Thank you for spending time to make people like Luther James Dorsey come back to life. :)

I spent a lot of years as a kid growing up in the woods just outside of Conroe... And I'm sad to say I've never heard of mr. Dorsey... But I will for the rest of my life remember the name of Luther James Dorsey! Thank you for your service sir! I will look you up the next time I'm in Montgomery County

I’m two years late and today’s years old on this Dude was a stud.

Josh I can't ever watch a single program and leave it at that. I binge watch your show almost daily! You are one hell of a story teller! Keep it coming, man.

Josh, your mini-rant of forgotten people... This is exactly why I work so hard on our family trees. We will be remembered.

Josh you displayed great restraint in this video with the fact you waited till 14:00 to quote Bob Marley.

@WildWestExtravaganza

Жыл бұрын

I'm trying

I know how hard it was. Every time you said Buffalo Soldier I started singing

Your stories always give me a "burst out laughing" moment, so badly needed these days. Thank you for all the great research and Quality story lines, it is much appreciated! And Thank you for treating we Natives so respectfully in your stories.

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! What tribe?

@teenieneenie630

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildWestExtravaganza The Citizen Band Pottawatomi.

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

Im drunk right now, I gotta work tonight, not sure if I'll go yet, my best friend doesn't talk to me anymore and the woman im in love with loves another man. Atleast I have you're videos to look forward to, you're my brother. Love you man. Great video.

@TsmithJustin

3 жыл бұрын

Get off the sauce, sir. Keep your head up.

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

Man, I've been there. Many, many times. The booze feels like it helps but it don't really. Please email me anytime you need to talk.

@tommywright7196

3 жыл бұрын

Man keep the faith it will work out the alcohol may help you forget when you sober up your problems will still be there

@scottwyatt5173

2 жыл бұрын

I can smoke and I can drink and I'll probably be alright till the morning ,but what am I gonna do for the rest of my life. Merl Haggard I hear you , brother.Hamg in there man.

Another awesome story involving Kickapoo and Kiowas👍✊🏼👋🏽🤝I just learned of a Comanche horse hustle that ended with the Kickapoo losing 600 horse and the same “raged” horse hustling US soldiers at a fort. Empire of the Summer Moon, good read. Thanks again for the content

The black regiments were pretty much slaughtered whenever they fought during the civil war. But once the civil war was over and they headed out west and got some training and experience, they were bad arses. They pretty much the closest thing we had to an elite unit from the end of the civil war until World War One. Serving in the southwest during this time it was tough enough to survive without battles but then throw in opponents like the Comanches, and. Apaches not to mention the Spanish in Cuba, well It wouldn’t take many of them to equal a whole passel of soy boys running around today. 🇺🇸👍🏼

Great voice & accent where ever it comes from. Conjurs up a perfect illusion of a 'county yokel' in a saloon and raking up some good old local gossip . . . and knowing a thing about it too. Keep it up !

Bravo! You are now my nightly audiobook for a spell and prolly again in yrs to come

@WildWestExtravaganza

Жыл бұрын

Sweet dreams

Josh:Thank you for the info,I had’nt heard of Luther J. Dorsey prior to listening to your podcast.Between 1909-1913,the 10’th cavalry regiment Buffalo Soldiers were stationed at Fort Ethan Allen,Colchester,Vermont and Buffalo Soldiers also served in the Philippines and Cuba.See the Vermont Historical Society.Tough subject good delivery!

Well done, as for the Bob Marley mention, you did say, "Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival."

Ther was a black young man in Vietnam that maned a machine gun on the front primer that stayed there all afternoon until he ran out of ammo and fought wit his bayonet until he went down , my heart was severed, and remains so until this day , what a worrier he was ....

Glad someone drove into these guys. I've always heard about them but never was able to find much of anything. Thanks for all your hard work. Much appreciated.

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for listening, Justin!

@ilfarmboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildWestExtravaganza sorry misheard what you said I went and deleted it

Love listening!

I think this is a great veterans day episode. A unknown soldier doing his job in harsh and dangerous conditions. Knowing about the buffalo soldiers but not every heard it put in the great way you did it. Thank you.

My drill instructor, who's name I have unfortunately forgotten in this moment, in the USAF in 2001 was a black man who had won some body building competitions, like Mister Alaska, dude was terrifying. And awesome. Like a genuinely awesome dude. But I was that scared 18 year old lol.

It's very good to hear these History facts lots of it I've read but not researched , definitely you are giving Truths in such entertaining and enthusiastic manner . Crazy how knowledgeable you are.

Yahoo! Another bloody beaver episode.😃

I love how ole Josh pronounces Washington as "Warshington". Only people from the south say "warsh yer ace". Makes me homesick for Tennessee......

