Comanche
COMANCHE, North American Indian tribe, a southern branch of the Shoshoni Indians, of the Uto-Aztecan language family, and of the Plains culture area. The Comanche left their original arid territory west of the Rocky Mountains to move to the southern Great Plains around the 15th century. Here they drove out the Apache Indians and dominated a vast area during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Comanche were the most skillful horsemen of the Plains. The pinto ponies they preferred were originally acquired by raiding the Spanish and later were bred by the tribe. Extremely warlike, the Comanche made frequent raids on both white and Indian settlements over a wide area. They extended their forays as far south as Mexico and kept white settlers out of their territory for more than a century. Finally, they made peace with the U.S. government in 1875. The Comanche probably numbered about 30,000 in the early 1800s but shortly thereafter an epidemic reduced their population to fewer than 10,000. A nomadic people, the Comanche lived by hunting bison, commonly called buffalo. Families dwelt in tepees and were organized socially into patrilineal bands. Tribe members wore buckskins, with fur hats in the winter. The Comanche war helmet w
The lone survivor of the group is Charles Chibitty of Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the Second World War, an elite group of Comanche-speaking young men contributed to the Allied cause as Code Talkers. Five years later land-hungry "Boomers" forced the opening of the last remaining land held by the Indians. Allotments were given to children born after 1901 and the remainder of Comanche land was divided into tracts for the last big land opening in Oklahoma's short history. TheAfter a long hot summer of unsuccessful negotiations with Northern Plains Indians, representatives of the United states in the fall of 1867 concluded the Treaty of Medicine Lodge with leaders of the Southern Plains tribes. The treaty represented the last effort of the United States to reach a diplomatic settlement of disputes with all the hostile tribes south of the Platte River. Clearly outlined was the beginning of a system that would eventually confine the Indians to specific reservations, by force if necessary, and included for the first time in an Indian treaty were provisions for civilizing the tribes.
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