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his band would be treated honorably, and none charged with any offense. (The arrest and trial of Kiowa leaders in 1871 had made that a real possibility.) However, Sturm carried
Mackenzie's personal vow to hunt down every man, woman, and child who refused to yield. Quanah later said he was ready to die but was loath to condemn the women and children to death. Quanah believed Colonel Mackenzie when he promised that if the Quahada did not surrender, every man, woman, and child would be hunted down and killed. Quanah rode to a mesa, where he saw a wolf come toward him, howl and trot away to the northeast. Overhead, an eagle "glided lazily and then whipped his wings in the direction of Fort Sill", as Jacob Sturm reported later. Quanah saw this as a sign, and on June 2, 1875, he led his band to Fort Sill and surrendered. On that day, the Plains Indians were extinct as a separate people, their way of life completely destroyed. Quanah went tirelessly to work to help his people adapt to the Anglo world which had crushed them. Appointed by Mackenzie as sole chief of the Comanches, he worked hard to bring education and the ability to survive in the white man's world to his people. He attempted to keep his people's land together, and when that became politically impossible, he tried to get the best bargain for his people he could.
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particular, had learned very well to counter. Certainly the
Spanish, then the Mexicans, and later the Texians had learned that single-shot weapons were not enough to defeat the deadly Comanche light horse, whose mastery of cavalry tactics and mounted bowmanship were renowned. The Comanches' constant movement caused many of their opponents' older single-shot weapons to miss their targets in the chaos of battle. The Comanche could then easily kill their enemies before they had a chance to reload. And though it was understated, the Comanche learned to use single-shot firearms quite well, though they found bows superior in terms of rate of fire. The Comanche put an end to Spanish expansion in North America. They did what no other indigenous peoples had managed, defending their homeland – even expanding their homelands, in the face of the best military forces the Spanish could bring against them. In the late 18th century, the Comanche were said to have stolen every horse in New Mexico. Up until the introduction of repeating rifles and revolvers, weapons and tactics were definitely on the side of the Plains Indians, most especially the Comanche. It was not until the
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1740:; Guipago led the warriors to the first counterattack to protect the fleeing women and children. Satanta was said to have sounded bugle calls back to Carson's bugler, confusing their signals. Running low on supplies, Carson ordered his forces to withdraw in the afternoon. The Indians tried to block his retreat by firing the grass and brush down near the river. Carson set back-fires and retreated to higher ground, where the twin howitzers continued to hold off the Indians. When twilight came, Carson ordered part of his scouts to burn the lodges of the first village. The Kiowa-Apache chief Iron Shirt was killed when he refused to leave his tepee. The army declared Carson's mission a victory, despite his having been driven from the field.
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unlike any prior attempts by the Army to pacify this region of the frontier. The "Red River War", as it was called, led to the end of the culture and way of life for the
Southern Plains tribes and brought an end to the Plains tribes as a people. The campaign of the Red River War was fought during a time when buffalo hunters were hunting the great American Bison nearly to extinction. Both the bison and the people who lived off it nearly became extinct at the same time There were perhaps 20 engagements between Army units and the Plains Indians during the Red River War. The well-equipped and well-supplied Army simply kept the Indians running, and in the end they ran out of food, ammunition, and the ability to fight any longer.
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Texians demanded to know where the other captives were. Mukwooru responded that the other prisoners were held by differing bands of Comanche. He assured the Texians that he felt the other captives would be able to be ransomed, but it would be in exchange for a great deal of supplies, including ammunition and blankets. He then finished his speech with the comment, "how do you like that answer?" The Texian militia entered the courtroom and positioned themselves at intervals on the walls. When the Comanches would not, or could not, promise to return all captives immediately, the Texas officials said that chiefs would be held hostage until the white captives were released.
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warriors and made an attempt to attack the buffalo hunters encamped at the old ruins at Adobe Walls. On June 27, 1874, the allied Indian force attacked the 28 hunters and one woman encamped at Adobe Walls. Had the defenders been asleep, as the attackers hoped, they would have been overrun at once and all killed. But the defenders were awake, and their long-range buffalo guns rendered the attack useless. With Quanah Parker wounded, the
Indians gave up the attack. It was the last great attempt to defend the Plains by the Indians, and the difference in weapons was simply too great to overcome.
