:
Comanches: History of a People T.R. Fehrenbach
The Comanche Empire Pekka Hamalainen
Empire of the Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne
The Comanches: A History 1706-1875 Thomas Kavanagh
The Last Comanche Chief Bill Neely

In this YouTube Video, archer Lars Anderson recreated Comanche feats of archery

If you wish to visit Quanah Parker's Star House, contact Wayne Gipson at Trading Post Restaurant in Cache, OK

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In the third episode of our series on the Comanche, Comancheria slowly divorces itself from New Spain to seek better fortunes in the bustling American markets. The Mexican government inherits a troubled border in Texas and disastrously mismanages the Comanche challenge. Texas breaks away from Mexico and her frontier explodes with settlements that pressure the Comanche homeland. Listen in as Chris and Jason discuss two restless worlds that are ready to collide.

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Further reading:
Comanches: History of a People T.R. Fehrenbach
The Comanche Empire Pekka Hamalainen
Empire of the Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne
The Comanches: A History 1706-1875 Thomas Kavanagh
The Last Comanche Chief Bill Neely

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Just in time for Halloween! Join Chris and Jason as they discuss two historic sites that are reputed to be haunted: Poveglia Island in the Venetian Lagoon and Greyfriars Kirkyard in Old Town Edinburgh. Are the tortured souls in their tragic pasts still with us today?

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Reading material on Poveglia Island is extremely scarce.
But if you're interested in Greyfriars, and larger Scottish history in general, you could do worse than this list.

The Ghost that Haunted Itself by Jan-Andrew Henderson
Scotland: the Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson
How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur Herman
Charles II by Ronald Hutton

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