Not Including Indians

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Many of Masterson’s exploits and involvement in multiple shootouts of the Wild West in the 1870s and 1880s are fully documented, some in sworn court testimony. How many men he killed ranges anywhere from 3 to over 20, not including Native Americans he may have shot in battle.

Indians don't count...


From a description for a Bat Masterson Colt SAA at auction.

[cassisrot]

He died sitting at a desk in New York.

[stevej37]

Cleveland Indians?

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People from eastern Michigan consider people from western Michigan to be bumpkins...

[stevej37]

^^^ That's a nice compliment!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by tabs

Many of Masterson’s exploits and involvement in multiple shootouts of the Wild West in the 1870s and 1880s are fully documented, some in sworn court testimony. How many men he killed ranges anywhere from 3 to over 20, not including Native Americans he may have shot in battle.

Indians don't count...


From a description for a Bat Masterson Colt SAA at auction.

I think it's more that killing folks while you're at war doesn't count compared to wild west shootouts that occurred outside of war. It probably has very little to do with the fact that they were American Indians and is more to do with the fact that they were technically "enemy combatants."

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Originally Posted by stevej37

^^^ That's a nice compliment!

Glad you liked it.

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Originally Posted by masraum

I think it's more that killing folks while you're at war doesn't count compared to wild west shootouts that occurred outside of war. It probably has very little to do with the fact that they were American Indians and is more to do with the fact that they were technically "enemy combatants."

"How many men have you killed there pard? Well Hoss, it's 15 or 16 not counting Indians and Mexicans..."