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Pentucka, who resumed raiding at once. For the same reason, the peace treaties signed for New Mexico broke down. By 1823 war raged the entire length of the Rio Grande. Most of the remaining Mexican settlements were destroyed; only those in the upper Rio Grande were secured. Thousands of surviving Mexican refugees fled to this area. The Comanche pushed out or killed most Europeans and Mexicans in the region, except the European-American Texans. In 1824, the Tonkawa entered into a treaty with Austin, pledging their support against the Comanche.
1939:, commander of the Department of Texas, sent a detachment from Fort Concho under Captain Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlin on a two-month reconnaissance patrol in the spring of 1872. He returned to the fort, confirming that the main force of the Comanches were in camps on the Staked Plains. Ortiz further claimed that army columns could successfully maneuver in that country. General Augur then summoned Mackenzie to San Antonio where they held a strategy meeting. Out of this meeting, the army developed a campaign against the Comanche in their strongholds in the Staked Plains.
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and so could make treaties guaranteeing reservations for various groups. In Texas, however, the federal government could not do this. Texas adamantly refused to contribute public land for Indian reservations within the boundaries of Texas, meanwhile expecting the federal government to be responsible for the cost and details of Indian affairs. Since federal Indian agents in Texas knew that Indian land rights were the key to peace on the frontier, no peace could be possible with the uncooperative attitude of Texas officials on the question of Indian homelands.
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conflicts or when food are scarce, Indians would attack cowboys and their cattle in their land. One dire case happened to a black cowboy named
Britton Johnson in 1864. His ranch was raided upon by a band of Comanches, who killed his son and kidnapped his wife and daughter. Although Johnson managed to negotiate with them for his family, the Comanches would not leave him alone. A band of 25 warriors attacked Johnson again with two of his cowboys during a routine cattle drive. Although they put up a fight, all of them perished during their last stand.
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1486:. This battle signaled the beginning of the end of the Comanche as a viable people, as they were successfully attacked in force in the heart of their domain. Valuable Indian hunting grounds were plowed under, and grazing range for the Comanche horse herds lost. The Comanche realized their homeland was increasingly encroached on by Texas settlers, and the expedition showed the Comanches off the reservation they could expect no protection on it – and they struck back with a series of ferocious and bloody raids into Texas.
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Indians without loss of life to a new reservation in Indian Territory. Forced to return to Texas on business, he stopped at the village near Fort Belknap. On September 14, 1859, while he was speaking with one settler, a man named Edward Cornett shot him in the back and killed him. Historians believe his assassination was a direct result of his actions protecting the Comanche. Neighbors probably did not even know his assassin. He was buried in the civilian cemetery at Fort Belknap.
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Indians were at best subhumans who "had no right of soil" and savaged pure, noble, and innocent settlers. According to books by captives of the period (such as "The Boy Captives" and "Nine Years with the Indians"), the Rangers were the only force feared by the Indians. Killing Indians became government policy when President Lamar prescribed "an exterminating war" of "total extinction". In the Texian's side, almost every family at that time admitted to losing someone in the Indian Wars.
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fight their way out of the room using arrows and knives. The Texian soldiers opened fire at point-blank range, killing both Indians and whites. The Comanche women and children waiting outdoors began firing their arrows after hearing the commotion inside. At least one Texian spectator was killed. When a small number of warriors managed to leave the council house, all of the Comanche began to flee. The soldiers who followed again opened fire, killing and wounding both Comanche and Texians.
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attacks, thereby encouraging the Mexicans to become dilatory in payments. Because Comanche raiding was based on taking booty and captives, the proximity of American communities' proved more fruitful to Comanche raiding. Although Texan military force was much stronger than previous Mexican colonists, the sheer rapidity of advance and large numbers of the raiders overwhelmed many of these early Texan colonists. For example, in 1826 Comanches raided and burned
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used it as an excuse to kill women and children. According to the report by Col. Hugh McLeod, written March 20, 1840, of the 65 members of the Comanches' party, 35 were killed (30 adult males, 3 women, and 2 children), 29 were taken prisoner (27 women and children, and 2 old men), and one departed unobserved (described as a renegade Mexican). Seven Texians died, including a judge, a sheriff, and an army lieutenant, with 10 more wounded.
