Fidelity to the Texian
Episode description
Episode 10 of Brandon Seale's podcast on the Lipan Apaches.
No Native Texan captured Anglo-Texians’ hearts like Lipan Captain Flacco the Younger. His exploits as a Texas Ranger and his people’s defense of Texas’ borders against Mexico make him the darling of Texas newspapers. Texas newspapers fail to distinguish, however, between hostile native Texans and Lipanes living in their midst. And Lipan wealth becomes an irresistible target of Texian raiding and retaliation.
Painting of Flacco the Younger by Jay Hester, available online.
Selected Bibliography
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