Comanches

Comanches attacked the Black Seminole refugees as they headed for Mexico. At unknown locations south of the Indian Territory, Comanche warriors captured between 60 and 100 blacks under Jim Bowlegs. The Comanches ransomed their prisoners to Creek warriors who had ridden after the fugitives. When the blacks tried to resist their Creek holders, many were wounded. Dr. Rodney Glisan noted their miserable condition in his journal on October 23, 1850, when he saw the cortege file pass Fort Arbuckle on its way back to Indian Territory.