HF Westerns

[GELongstreet]

Winnetou is about the most famous American the Americans are unaware of.

 

[gary]

I recently learned there's a Winnetou Wild West show that is popular in Germany.

What amazes me here is how many Caucasians in America collect Indian artifacts. There's quite a number of "whites" who have native blood in them. Very white in appearance but they still identify with their tribe. I met a descendant of Quannah Parker once. He told me that when he was a child (1960s) no one mentioned that they had native blood and happily today it is a source of pride for them. There's a number of blacks here too whose ancestors were adopted into the tribe (my cousin is among them). Of course, we have our posers here in Estados Unidos (cultural appropriators) like the infamous congresswoman who shall remain namelsss and the discredited and deceased professor, Ward Churchill.

 

[RetiredCanuck]

I just saw an article about a ACW mini series on the 80's starring Pierce Brosnan. I don't remember that one. The Blue And The Grey was bad enough.
I remember David Carradine playing a one armed Confederate Veterans who gets shot down in a part of a Western. The Man With Yellow Boots or something like that maybe.
Cheers?

I believe you are thinking of The Manions of America? I remember it being pretty entertaining back in the day. Linda Purl was in it and I had a crush on her at the time.

 

[RetiredCanuck]

They did a good job with the 1880s Apache wars, particularly considering it was made in 1972(?). Poor gun leather but otherwise well done, although the several scenes depicting Apache torture of captives are not for the squeamish. One of the better Indian Wars movies and the scenery is spectacular. Definitely one of my faves.

phil

One of my favourites.
I'm paraphrasing a bit...
"Apache will ride a horse till he lays down. Then he will get him back up again by building a little fire under his belly. Eventually, he won't get up, so he'll eat a little bit of him and steal another. You can't do better than that, Lieutenant."

 

[gary]

One of my favourites.
I'm paraphrasing a bit...
"Apache will ride a horse till he lays down. Then he will get him back up again by building a little fire under his belly. Eventually, he won't get up, so he'll eat a little bit of him and steal another. You can't do better than that, Lieutenant."

Never read that in any book, but I do know they also saw horses as a source of food. An Apache could cover 50 miles in the desert in a slow jog. He put a pebble in his mouth (kinda like sailors sucking on a button) before his trek. A horse will only do about 20 miles in a day and on the third day it needs rest. Those Westerns are misleading when they showed everybody always riding at a full gallop.