COMANCHE INDIANS

THESE FOLKS ARE THE INDIAN STOCK AND THEY LIVE ENTIRELY ON THE PLAINS. THEIR LANGUAGE AND TRADITIONS INDICATE THEY ARE SIMILAR TO THE SHOSHONI OF WYOMING. THEY LIVED TOGETHER IN WYOMING. IN 1719 THE COMANCHE ARE MENTIONED UNDER A SIOUAN MAP AS LIVING IN IN WEST KANSAS. BY 1805 THEY LIVED IN WEST KANSAS . BY 1805 THEY LIVED ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER THEY WENT TO WAR WITH THE SPANIARDS FOR TWO CENTURIES AND RAIDED DOWN TO DURANGO. THEY BECAME BITTER ENEMIES OF THE TEXANS. THEY WARRED WITH THEM FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS. THEY WERE NOT A LARGE TRIBE. THEY HUNTED THE BUFFALO AND LIVED IN SKIN TIPIS. ONCE THEY RAIDED HORSES THEY BECAME FINE HORSEMEN. THEY HAVE 12 BANDS. ALL BUT 5 ARE EXTINCT. THE DOTAME TRIBE - 120 FOLKS WITH 30 WARRIORS. THEY WERE HOSTILE TO THE SIOUX. THEY WERE FRIENDLY WITH THE MANDANE. WITHIN THE LAST 50 YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN TERRIBLY DEVASTATED BY WAR AND DISEASES. ACCESSGENEOLOGY