Author Topic: a little "The Searchers" help (Read 11395 times)

Major 2 · « **on:** March 16, 2015, 05:27:12 AM »

I'm try'n' to remember the word , the Duke said in a quote...

talking to Marty ...he said something like " Niyaki " Comanche

"... not so strange when you know what Niyaki means... means roundabout , man goes one way means ta go the t'other "

Niyaki or Niyaka something like that ... looking for the spelling ... anybody ?

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #1 on:** March 16, 2015, 10:52:31 AM »

Nawyecka

Major 2 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2015, 11:23:09 AM »

That's It ! thank you..it would follow an ol' Comanche would know that

Nawyehkah

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maldito gringo · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2015, 05:34:39 PM »

Check out the book "empire of the summer moon" for the real story "the searchers " is based on.

buttebob · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2015, 06:42:52 PM »

"The Searchers" is based on the novel of the same name by Alan LeMay published in 1954.
"Empire of the Summer Moon" was first published in 2010. Fifty-four years after the movie.

Coal Creek Griff · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2015, 07:01:34 PM »

Perhaps the novel was based (in part) upon the story of Cynthia Ann Parker (kidnapped in 1836), which was covered in "Empire of the Summer Moon".

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buttebob · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2015, 10:35:47 AM »

Perhaps it was, or maybe on one of the tens or hundreds of others that were captured by the Comanche. Cynthia Ann Parker, like many of the other captured children, did not want to leave her captivity. She tried several times to run away and return to her Comanche family after being "saved" by Sul Ross in 1860.
Those captured as children liked the Comanche way of life, so much so that they went on raids against whites. Those that were at the age of puberty when captured hated their capturer.
Never the less, an interesting story and one of John Wayne's best.

Coal Creek Griff · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2015, 01:19:34 PM »

You're right. I'm setting aside part of Monday to watch it again.

CC Griff

nagantino · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2015, 03:30:27 PM »

Daniel Boone's granddaughter was captured by the Comanche. An expedition was mounted by the local militia to rescue her and others who were also captured. When the Comanche realised they were under attack, Boone's granddaughter was killed by a spear.

buttebob · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2015, 09:38:04 PM »

nagantino, are you referring to Nancy Darst Crosby ,who was captured at Linnville, Texas in 1840? If so I found one source that states she is the daughter of Elizabeth Bryan Darst, 1st cousin of Rebecca Bryan Boone.
Of course, I've seen other sources that state she is Daniel Boone's granddaughter.

nagantino · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2015, 12:35:04 PM »

Bob, I haven't the book anymore, Empire or the Summer Moon. I have the unfortunate habit of loaning books to family members who don't return them........... I remember being struck my the fact when I read it though. It was stated as a bald fact but your reading would indicate a more more nuanced thing. I'm on holiday in San Francisco and looking for another on my list called Bloody Mohawk. No luck yet.

buttebob · « **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2015, 05:39:12 PM »

nagantino, is this what you're looking for?

http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Mohawk-American-Revolution-Frontier/dp/1883789664/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436826887&sr=1-1&keywords=bloody+mohawk

nagantino · « **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2015, 11:46:42 AM »

That's the one. I go home tomorrow to Ireland so I won't get it at a good price used. Postage ramps it up a tad to Ireland.

maldito gringo · « **Reply #13 on:** July 14, 2015, 04:43:45 PM »

buttebob, i'm glad you cleared that time warp thing up for me. i thought the book i read when i was 12 was inspired by the book i read when when i was 60. You're probably also right about about the the inspiration for the book, much more likely that it was someone obscure than the "white queen of the Comanches", Cynthia Ann Parker.

buttebob · « **Reply #14 on:** July 15, 2015, 10:25:55 AM »

maldito, forgetting something between 12 and 60 isn't that bad. My family and I watch Family Feud every night. Last night we were watching it and my son asked why we were watching a rerun. I told him it didn't matter as I didn't remember the contestants and it was probably from a least a year ago. He checked and the show was originally broadcast 6 weeks before.

Harley Starr · « **Reply #15 on:** July 15, 2015, 11:52:40 AM »

Quote from: buttebob on July 15, 2015, 10:25:55 AM

maldito, forgetting something between 12 and 60 isn't that bad. My family and I watch Family Feud every night. Last night we were watching it and my son asked why we were watching a rerun. I told him it didn't matter as I didn't remember the contestants and it was probably from a least a year ago. He checked and the show was originally broadcast 6 weeks before.

At least those episodes are spread out. There's a certain channel that keeps showing the same two-part episodes of Matlock once every week.
It's got my head spinning.

buttebob · « **Reply #16 on:** July 15, 2015, 01:00:35 PM »

It's not that they rebroadcast it six weeks before, its that I couldn't remember that I had watched it six weeks before.

Harley Starr · « **Reply #17 on:** July 15, 2015, 02:37:14 PM »

Quote from: buttebob on July 15, 2015, 01:00:35 PM

It's not that they rebroadcast it six weeks before, its that I couldn't remember that I had watched it six weeks before.

One's memory is a precious thing.

buttebob · « **Reply #18 on:** July 15, 2015, 05:26:07 PM »

It is indeed.

Dances With Coyotes · « **Reply #19 on:** January 28, 2016, 09:01:54 PM »

Quote from: Texas Lawdog on March 16, 2015, 10:52:31 AM

Nawyecka

You speak pretty good Comanche. Someone teach you?

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Author Topic: a little "The Searchers" help (Read 11395 times)

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