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Two Horses That Survived After Their Battles

I love horses, especially those that survive their battles.
One that comes to mind is the warrior named Barbaro. He captured many hearts, many admirers. He continues to fight despite his set backs.
Barbaro, many are continuing to root for you, including me. Your courage despite the pain and agony shows what a gallant warrior you have established yourself as, whatever your outcome. Fight on!

Here's another gallant horse that you might be interested in. He was owned by Capt Miles W Keogh who led him into battle in 1876. His name was Comanche. Keogh died with his hands holding his reins, though Comanche had been wounded nineteen times, he was the sole survivor of the battle.
The battle set up when a military leader was sent to secure the Bozeman Trail so that supplies could be sent to goldminers to the west. Despite treaties that had been previously signed and broken that stated the buffalo on which they depended would no longer be slaughtered, the Sioux were not believing the rhetoric. Red Cloud, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull had heard enough.
So on the fateful morning when General Custer led his 7th Cavalry to defeat the insurgents near the Little Big Horn, Comanche brought his master, Capt. Keogh, to the conflict. Though Custer had been proclaimed as the all American hero, the real hero of that battle was Comanche. Keogh hid behind him. Comanche took the arrows that were not intended for him but rather for his master. And after the slaughter, Comanche was the only survivor.
The Indians resepected his courage, protecting his rider against all attacks.
For his remaining seventeen years, he was not ridden again. His preserved remains can be seen at the University of Kansas.
http://www.custerslaststand.org/source/comanche.html

Barbaro and Comanche, may your courage serve to remind us all.