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teriyaki_donut t1_j6jn6b1 wrote

The book Empire of the Summer Moon tells this story (and much more) about the Comanches and their decline.
I never knew that they were the reason Spain stopped advancing North into North America

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marmorset OP t1_j6jsi4b wrote

This fight, the Second Battle of Adobe Walls, was considered such a heart-breaking defeat that the Comanche never recovered and didn't put up the same amount of resistance afterward. They'd had such strong faith that they would win and then realized they were completely outmatched.

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