“Got Dang it “BLOODY BEAVER” podcast Where The Hell have you been all my life ? 😆 I’d like to thank you for this video I have never even heard of this Man before Sadly African Americans have made major contributions to the United States Military in various branches & have received little to no recognition so I thank you very😊👍🏾

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, a lot of history out there that has largely been overlooked.

I really enjoy how you look at a subject from all angles, good and bad. Too many people look at issues with a filter and only confirm their own bias. No growth with that mindset! Sorry for commenting on random older videos so much 😅

@WildWestExtravaganza

10 ай бұрын

I like nuance

Nice job on these little understood soldiers. Nice timing.

I'm old and my dad was born in 1915 and when he was a boy living on the farm in Alabama picking cotton , there lived down the road two black men who shared a house together . One had been a slave who went with his master to the civil war and he took care of his masters horse's , but the other one who everyone called him sarge was very respected, even by white men in the very racist Alabama in the late 20s early 30's and that Black man was a Buffalo soldier who served in Arizona

@WildWestExtravaganza

5 ай бұрын

Wow, very cool

the african american smithsonian musem in DC has rare photos and video of him and many buffalo soldiers, many who partcipated in Spanish american war 1898, their images were saved by aunt who is #1 hisrorian of AA silent film era 1915-1930, while reaseaching the films in 1970's, she secured alot of film&photos from 1900-1940's, she dontated it all to the museum, they will be displaying rare US history for next 1000 yrs.

The big thing about the Buffalo Soldiers most everyone seems to over look is that tho they were recently slaves, they were not pacifists, their ancestral lines came from warriors of western Africa. Nobody bats an eye when Natives hold their warrior heritage up in high regards, many look down on the fighting Irish, Germans, ect for bringing their warrior culture to the USA, and everyone over looks the Buffalo solders’ warrior history. God Bless the 10th.

Thank you for this episode. Truly informative, and a piece of little-known US history. Josh - have you visited the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum?🤔

@WildWestExtravaganza

11 ай бұрын

Not yet but I'd really like to. Have you?

I would love to hear one on bloody Bill anderson

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

Oh he's definitely on the list

I f****** love this Podcast bro Ben vegging out watching back-to-back episodes good stuff man

@WildWestExtravaganza

Жыл бұрын

Too kind!

Thanks for bustin your ass on everything. I appreciate it alot of others do too . we should be learning about them in school . they were legitimate badasses hated from all sides. Just incredible.

Been enjoying your work keep it going !

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Sorry, better to be late then never show up i reckon . Saw Glory for the third (time) since it's release Monday night and yeah it's really good . Peace out .

I would love for you to do a cast on Wounded Knee it’s an event that has been extremely misreported. Chief Spotted Elk was fleeing one Reservation because of the Ghost Dance and the Ghost Dance was supposed to bring back dead warriors who would then enter the body of living people and make them great invincible warriors this was the young strong males to the females and even children and Senior Citizens. One mystic had been pushing this idea and started doing the dance even gaining followers but Chief Spotted Elk took a large amount of people and fled to a Peaceful Reservation with the Consent of the Army but when they got to wounded Knee Chief Spotted Elk got sick so they set up camp and brought in Army Doctors for him this was a friend that wanted no more fighting the Military was gonna do all they could to keep Spotted Elk alive but the same mystic that had started the Ghost Dance in the Reservation they fled had followed them and that’s the other part that is usually misrepresented most say ALL the Natives were disarmed but the Army only Disarmed that one mystic the rest still had all their weapons but that mystic started the same old dancing and they even brought in Colonel Forsyth to calm things and that’s when all heck broke loose Fr. Francis Craft had arrived with Forsyth to help keep things calm and the priest almost lost his life at Wounded Knee but he reported that he thinks a Deaf Mute Native was the first to fire a shot nobody really knows but after it was all over Fr. Francis Craft talked about Soldiers caring Children in there jackets to be buried and the Soldiers Crying. we know the Soldiers had weapons but the story of the Native Americans being disarmed is just not true they actually were well armed with Henry Repeating Rifles and around 25 Soldiers Died on that day it was a Sad Day where both sides were confused about what was happening and the truth is neither side was looking for blood they wanted Peace one story tells of a Native Mother lying dead with her child still in her arms she had been going to the white flag hanging in camp as a sign of truce this Mom had tried to get to that flag to wave it so everyone Native and White would remember why they were there.

Well said

Thank you Sir

I just found your podcast and I have been bingeing for a little while now and i started thinking about how much i would appreciate an episode on "Dangerous Dan" Tucker, who seems like the Spaghetti western cliche of an old west lawman.

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

He's on the list!

@DYLANJJK94

2 жыл бұрын

It makes work go by In a flash :)

Great job they were also used during reconstruction in the south

The time H O Fipper spent at West point he was never spoken to other than official interchange

Great channel mate,be interesting to see any black lads comments on these guys.

