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Mason County Texas 1925.
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even in the stifling August heat the
0:51
local Rodeo Grounds were packed with
0:53
people
0:54
they had certainly come to see the rodeo
0:56
but more than anything they had come to
0:58
see the feature show that would kick off
1:00
the festivities
1:01
in a small pen a yearling calf stood
1:04
grazing
1:06
a few dozen yards away a local man stood
1:08
conversing with a few men he knew from
1:10
his hometown his demeanor was jovial as
1:13
he traded jokes and fed off the
1:15
anticipatory energy of the event to come
1:18
first glance he seemed no different than
1:21
his rural Central Texas counterparts
1:23
except that he wore Buckskin leggings
1:25
and a fringed Buckskin shirt
1:28
but he moved just slightly differently
1:30
spoke just slightly differently
1:34
he finally bait his comrades farewell
1:36
and hopped on his horse from the right
1:38
hand side a habit that was seen as very
1:41
peculiar by the American Riders around
1:43
him
1:44
his horse had no saddle and no bridle
1:47
LED only by a single looped rain tied to
1:49
a simple halter looped around the
1:51
horse's head
1:52
now on Horseback he seemed transformed
1:57
like another being
1:59
suddenly he seemed dangerous
2:02
he then pulled on a headdress full of
2:05
feathers ribbons and Beads
2:07
now the crowd became hushed partly out
2:10
of reverence and partly out of fear
2:13
for the mild-mannered gray-haired local
2:15
man was not just another Resident
2:18
his story was known far and wide
2:22
he had lived a life few could only dream
2:24
of seeing and dumb things most would
2:27
hope to never endure
2:29
and now here he was
2:32
no longer a Peaceable Old Gentleman Who
2:35
Loved babies and telling jokes
2:38
the playful mischievous glint in his
2:40
eyes had shifted starkly seemingly
2:43
instantaneously
2:45
his eye is now seemed small cold and
2:49
cold black
2:50
where moments before had been a warm and
2:52
welcoming smile was now barely concealed
2:56
as snarling of his upper lip
2:58
suddenly every move was sharp and crisp
3:02
every action laser focused and
3:05
unseemingly subconsciously
3:08
he had told of how as a younger man he
3:11
had killed many a wolf and drank its
3:13
blood as a means of acquiring the wolf's
3:15
traits and Powers
3:17
now to many of those present who had
3:20
heard this story
3:21
they began to wonder if it might
3:23
actually be true
3:25
the way he rode the way he presented and
3:28
handled his short Stout bow radiated in
3:31
energy and presence that most in the
3:33
crowd had only heard of in theory
3:36
now they were about to see it in
3:38
practice
3:40
the calf weighing about 300 pounds was
3:43
released into the arena and ran about
3:45
seemingly as confused as were many of
3:47
the first time spectators
3:49
it could be safely assumed that even In
3:52
This Crowd from rural Central Texas in
3:54
the 1920s somebody there felt at least a
3:58
little bad for this animal
4:00
but that somebody was not Herman Layman
4:03
he gave a loud piercing War whoop wrote
4:06
his Pony into the dusty Arena at Full
4:08
Clip chased the animal down and loosed
4:11
an arrow into its heart from behind all
4:14
while controlling his horse with subtle
4:16
cues from his feet and knees
4:18
as soon as the bovine fell dead within
4:21
seconds due to blood loss from the
4:23
expertly placed shot Herman Layman had
4:26
dismounted in one swift motion drawn his
4:28
knife and cut the calf's throat to bleed
4:30
it out then again seemingly in one death
4:34
to motion he split open the abdominal
4:36
cavity yanked out the liver pulled out
4:39
the gallbladder squirted its bile onto
4:42
the liver and ate it raw in large
4:45
ravenous Chomps
4:47
some present this was as close to the
4:50
old west as they would ever get
4:52
to Hermann this was ultimately a sad and
4:55
sorry substitute for the life he had
4:57
once known and loved for Hermann Layman
5:00
had not learned his martial skills
5:01
practicing on cattle alone
5:04
he had scalped pillaged burned and
5:07
killed real human beings all throughout
5:10
Texas and Northern Mexico
5:13
he had fought the Texas Rangers
5:15
terrorized Mexican ranchers and
5:18
brutalized opposing tribes he had been a
5:21
proud Comanche Warrior Wild free in
5:25
bellicose riding free on the stake
5:27
plains of Texas
5:29
he had been the adopted son of Chief
5:31
Quanah Parker and a respected member of
5:34
his tribe he had been born not far from
5:37
Mason Texas in 1859 to Ernst and Augusta
5:40
Layman his father had died when he was
5:43
very young and his mother had remarried
5:45
to Philip bookmyer in 1863.
