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The great historian and author, T. R. Fehrenbach, was a veteran of the Korean war in the U.S. Army. Two of his best books are, "Comanches: The Destruction of a People" and "Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans". These magnificent tomes have much overlap as the history of Texas is inextricably entwined with that of the Comanche, the most savage and warlike of all the Indian tribes in not only the Great Plains but all of North America. According to Fehrenbach, the Comanche were finally conquered and subdued by the Scots-Irish, who he characterized as the most fearsome and martial race to ever trod the Americas. The Texas Rangers were initially formed to combat the Comanche who were killing, raping, and terrorizing white settlers in Texas while comfortable whites in safe, civilized cities east of the Mississippi could romanticize about the Indians. The Rangers would attack and slaughter much larger groups of Comanche raiding parties without hesitation. They were relentless, fearless, and without equal in martial ability. They were primarily composed of Scots-Irish.

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