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1333:") wished to exact further revenge and gathered his own warriors and sent messengers to all the bands of the Comanche, all the divisions of the bands, and the Kiowa and Kiowa Apache. Most or all Comanche chiefs joined the raid. Gathering around 500 warriors and another 400 women and boys to provide comfort and do the work, Buffalo Hump took his war party and raided all the way from the Edwards Plateau to the gulf. Burning and looting
1549:. Allegedly not aware that Buffalo Hump's band had recently signed a formal peace treaty with the United States, Van Dorn and his men killed eighty of the Comanches. This attack on a peaceful camp, housing Indians who had signed a peace treaty with the United States, was, nonetheless, reported by Van Dorn as a "battle" with the Comanche, and to this day is chronicled by some historians as the "Battle of Wichita Mountains".
1011:, and the resumed diplomatic efforts of Houston's second term. Houston led the republic to negotiate with the Comanche. They said they would stop raiding if they were given sufficient amounts of what they considered prerequisites for peaceful relations: gifts, trade, and regular face-to-face diplomacy. Houston, who enjoyed a good reputation among Indians, had married a mixed-race woman of Cherokee descent. He had lived in
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rage and revenge that had spiraled out of control under Lamar. Under Houston's policies, Texas Rangers were authorized to punish severely any infractions by the Indians, but they were never to initiate such conflict. When depredations occurred to either side, the troops were ordered to find and punish the actual perpetrators, rather than retaliating against innocent Indians simply because they were Indians.
1892:, to stand trial for murder. Satank attempted escape and was killed while traveling to Fort Richardson for trial: he began singing his death song and managed to wrestle a rifle from one of his guards; he was shot to death before he could manage to fire. His body lay unburied in the road, with his people afraid to claim it, though Mackenzie assured the family they could safely claim Satank's remains.
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honored by the Comanche who obtained concessions but did not return the hostages or dragged out indefinitely the return of them. Secretary of War Albert Sidney Johnston issued instructions which made clear that Lamar expected the Comanche to act in good faith in returning the hostages and to yield to his threats of force. Johnston sent militia to San Antonio with explicit instructions:
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1840:("Arrowpoint"). Seeing the soldiers arriving, Tahka, the war chief, led the Comanche warriors in a charge, but he was killed and the village and the stocks were destroyed. Kiowa warriors led by Manyi-ten came to take part in the fight; only one soldier was killed. In December 1868, exhausted after lack of food and freezing weather, the Nokoni went to Fort Cobb and there surrendered.
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1946:, the 4th U.S. Cavalry under Colonel Mckenzie attacked a village of Kotsoteka Comanche. The battle was an ambush on the village with the killing of 23 men, women, and children and the capture of 120 or 130 women and children and more than 1.000 horses. Most of the village's inhabitants were captured, but the Quahadi Comanche warriors arriving from a nearby village, led by
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the Comanches had in the Texan imagination. Thus, they reasoned great concessions could be gained from the Texans. Consequently, the Comanche offered to meet with the Texans in an effort to negotiate peace in return for a recognized boundary between the Republic and the Comancheria and the return of the hostages. The most notable Penateka war chief Potsʉnakwahipʉ ("
1905:, under enormous pressure from leaders of the so-called Quaker Peace Policy, decided to overrule the court, and the punishment for both was changed to life imprisonment. Thanks to the stubborn behaviour of Guipago, who forced the U.S. Government to agree seriously threatening a new bloody war, Satanta and Big Tree were freed after two years of imprisonment at the
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peacefully but refused to sign the treaty because of a clause in the treaty that would require that they be escorted out of Texas under armed guard. On July 15, 1839, under orders from the militia, the commissioners told the Indians that the Texans would march on their village immediately and that those willing to leave peacefully should fly a
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massed might of the United States and the state of Texas, so he led the Comanche delegation to the treaty talks at Council Springs that signed a treaty with the United States. As war chief of the Penatucka Comanches, Buffalo Hump dealt peacefully with American officials throughout the late 1840s and 1850s. He negotiated a non-government
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victory feast that evening.". "The coat of mail worn by old Iron Jacket covered his dead body "like shingles on a roof". The Rangers cut up the mail and divided the pieces as trophies. The attacks in the Antelope Hills showed that the Comanche no longer were able to assure the safety of their villages in the heart of the Comancheria
1386:, signed a treaty at Tehuacana Creek in which they agreed to surrender white captives in total and to cease raiding Texan settlements. In exchange for this, the Texans would cease military action against the tribe, establish more trading posts, and recognize the boundary between Texas and Comanchería. Comanche allies, including the
2137:, where revolvers were used for the first time against the Comanche, that the Texians began to gain a clear military advantage by superior weaponry. Despite that disadvantage, it was disease and pure numbers which probably ended the Plains tribes. By 1860, there were fewer than 8,000 Indians and 600,000 colonists in Texas.