5:49
he was the third of eight children
5:50
though on May 16 1870 it was just 11
5:54
year old Herman and his eight-year-old
5:56
Brother Willie who had gone out to watch
5:58
the sheep and chew off crows from their
6:00
stepfather's burgeoning cornfield as
6:03
days on the farm in Central Texas went
6:05
the boys assumed this would be a
6:07
relatively easy day in comparison to the
6:10
summer Harvest to come
6:12
they were only a few hundred yards from
6:14
their family's cabin when the small
6:16
party of Apache made their move
6:19
they thundered over a small Ridge line
6:21
and fell upon the young boys like eagles
6:23
swooping down to harvest the salmon from
6:26
a Placid Lake
6:27
Herman fought as hard as he could but
6:30
the chief present a man named carnoviste
6:33
knocked him over the head with a pistol
6:35
and lashed him to a horse
6:37
within a matter of seconds Willie and
6:40
Hermann Lehmann were gone
6:42
their mother and stepfather were not
6:44
only a horrified but completely caught
6:47
off guard and unsure where to even begin
6:49
their search
6:51
all they knew was that the party had
6:53
taken off to the Northwest soon they
6:56
would hit the endless expanses of the
6:58
north Texas Prairie and then they would
7:01
likely be gone forever
7:04
the Layman's implored every available
7:05
military and law enforcement official in
7:08
Mason and then San Antonio to help
7:10
but they informed them that they could
7:12
do little as resources were scarce and
7:15
the territory to be covered was vast
7:18
it would be a group of the legendary
7:20
Buffalo Soldiers comprised largely of
7:23
recently freed former slaves from the
7:26
south
7:27
who would pursue and engage the raiding
7:29
party in a brief but incredibly intense
7:32
firefight that would see the sergeant in
7:34
command such an Emmanuel stance become
7:37
the first black enlisted man to receive
7:39
the Medal of Honor
7:41
in fleeing this Skirmish Willy would
7:44
fall off the back of his captor's horse
7:46
and find himself stranded alone on the
7:48
Texas Frontier
7:50
he would however by sheer grit and
7:52
determination and some luck find his way
7:55
back home
7:56
when he was brought to his mother the
7:58
traumatized young boy was asked if he
8:01
knew where his brother might have been
8:02
taken
8:04
he replied simply eerily that
8:07
Herman has gone on Mama they took him on
8:12
Willie had no idea how right he really
8:14
was
8:15
Herman was taken far out on the planes
8:18
physically abused and made to work
8:20
non-stop as a slave to the tribe on the
8:23
non-stop day and night ride towards the
8:25
plains Herman became horribly sunburned
8:27
and suffered from being severely
8:29
dehydrated and Delirious from lack of
8:31
food
8:32
on the third night They Came Upon a fat
8:35
calf while crossing the field
8:37
carnoviste killed it cut it open just as
8:40
Hermann would so many years later at his
8:42
demonstration and forced Herman's head
8:45
into the gaping punch of the still
8:47
steaming dead animal he forced Herman to
8:50
slurp up the curdled milk from the cat's
8:52
stomach hermit vomited this up
8:56
carniviste forced him to eat what he had
8:58
