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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.
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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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