[1] He rose to fame first as a son of Santa Anna, and used that status to survive capture by John "Rip" Ford and his Texas Rangers.
In 1850 he escaped Army custody, then became known as a ferocious war chief late in the 1850s for his relentless raiding of Euro-American settlements.
The Penateka, in the days of Old Owl, Buffalo Hump, Yellow Wolf, and Santa Anna, up to the Great Raid, were the most numerous of the Comanche.
His father dead, Carne Muerto and his mother went to live with the Quahadi band of the Comanche Indians.
[2] In June 1850, reported to be 18 years of age, Carne Muerto was captured by a Texas Rangers detachment led by John "Rip" Ford.