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and 1816–17. Many historians believe their population went from over 20,000 to less than 8,000 in these two rounds of disease. Thus, while technology and warfare with Anglo-Texans may have completed the process, the foremost cause of the decline of the Plains Indians came from diseases brought by conflict.
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Plains tribes. The Comanche, however, had learned from Plum Creek and had no intention of massing again for the militia to use cannon and massed rifle fire on them. Lamar spent 2.5 million dollars against the Comanche in 1840 – more than the entire revenue of the Republic during Lamar's two-year term.
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and others, were destroyed by disease and conflicts with settlers. The Akokisas may have been absorbed into other tribes at the wake of the Texas Revolution, while members of the Bidai joined neighboring tribes after epidemics reduced their numbers by over half. According to author Gary Anderson, the
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Kiyou was appointed as Comanche head chief and was ordered to select the "worst" Comanche chiefs and warriors to be indicted as responsible for the uprising at Palo Duro. Nine Comanche and 27 Kiowa were deported to Fort Marion, Florida. All the principal Comanche leaders (Quanah, Mow-way, Tababanika,
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Other Indians never forgot the Tonkawa's allying with Texan colonists. Despite pleas from the aging Placido to protect his people from their enemies, the Tonkawa were moved from their reservation on the Brazos, and put on a reservation in Oklahoma with the Delaware, Shawnee and Caddo tribes. In 1862,
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to be in charge of Indian affairs and took over that role in Texas after it became a state in 1846. But under the terms of Texas' accession to the Union, the new state retained control of its public lands. In all other new states, the federal government controlled both public lands and Indian affairs
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sat on chairs on a platform facing them. Lockhart had informed them that she had seen 15 other prisoners at the Comanche's principal camp several days before. She maintained that the Indians had wanted to see how high a price they could get for her and that they then planned to bring in the remaining
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Lamar's success in ethnically cleansing the Cherokee, a neutral tribe, from Texas emboldened him to do the same with the Plains tribes. Lamar needed an army to carry out his Indian policies, and he set out to build one, at great cost. But at independence, the best estimates were that the republic had
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The Indians attempted to resist at the village, and when that failed they tried to re-form, which also failed. Approximately 100 Indians were killed, including Chief Bowles, to only three militia. When killed, Chief Bowles was carrying the sword given to him by Houston. After the battle, the Cherokee
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Houston supported the "Solemn Declaration", which gave the Cherokee rights to the land in Texas on which they lived. He negotiated a treaty with the Cherokee and other tribes on February 23, 1836, in Chief Bowles' village. It was the first treaty made by the Republic of Texas, signed by allied tribes
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pursued Quanah Parker and his followers through late 1874 into 1875. He led a five-unit movement to converge on the Indian hideouts along the eastern edge of the Staked Plains. Mackenzie, in the most daring and decisive battle of the campaign, destroyed five Indian villages on September 28, 1874, in
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During the night the Comanche tents and stock were burnt. The following day, August 23, the fight went on, with four Army and 14 warriors wounded (one of them killed), until Nokoni and Kiowa retreated, burning the prairie and killing some white men near Anadarko and along the Beaver Creek. Friendly
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opted to oppose the entire process and argued that the two chiefs were not subject to civilian jurisdiction since their people were at war with the United States. Nor were the Indians apologetic; at his trail Satanta warned what might happen if he was hanged: " I am a great chief among my people. If
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to allow his cowboy to get help. Although Loving managed to escape the onslaught, he was mortally wounded and died soon after. Goodnight also had to face raids along the way, once being wounded during an attack together with another fellow cowboy. These attacks affected the booming Texas economy. By
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Armed citizens joined the battle, but claiming they could not differentiate between warriors and women and children since all of the Comanche were fighting, they shot at all the Comanche. According to Anderson, such "confusion" between Native American men and women was convenient to the Texians, who
