<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Release </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> January 13, 2008 </Td> </Tr> <P> Comanche Moon is a television miniseries that is an adaptation of the novel of the same name where Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae are in their middle years, still serving as respected Texas Rangers . In terms of the Lonesome Dove series' storyline, it serves as a prequel to the original Lonesome Dove miniseries, and a sequel to Dead Man's Walk . It first aired on CBS beginning Sunday, January 13, and continuing Tuesday, January 15, and Wednesday, January 16, 2008 . </P> <P> The series starts in The Republic of Texas in the early 1800s with a massacre of Comanche chieftains, observed by a young Buffalo Hump . The opening coda then explains that The Texas Rangers "were formed as a volunteer troop to contain the Comanche" before indicating the locale as north - west Texas in 1858 . Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae join a party of eight others, led by Captain Scull and supported by a Kickapoo scout (Famous Shoes), who are hoping to capture Kicking Wolf, who is hiding in the camp of Buffalo Hump . Meanwhile, in Austin Clara Forsythe runs her shop and is visited by Maggie Tilton - the two become closer while both waiting for the party to return . In the nearby mansion, Inez Scull briefly seduces a young ranger, Jake Spoon . </P>

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