[The "Inspiration" category is where I share some of the stories and articles that spark ideas for Fortune's Gate]
One man against an entire war party?
This is exactly the kind of story that I file away for inspiration. Thanks to James Jay Carafano for writing about it. He opens up with a great tease:
We can all name the greatest “Last Stand” that comes to our head—The siege of Masada (73 BC), The Alamo (1836), Custer’s Last Stand (1876), Rourke’s Drift (1879), or Gordon at Khartoum (1885). But our vote for the greatest last stand of all times was Jack Hays’ desperate fight at Enchanted Mountain in 1841. He faced perhaps the greatest odds in military history, one man against an entire Comanche war party.
There is also a good video on it here from @historyattheokcorral:
Read the entire thing over at James' substack:
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