thrown up
9:00
Herman threw up again
9:02
beat the boy until he was bruised and
9:05
bloodied then he was given a small piece
9:08
of Raw Liver
9:10
this he kept down
9:12
the party carried on
9:14
after a few months carnoviste would lead
9:17
another raiding party to Mason
9:19
in fact they would head right back to
9:21
the Layman household where Herman's
9:23
mother and sisters were tending to the
9:25
farm as Philip buchmeyer and Willie were
9:27
out irrigating the fields
9:29
they attempted to again steal all they
9:33
could and terrorize the family but this
9:35
time Augusta bookmeyer would let loose
9:37
two loads of Buckshot into both
9:39
carnavista and another Brave who were
9:41
attempting to climb through the window
9:44
the raiding party fled back over the
9:46
miles of hills and prairies when they
9:49
arrived back to camp and enraged Carno
9:52
viste still with a backside full of lead
9:54
shot beat Hermann to within an inch of
9:57
his life
9:59
he then informed the young boy that his
10:01
entire family had been murdered
10:03
this was not true and meant only to add
10:06
insult to injury as both carniviste's
10:08
flesh and ego had been so violently
10:10
assaulted by Herman's mother
10:12
Herman fell into a suicidal despair for
10:15
days
10:16
Unsure how to escape and Unsure how to
10:19
even find the means to end his own life
10:22
then
10:23
something in Hermann Layman's mind
10:24
flipped
10:26
today it might be diagnosed as Stockholm
10:29
syndrome a coin termed after a terrorist
10:31
incident in 1970 Sweden in which the
10:34
hostage taken eventually began to
10:36
identify more with her captors than her
10:39
Rescuers
10:40
but in the 1870s out on the burning
10:43
Plains young Hermann Layman knew of No
10:46
Such diagnostic term
10:48
nor would he have had any interest
10:51
for Hermann had now made up his mind as
10:54
to what he was going to do
10:56
there would be no more plans of fleeing
10:58
home
11:00
he was home
11:03
Herman made up his mind then and there
11:05
to become an Apache Warrior
11:07
he said if they wanted to kill white
11:09
people if they wanted to run roughshod
11:12
over the Texans and Mexicans and steal
11:14
horses and Vern farmsteads then he would
11:18
do all of that as best he could
11:21
perhaps this was a place to put his rage
11:24
in grief
11:26
perhaps it was a purely pragmatic
11:28
survival measure
11:30
or perhaps it was both
11:32
but no matter the motivation Herman
11:35
Layman would go on to be an Unholy
11:38
Terror to anyone and anything he
11:41
perceived as an enemy for the better
11:44
part of the next decade
11:46
his exploits appear nearly endless he
11:49
would go on to be adopted into the tribe
11:51
to subsequently kill a medicine man in
11:54
retribution for the murder of his
11:55
adopted father colonel viste he would
11:58
flee to the feared and fearless Comanche
12:01
and would ultimately be one of the last
12:04
members of the tribe to surrender the
12:06
U.S government the many tales of Hermann
12:09
Lehman and the lives of a plethora of
12:11
other captured Frontier children all
12:14
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Mason County Texas 1925.
