Lone Nepali Gorkha who subdued 40 train robbers

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The period from Mexican "Tejas" to the founding of the Texas Republic till after the US Civil war had to be really tough for the Texas Rangers. To the north there was the Comanche; noted to be the best horse "Cav" among all the planes tribes; super aggressive and murderous raiders. Then to the south an endless variety of Mexican Bandits plus the ever disgruntled and woefully corrupt Mexican authorities and Mexican troops, of sorts.

Simply stated, they had to be some real tough, bad boys, to endure those hardships, be able to ride-shoot with the best, plus survive. In the development of the Colt six shooter, there is mention of the Texas Rangers being enthusiastic customers for the early Colt Patterson and later the big, way big, high powered Walker Colt ,44. In those unsettled times, I doubt those Texas Ranger bad boys had much use for a badge nor were there an abundance of those who were going to ask for one and make it stick.

"Stephen F. Austin assumed his late father's contract as empresario, or developer of settlements in the Mexican province of Tejas. He was authorized to recruit settlers from the U.S. and Europe who would be given land if, among other conditions, they agreed to become Mexican citizens, adopt the Catholic religion and learn to speak Spanish. Austin was to be rewarded for his services with land, titles and military powers over the colony. His colony, and those proposed by other empresarios, would serve to reinforce Mexico's claim to Texas and act as a buffer between the hostile Comanche Indians and Hispanic settlements at San Antonio de Bexar and Laredo.
By 1823, there were serious problems with raids by the Comanche, Tonkawa and Karankawa Indians. Under Mexican law, Austin was authorized to form a militia to ward off Indian raids, capture criminals and patrol against intruders. In May, while Austin was in Mexico City, his lieutenant, Moses Morrison, used this authority to assemble a company of men to protect the Texas coast from the Tonkawa and Karankawa Indians.
After returning to Texas in August of 1823, Austin asked for additional ten men to supplement Morrison's company. He called for "ten men...to act as rangers for the common defense...The wages I will give said ten men is fifteen dollars a month payable in property." These two companies are regarded as the first ancestors of the modern Texas Rangers."