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Buffalo Soldiers | Cadets of Courage | 2

2025/2/12
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Narrator: 作为一名第十骑兵团的士兵,我亲身经历了在德克萨斯边境附近印第安领土上巡逻的艰辛。我们不仅要面对恶劣的自然环境,还要阻止那些试图向印第安人出售酒和武器的白人商人。这些商人常常无视法律,即使被捕也很快会返回继续他们的非法活动,这让我们感到非常沮丧。尽管我们努力维护秩序,但种族歧视和不公正的待遇仍然存在,这使得我们的工作更加困难。我深知,即使我们尽了最大的努力,也难以彻底消除边境地区的混乱和冲突。

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A soldier from the 10th Cavalry encounters a suspicious white man transporting whiskey near the Kiowa Comanche Reservation. A struggle ensues, and the peddler is apprehended.
  • Whiskey peddler apprehended near Kiowa Comanche Reservation
  • Threat to peace on the reservation
  • 10th Cavalry's role in maintaining order

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In May 1870, James Webster Smith arrived in West Point, New York, in the hopes of becoming the first Black cadet to attend the U.S. Military Academy. While facing West Point’s famously difficult curriculum, he was forced to endure an onslaught of racial prejudice from his white classmates.

Hundreds of miles to the West, the buffalo soldiers of the 10th Cavalry struggled to keep the peace in Indian Territory, as white merchants and thieves preyed upon Indian tribes. And in the sun-drenched Staked Plains of the Texas Panhandle, a routine mission turned catastrophic.

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