0:49
even in the stifling August heat the
0:51
local Rodeo Grounds were packed with
0:53
people
0:54
they had certainly come to see the rodeo
0:56
but more than anything they had come to
0:58
see the feature show that would kick off
1:00
the festivities
1:01
in a small pen a yearling calf stood
1:04
grazing
1:06
a few dozen yards away a local man stood
1:08
conversing with a few men he knew from
1:10
his hometown his demeanor was jovial as
1:13
he traded jokes and fed off the
1:15
anticipatory energy of the event to come
1:18
first glance he seemed no different than
1:21
his rural Central Texas counterparts
1:23
except that he wore Buckskin leggings
1:25
and a fringed Buckskin shirt
1:28
but he moved just slightly differently
1:30
spoke just slightly differently
1:34
he finally bait his comrades farewell
1:36
and hopped on his horse from the right
1:38
hand side a habit that was seen as very
1:41
peculiar by the American Riders around
1:43
him
1:44
his horse had no saddle and no bridle
1:47
LED only by a single looped rain tied to
1:49
a simple halter looped around the
1:51
horse's head
1:52
now on Horseback he seemed transformed
1:57
like another being
1:59
suddenly he seemed dangerous
2:02
he then pulled on a headdress full of
2:05
feathers ribbons and Beads
2:07
now the crowd became hushed partly out
2:10
of reverence and partly out of fear
2:13
for the mild-mannered gray-haired local
2:15
man was not just another Resident
2:18
his story was known far and wide
2:22
he had lived a life few could only dream
2:24
of seeing and dumb things most would
2:27
hope to never endure
2:29
and now here he was
2:32
no longer a Peaceable Old Gentleman Who
2:35
Loved babies and telling jokes
2:38
the playful mischievous glint in his
2:40
eyes had shifted starkly seemingly
2:43
instantaneously
2:45
his eye is now seemed small cold and
2:49
cold black
2:50
where moments before had been a warm and
2:52
welcoming smile was now barely concealed
2:56
as snarling of his upper lip
2:58
suddenly every move was sharp and crisp
3:02
every action laser focused and
3:05
unseemingly subconsciously
3:08
he had told of how as a younger man he
3:11
had killed many a wolf and drank its
3:13
blood as a means of acquiring the wolf's
3:15
traits and Powers
3:17
now to many of those present who had
3:20
heard this story
3:21
they began to wonder if it might
3:23
actually be true
3:25
the way he rode the way he presented and
3:28
handled his short Stout bow radiated in
3:31
energy and presence that most in the
3:33
crowd had only heard of in theory
3:36
now they were about to see it in
3:38
practice
3:40
the calf weighing about 300 pounds was
3:43
released into the arena and ran about
3:45
seemingly as confused as were many of
3:47
the first time spectators
3:49
it could be safely assumed that even In
3:52
This Crowd from rural Central Texas in
3:54
the 1920s somebody there felt at least a
3:58
little bad for this animal
4:00
but that somebody was not Herman Layman
4:03
he gave a loud piercing War whoop wrote
4:06
his Pony into the dusty Arena at Full
4:08
Clip chased the animal down and loosed
4:11
an arrow into its heart from behind all
4:14
while controlling his horse with subtle
4:16
cues from his feet and knees
4:18
as soon as the bovine fell dead within
4:21
seconds due to blood loss from the
4:23
expertly placed shot Herman Layman had
4:26
dismounted in one swift motion drawn his
4:28
knife and cut the calf's throat to bleed
4:30
it out then again seemingly in one death
4:34
to motion he split open the abdominal
4:36
cavity yanked out the liver pulled out
4:39
the gallbladder squirted its bile onto
4:42
the liver and ate it raw in large
4:45
ravenous Chomps
4:47
some present this was as close to the
4:50
old west as they would ever get
4:52
to Hermann this was ultimately a sad and
4:55
sorry substitute for the life he had
4:57
once known and loved for Hermann Layman
5:00
had not learned his martial skills
5:01
practicing on cattle alone
5:04
he had scalped pillaged burned and
5:07
killed real human beings all throughout
5:10
Texas and Northern Mexico
5:13
he had fought the Texas Rangers
5:15
terrorized Mexican ranchers and
5:18
brutalized opposing tribes he had been a
5:21
proud Comanche Warrior Wild free in
5:25
bellicose riding free on the stake
5:27
plains of Texas
5:29
he had been the adopted son of Chief
5:31
Quanah Parker and a respected member of
5:34
his tribe he had been born not far from
5:37
Mason Texas in 1859 to Ernst and Augusta
5:40
Layman his father had died when he was
5:43
very young and his mother had remarried
5:45
to Philip bookmyer in 1863.