Could you do something on Kanakas ( Hawaiian and Polynesian) in the west like the scout Frank Grouard. Also anything about Polynesian trappers of which there were many at one point in the Oregon territory it has been said that as many one third of the trappers in the area around Walawalla were Kanakas

@WildWestExtravaganza

2 жыл бұрын

This is a great suggestion

Spread the butter. That's a 2 yr echo. Spread the the butter, The Butte.. Butter.... Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺👍

I like you videos. Good stuff!

@WildWestExtravaganza

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Being that people of different tribes that were supposedly friendly fought each other, and from same tribe, and then a country founded by rejecting their King who paid for the war to free us from French and Natives, then we fought each other , I think the Buffalo soldiers can be free from more Blame than anyone else. How is that for a run on sentence. One thing I try to keep in mind, if you did not feed yourself and family back then, nobody else was likely to do it. Desperate times.

Now that was some fine beaver there.

Thanks for spending time doing something can stand doing Reading researching etc I like your videos. Last night I was drunk listening to your video on something to do with cowboys and whiskey, at some point I was too drunk and said something stupid on one of your videos. Sorry man. I really enjoy your funny shit.

Is it hard to find his grave? I would love to visit it show my respect the next time I'm over there. I'm wanting to make a trip soon Humble and Conroe has some nice comic book stores. I grew up north for you my home town is Ore City just off lake of the pines. Side note finish video before asking questions lol

@WildWestExtravaganza

10 ай бұрын

Nah it's pretty easy

i swear that name seems so familiar to me like i'v met someone with that exact name...somewhere in some life.

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. That's where you usually find it in the midst of extreme left/right opinion & controversy.

@WildWestExtravaganza

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, seems that way

@a.leemorrisjr.9255

11 ай бұрын

@@WildWestExtravaganza 2 black lawmen you may want to check out are Bass Reeves & Willie Kennard. Bass is the better known of the 2. Kennard was U.S. Marshall of Yank Hill, CO. mining town & somewhat of an enigma. Several men tried him during his time there, they all came out 2nd best. Reportedly was from Illinois & had been with the Buffalo Soldiers previously.

Please do bass reeves

@WildWestExtravaganza

Жыл бұрын

I did

@yermom3579

Жыл бұрын

@@WildWestExtravaganza will you link me homie? I can't find it. Been gigging on your shit all day at work for the past week 😁 wanna hear story of bass reeves from yo ass XD im prolly gonna run out of your material here in a few days

Wonder what would have happened long term if much of the land between coastal areas and big cities was left to the Natives. Would it have ended with a bigger bloodier war with modern weapons? Or a stronger country with a huge population of people keeping the excesses of the West in check?

good one Gorge Washing CARVER

Hay Josh, what about the problem at Ft. Brown at Brownsville? It's just history.1

@WildWestExtravaganza

11 ай бұрын

I don't think I'm aware of it. Tell me about it.

@chriscollins3840

11 ай бұрын

@WildWestExtravaganza When I was at UT South Southmost, I was told there was a rape or something and created quite the conflict. Wish I could give you more info, but I can tell you to this day there's an uneasy feeling about blacks from the Mexicans. I was always asking about things and heard some good tales.

@WildWestExtravaganza

11 ай бұрын

That's crazy but what does that have to do with this story?

@chriscollins3840

11 ай бұрын

@@WildWestExtravaganza Buffalo soldiers at Ft. Brown in Brownsville done it.

Circa 1860, most black soldiers probably didn’t have a blanket. If they survived, they don’t need em. Right?

Look at em dread lock Rastas!

During the American Revolution,whites and blacks fought along side each other.The next time the army was integrated was the Korean War.The Navy was always integrated.General Washington once said, concerning his black soldiers,"They march,fight,and can take a bullet just as well as the whites."

love it, and this is a black guy that didnt complain about how he was wronged. I gotta salute this dude,

@hunkallgood73

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you're more comfortable when black people don't "complain" about being wronged so you can feel a little less guilty.

@westerngroovetv

2 жыл бұрын

@@hunkallgood73 exactly. Lmao.

Let me play the devil's advocate, forage second, on the subject of slavery in America, Americans, didn't bring slavery to the America, the Europeans did, amongst them the British, and the British controlled everything, including commerce in the new world, the colonies could not sell there goods and products to a free market, and was forced to sell there goods only to England, who set the prices for goods going to England and goods coming back in to America, because of this England was able keep the colonies always in debts, one of the few roads to getting out of debt was through slavery, also understand that from the time America, because the United states of America, anti slavery laws were being passed, that tells me, that while America was a racist country at the time, it was asked the question, is there a better way, , also, there has been great discussion on how badly we treated the American Indians, I'm sure few would disagree with this, but remember, very few families had not suffered from Indian attacks, , few families in America had not lost a loved one to Indians attacks, , so when there were forces to March the trail of tears, not meny white folks shed a tear for them, , my own families had 4 familie members killed by Indians,

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

It's a complicated issue, for sure. All history is. And all of our ancestors - no matter what ethnicity or skin color - have blood on their hands. And I agree with a lot of what you're saying. That said I think we can all agree that blacks and Native Americans were screwed over more than any other group in the U.S. right? If you don't mind I'd love to read this comment on an upcoming episode and give my thoughts. It's a good convo to have. Thanks for listening.

