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Wes Brewer and the Comanche Horse Killings in Comanche
In 1859 near Comanche a party of Indians stole horses from Leon and Mercer creeks. Wes Brewer and companions chased the band, Wright’s negro carpentered at Tom Frost’s, and after a night pursuit killed a panther and recovered some horses. The account ends noting losses of about forty horses and a two thousand dollar enslaved man. In 1860 near Comanche a night encounter with Indians leads to gunfire and a horse shot, with Brewer and Carver defending their homes and later claiming the recovered horse cargo.
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Comanche
Leon
Mercer's Creek
Joe Hicks
Tom Prost
Tom Frost
Tle
Mr. Frost
Ile
Jacek Wright
South fTeon
Hicks
Necra
Wright
Fong
Bill Carver
Carver
Wes Brewer
Brewer
Uiter
Lrewer
College
Deaton