5:49
he was the third of eight children
5:50
though on May 16 1870 it was just 11
5:54
year old Herman and his eight-year-old
5:56
Brother Willie who had gone out to watch
5:58
the sheep and chew off crows from their
6:00
stepfather's burgeoning cornfield as
6:03
days on the farm in Central Texas went
6:05
the boys assumed this would be a
6:07
relatively easy day in comparison to the
6:10
summer Harvest to come
6:12
they were only a few hundred yards from
6:14
their family's cabin when the small
6:16
party of Apache made their move
6:19
they thundered over a small Ridge line
6:21
and fell upon the young boys like eagles
6:23
swooping down to harvest the salmon from
6:26
a Placid Lake
6:27
Herman fought as hard as he could but
6:30
the chief present a man named carnoviste
6:33
knocked him over the head with a pistol
6:35
and lashed him to a horse
6:37
within a matter of seconds Willie and
6:40
Hermann Lehmann were gone
6:42
their mother and stepfather were not
6:44
only a horrified but completely caught
6:47
off guard and unsure where to even begin
6:49
their search
6:51
all they knew was that the party had
6:53
taken off to the Northwest soon they
6:56
would hit the endless expanses of the
6:58
north Texas Prairie and then they would
7:01
likely be gone forever
7:04
the Layman's implored every available
7:05
military and law enforcement official in
7:08
Mason and then San Antonio to help
7:10
but they informed them that they could
7:12
do little as resources were scarce and
7:15
the territory to be covered was vast
7:18
it would be a group of the legendary
7:20
Buffalo Soldiers comprised largely of
7:23
recently freed former slaves from the
7:26
south
7:27
who would pursue and engage the raiding
7:29
party in a brief but incredibly intense
7:32
firefight that would see the sergeant in
7:34
command such an Emmanuel stance become
7:37
the first black enlisted man to receive
7:39
the Medal of Honor
7:41
in fleeing this Skirmish Willy would
7:44
fall off the back of his captor's horse
7:46
and find himself stranded alone on the
7:48
Texas Frontier
7:50
he would however by sheer grit and
7:52
determination and some luck find his way
7:55
back home
7:56
when he was brought to his mother the
7:58
traumatized young boy was asked if he
8:01
knew where his brother might have been
8:02
taken
8:04
he replied simply eerily that
8:07
Herman has gone on Mama they took him on
8:12
Willie had no idea how right he really
8:14
was
8:15
Herman was taken far out on the planes
8:18
physically abused and made to work
8:20
non-stop as a slave to the tribe on the
8:23
non-stop day and night ride towards the
8:25
plains Herman became horribly sunburned
8:27
and suffered from being severely
8:29
dehydrated and Delirious from lack of
8:31
food
8:32
on the third night They Came Upon a fat
8:35
calf while crossing the field
8:37
carnoviste killed it cut it open just as
8:40
Hermann would so many years later at his
8:42
demonstration and forced Herman's head
8:45
into the gaping punch of the still
8:47
steaming dead animal he forced Herman to
8:50
slurp up the curdled milk from the cat's
8:52
stomach hermit vomited this up
8:56
carniviste forced him to eat what he had
8:58
thrown up
9:00
Herman threw up again
9:02
beat the boy until he was bruised and
9:05
bloodied then he was given a small piece
9:08
of Raw Liver
9:10
this he kept down
9:12
the party carried on
9:14
after a few months carnoviste would lead
9:17
another raiding party to Mason
9:19
in fact they would head right back to
9:21
the Layman household where Herman's
9:23
mother and sisters were tending to the
9:25
farm as Philip buchmeyer and Willie were
9:27
out irrigating the fields
9:29
they attempted to again steal all they
9:33
could and terrorize the family but this
9:35
time Augusta bookmeyer would let loose
9:37
two loads of Buckshot into both
9:39
carnavista and another Brave who were
9:41
attempting to climb through the window
9:44
the raiding party fled back over the
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miles of hills and prairies when they
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arrived back to camp and enraged Carno
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viste still with a backside full of lead
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shot beat Hermann to within an inch of
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his life
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he then informed the young boy that his
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entire family had been murdered
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this was not true and meant only to add
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insult to injury as both carniviste's
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flesh and ego had been so violently
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assaulted by Herman's mother
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Herman fell into a suicidal despair for
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days
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Unsure how to escape and Unsure how to
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even find the means to end his own life
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then
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something in Hermann Layman's mind
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flipped
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today it might be diagnosed as Stockholm
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syndrome a coin termed after a terrorist
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incident in 1970 Sweden in which the
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hostage taken eventually began to
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identify more with her captors than her