@marvinsamples8236

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildWestExtravaganza , , totally agree, , the problem is, my ancestors, were killed by Indians, but my ancestors also killed Indians, we also had Indian blood in us, one of my ancestors being cheaf of the chak taw nation between 1918 to 1922,, and , one of my great grandfathers marrying the granddaughter of pokahantous, ( excuse my horrible spelling) and in the civil war my people fought on both sides, , as a matter of fact one could argue that my people were there from the very first to the very last of the civil war, , before John brown attacked Harper's ferry, he was staying on the samples, semples farm, , and when abraham Lincoln was shot, one of my family was one of the soldiers who carried Lincoln from Ford theater, , my point being, history is not linear, , my families owned slaves, my families, fought to free the slaves, , so who are we, ? I I like to think that for the most part we were just a people putting one foot in front of the other, trying to figure life out, not the villain or the good guy for the most part

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, couldn't agree more buddy. Most of us are just trying to live quiet lives and treat everyone good.

@marvinsamples8236

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildWestExtravaganza , while were on the subject of slavery in America, there is something I've always ponders, , Thomas Jefferson and Sally hemings, Sally was the half sister of Jefferson's wife and 3/ 4 white, , I forget if him and Sally had 4 children or 6 children together, but his children would have been 7/8 white, these were not African slaves that just stepped of the boat, with skin as dark as midnight, but instead these were his son's and daughters that were pretty close to being as white as he was, so much so that after gaining there freedom, blended in to white society and no one was the wiser, , he made sure they were trained in good occupations, , I've always wondered, if keeping them as slaves for so long was an attempt to hold on to his property or an attempt to at least in some degree protect them, ,, just speculation on my part,

Well technically, Luther James Dorsey was a Mulatto. His ancestry being English European and African American. I know this because the surname Dorsey is of English origin.

@WildWestExtravaganza

Жыл бұрын

Maybe that name was given to him?

@westerngroovetv

Жыл бұрын

​@@WildWestExtravaganza it was. Ppl just hate to hear a story about black ppl doing anything good. MAYBE he was half black. But what does that really mean? He was a buffalo soldier. They didn't see him as white. They put him with the other black ppl regardless of exact color. My family name is harris. From buckhorn Texas. Harris is our given name from slave owners. My family still tells the story of some of our ancestors that were enslaved in Texas. This is how pretty much all black ppl with roots that go back to American slavery got their name. As we all know African slavery was big in the southern Americas.. that's like saying bc one of them has a Spanish last name they must be half Spanish.

@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192

Жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly, I was referring to his physical features.

@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192

Жыл бұрын

I was referring to the fact that he is Mulatto. Why are you accusing me of foul words.

Buffalo soldiers Thaught my ex wife done joined the army.

The shorts and helmets are stupid.

we get it man. whitey bad, blackey good.smh. you could've told an incredibly awesome story had it not been for that soap box you seemed to be so focused on

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry I triggered you but maybe this podcast isn't for you. Generally it caters to fans of history who don't take themselves too seriously. Snowflakes are likely to be very offended.

@earlycox5366

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildWestExtravaganzatriggered? lol, don't flatter yourself. a more apt description of my reaction to this particular episode is more akin to disappointment. you could've told an extremely badass story here (like you've done with every other episode on this channel) but you spent the majority of the episode trying to prove how woke/anti-racist you are. you did these gentlemen a huge disservice in that regard.

@WildWestExtravaganza

3 жыл бұрын

@@earlycox5366 So, I decided to re-listen to this episode and try to figure out exactly what I said that got your panties in a wad. Was it just mentioning slavery? I'm honestly not sure how to tell the story of the buffalo soldiers without also mentioning race or race relations at the time. If you don't mind - and if you get a chance - please let me know what it was I said that made you think I'm trying to be woke. Genuinely curious at this point.

@chrisreed5735

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t sweat it. You never can please everyone. Keep up the good work. I enjoy your stuff.

@KurtOnoIR

2 жыл бұрын

Huh?

This is awesome history but right away I could tell it's a black narrator

@kevinpolion9262

2 жыл бұрын

You could always tell when they refer to themselves as the victims of History

@WildWestExtravaganza

2 жыл бұрын

I'm white

Sure do love that bloody beaver

Some Native tribe had slaves

@WildWestExtravaganza

Жыл бұрын

For real?????? Holy crap!!!!