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Rescuers
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but in the 1870s out on the burning
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Plains young Hermann Layman knew of No
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Such diagnostic term
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nor would he have had any interest
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for Hermann had now made up his mind as
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to what he was going to do
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there would be no more plans of fleeing
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home
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he was home
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Herman made up his mind then and there
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to become an Apache Warrior
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he said if they wanted to kill white
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people if they wanted to run roughshod
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over the Texans and Mexicans and steal
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horses and Vern farmsteads then he would
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do all of that as best he could
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perhaps this was a place to put his rage
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in grief
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perhaps it was a purely pragmatic
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survival measure
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or perhaps it was both
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but no matter the motivation Herman
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Layman would go on to be an Unholy
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Terror to anyone and anything he
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perceived as an enemy for the better
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part of the next decade
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his exploits appear nearly endless he
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would go on to be adopted into the tribe
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to subsequently kill a medicine man in
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retribution for the murder of his
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adopted father colonel viste he would
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flee to the feared and fearless Comanche
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and would ultimately be one of the last
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U.S government the many tales of Hermann
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Lehman and the lives of a plethora of
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Texas Settlers vs. Apache Raiders: The Abduction of Herman Lehman
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In 1870, young Herman Lehman vanished from his family's Texas frontier home. He would not be seen again for 9 years, and he would never be the same again.
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@unlearningcommunism4742
@unlearningcommunism4742
1 year ago
Between 1970's and 1990's, stories like this were immensely popular in Yugoslavia.
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@dannyhutson7787
@dannyhutson7787
1 year ago
Herman Lehman is a relative of mine. His book Nine Years with Indians was a great read.
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@kennethgreene7124
@kennethgreene7124
1 year ago
It would be so awesome to sit and speak with one of these iconic people from the past and here there stories. Most people these days are soft and wouldn't last 10 minutes back in those days. You can't help but respect these people from the past
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@WyomingTraveler
@WyomingTraveler
1 year ago
Thanks again for another exciting story about the Texas frontier and the people who live there. Your channel has become a joy for me to watch and listen to, mostly listen because some of your pictures really don’t match up with the narrative. Nevertheless it’s a great channel and has given me many ideas for my own videos.
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@stevebuffinton1094
@stevebuffinton1094
1 year ago
I love this channel. Fantastic idea, fantastic execution. Great job HOKC.
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@ericcrawford3453
@ericcrawford3453
1 year ago
Man this is exactly what I've been looking g for. Thank you.
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@johnnyjohnson1326
@johnnyjohnson1326
1 year ago
I've heard his story many times before. Always enjoyed it.. adapt, improvise and overcome
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@icewaterslim7260
@icewaterslim7260
1 year ago
That was fascinating. The Texas Plains were a brutal environment even up through post civil war years. The Texas Panhandle was one of the last places on the continent settled primarily because it was still Comancheria. If you thought Parker was some kind of choirboy you'd be wrong. He was a Comanche War Chief and that wouldn't come for free. But he was smart enough to know when to fold and probably very aware of the destiny of what the half of him was would be. "Bad Hand" Mackenzie was one of the smartest statesmen the country ever had in seeing an opportunity to cultivate a sense of assimilation in Parker that Herman Lehman would probably find hard to do twice . . . Like Parker's mother found it hard to do twice.
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@julienelson8230
@julienelson8230
1 year ago (edited)
Herman Lehman's life is an amazing story. There is a historical marker for him and his brother Willie at the cemetery where he is buried in Loyal Valley, TX, outside of Mason.
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@coffeecocaine8878
@coffeecocaine8878
1 year ago
Amazing story, thanks for enlightening me
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@JPGoertz
@JPGoertz
1 year ago
Great. Stories for other times. Bring 'em on! Enjoying your work in Berlin / Germany... 🙂
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@hughmarloweverest1684
@hughmarloweverest1684
1 year ago
Good presentation.
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@Gus-fx3xk
@Gus-fx3xk
1 year ago
Great story but left me wanting more.
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@rachelrolltide3106
@rachelrolltide3106
1 year ago
Love your channel!
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@andrewmaccallum2367
@andrewmaccallum2367
1 year ago
Excellent channel 👏👏👏
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@nigeldeforrest-pearce8084
@nigeldeforrest-pearce8084
1 year ago
Brilliant Tale!!!
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@jessaguilar6870
@jessaguilar6870
1 year ago
very interesting viewing, please present more,,,
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@evanhoy2339
@evanhoy2339
8 months ago
Beautiful story telling
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@TRspeaksTRUTH
@TRspeaksTRUTH
11 months ago
The Europeans and Spanish were not all saints as they conquered the West, but this is a good and common example of why noone should pity the natives who became conquered. They were ruthless and violent, and folks like that, you visit with the same.
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@huns12345
@huns12345
1 year ago
Herman was too young a man,he was already going to be like the rest of his race but when captured he never forgot the one thing he was and that was him
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@larrylee4919
@larrylee4919
10 months ago
Is there a TV series with similar circumstances called The Son starring pierce brosnan?
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@grizzlycountry1030
@grizzlycountry1030
1 year ago
Herman Lehmann (June 5, 1859 – February 2, 1932) was captured as a child by Native Americans. He lived first among the Apache and then the Comanche but eventually returned to his family later in life. The phenomenon of a white child raised by Indians made him a notable figure in the United States. He published his autobiography, Nine Years Among the Indians, in 1927.
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@TheDunc1
@TheDunc1
1 year ago
Someone make this gentleman's life into a movie.
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@larry1824
@larry1824
1 year ago
Lehmann stayed Apache in many ways. Fascinating!!!!
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@craigelliott7286
@craigelliott7286
1 year ago
Wonderful tale of the Texas frontier... keep em comin.
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@Bumpyi64
@Bumpyi64
1 year ago
Did I miss something? Kidnapped by the Apache but Quanna Parker was his adoptive dad? Quannah was Comanche.---
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@graemehuia5964
@graemehuia5964
10 months ago
I get deadly & focused when I ride my bike.
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@bethbartlett5692
@bethbartlett5692
1 year ago (edited)
1) This Channel is Stellar.
2) The Human body is equipped with a number of mechanisms that activate in the pursuit of "keeping us alive". Although these are sparse on adequate accurate information, Scientists, Biological and Social Scientists recognize this and agree that the "Stockholm Syndrome" is a behavior that results from one of these for the purpose of keeping the individual alive. It clearly has it's Orgin in the area of what we call the mind, but has yet to be clarified as to it being associated with: (the type of emotional fabric of an individual, the brain, or if if has to do with the lesser known area called Consciousness).
I can say that the subject of Consciousness will be realized in a scenario that is likened to as: *(a stream of energy, Nonphysical energy that flows and has an infused connection to all living Human beings, it is what one would call "the Soul Connection", and through Quantum Physics and Quantum Entanglement, that will come to be understood in the relatively near future).
My interests are in where both the Biological and Social Science come together, my Education and continued studies are in the field of Sociology/Behavioralism.
A most interesting story here and I would enjoy the whole of the man's life experiences, it is a worthy study reference for a "Behavioralist".
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@MontanaTactical
@MontanaTactical
2 months ago
Geesh. Hard to listen to and hard to imagine what Herman went through.
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@khaaleliilighntingcoronado9009
@khaaleliilighntingcoronado9009
1 year ago
This man lived among the most fierce people in the southwest. Truly truly fascinating man to adapt and absorb apache and comanche culture and traditions, warfare
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@TheMSValley
@TheMSValley
9 months ago
Love this channel! It shows ALL PEOPLES have their brutal side’s! We need to take back our education system! Because, we need to know and admire the evolution of all peoples!✌🏻
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@judithcampbell1705
@judithcampbell1705
5 months ago
Thank you 💛 for this interesting chapter of what life was like for both the Indians and the white people. Looking forward to watching more.
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@creaturecaldwell9858
@creaturecaldwell9858
1 year ago
Yeah..Comanche were big time horse culture people..like the others..only the most powerful in ways..but I like how the Nez Pierce bred the Appaloosa horse..where im from..in the southeastern woodlands..a horse wasn't needed..especially way south in the everglades
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@johndickson2212
@johndickson2212
11 months ago
What was his tribal name? I’m sure they didn’t call him Herm.
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@pauladams7344
@pauladams7344
1 year ago
WOW !
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@larry1824
@larry1824
1 year ago
I beleive he rarely left them
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@TheMagicPat
@TheMagicPat
1 year ago
Damn good
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@matts9
@matts9
1 year ago
Seems like a made for Netflix series!
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@gatbos
@gatbos
2 months ago
Poor calf
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@StevenMMan
@StevenMMan
1 year ago
This is not the first or the last historical capture and emulation into tribal life.
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@grassroot011
@grassroot011
1 year ago
So they created a rebel as that was the only way he figured he could survive?
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@johnclark1612
@johnclark1612
1 year ago
Many a musket ball out maneuvered a frisky feathered Apache
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@tabletsam5624
@tabletsam5624
1 year ago
A fellow German.
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@RoboticDragon
@RoboticDragon
11 months ago
I can never get over how peaceful and loving native americans were.
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@brianturner7214
@brianturner7214
6 months ago
😊😊😊
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@matthewmartin9649
@matthewmartin9649
1 year ago
the buffalo soldiers were of the the mighty 10th US cavalry , i went to iraq with the mighty 10th US cavalry haha
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@theeverydayillusion7790
@theeverydayillusion7790
11 months ago
I'm german and Herman Lehman is the most german name ever 😂
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@onlythewise1
@onlythewise1
1 year ago
horses brought by white man , Indians loved them
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@mustaphagreenberg6666
@mustaphagreenberg6666
1 year ago
Does this mean White people can be adopted into a Native indigenous group?
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@jackvoss5841
@jackvoss5841
1 year ago
As another viewer noted, you need to figure out if he was with the Apache or the Comanche. Gross error for a historian to make.
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
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@robboz2715
@robboz2715
1 year ago (edited)
Really wish you would take more time with your videos and fully explain the situation and what took place. Instead of a piece mail summary of the entire events. It’s mixed and garbled and impossible to understand the full story of any of your videos…
Not only that, you spend almost half of the video talking about something that had nothing to do with the story of capture and living with Native tribes. This could’ve been an amazing video, but instead, it was a vague, halfhearted effort
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@jimmythegent
@jimmythegent
9 months ago
Good lord. The myth of the 'noble savage' is truly one of the biggest lies ever told.
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@Snookynibbles
@Snookynibbles
1 year ago (edited)
Were I Herman’s father, I imagine I’d have lamented during his childhood years, “…there’s something very wrong with that boy.”
I attend annual pro rodeo finals in Bandera, TX, a Hill Country town near my home in Kerrville. I’ve never seen anyone chase a calf & shoot it with arrows, dismount, kill the calf, cut out its liver, and then proceed to eat it raw. That purportedly is what Hernan did in 1925 at the Old Settlers Reunion (fairgrounds) in Mason County, TX. I would have lost my appetite for the brisquet sandwiches I usually eat at the rodeos.
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