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for years and learned about their cultures. He was willing to meet with the Comanche on their terms and believed, as a matter of policy, that it was worth it to buy a few thousand dollars worth of presents. The republic could not support the huge cost of a standing army for defense, and it might not
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area around 1721. The Comanche had not arrived into the northern area of the state until roughly the early 18th century; they did not become the predominant nation in the area until the late 18th century, following their successful adoption of the horse. Most other Plains Indians had already arrived
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Mackenzie sent Jacob J. Sturm, a physician and post interpreter, to negotiate the Quahada's surrender. Sturm found Quanah, whom he called "a young man of much influence with his people", and made his case for yielding peacefully. Mackenzie had sent his personal word that if Quanah surrendered, all
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When General Sherman decided to send the Kiowa war chiefs to Jacksboro for trial, he wanted an example made. What he did not want, and what happened, was that the trial became a circus. First, the two attorneys appointed to represent the two Kiowa actually represented them, instead of participating
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Houston's Indian policy was to disband the vast majority of the regular Army troops but muster four new companies of Rangers to patrol the frontier. Houston ordered the Rangers to protect the Indian lands from encroachment by settlers and illegal traders. Houston wanted to do away with the cycle of
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The interpreter warned the Texian officials that if he delivered that message, the Comanches would attempt to escape by fighting. He was instructed to relay the warning and left the room as soon as he finished translating. After learning that they were being held hostage, the Comanches attempted to
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negotiated a truce with the Penatucka Comanche, the band closest to the settlements in East and Central Texas. Following that truce, he was able to complete a treaty of peace and friendship, which was signed in Mexico City in December 1821. But, within twelve months the Mexican government failed to
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American families to move into the region. As Austin used his network and government sponsors to spread the word of rich lands in Texas, thousands of additional colonists from the United States flooded into the region, many illegally. Many had no interest in being ruled by the government of Mexico.
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to begin an offensive against the Kiowa and Comanches on the plains of West Texas and Oklahoma, and either kill them or drive them to reservations. The army essentially adopted Mackenzie's tactics of the 1872 campaign at North Fork—attack the Comanche in their winter strongholds, and destroy their
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Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar, second president of the Republic of Texas, was hostile toward the natives. Lamar's cabinet boasted that it would remove Houston's "pet" Indians. In 1839, Lamar announced his policy: "The white man and the red man cannot dwell in harmony together", he said, "Nature forbids
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With the aid of federal troops, whom he finally shamed and politically forced to assist him, he managed to hold back the white people from the reservations. Convinced, however, that the Indians would never be safe in Texas, he determined to move them to safety in the Indian territories. In August
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and Camp Cooper, near the reservations, failed to give adequate support to his resident agents and him, and adequate protection to the Indians. In spite of continuous threats of various people to take his life, Neighbors never faltered in his determination to do his duty, and carry out the law to
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Houston set out to negotiate with the Indians. The Caddos were the first to respond, and in August 1842 a treaty was reached. Houston then expanded it to all tribes except the Comanche, who still wanted permanent war. In March 1843, Houston reached agreement with the Delaware, Wichitas, and other
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When Sam Houston left the presidency of Texas the first time, the population seemed to support Lamar's strong anti-Indian policies. After the Great Raid and hundreds of lesser raids, with the Republic bankrupt and all of the captives either recovered or murdered by the Indians, Texans turned away
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On July 12, 1839, the militia sent a peace commission to negotiate for the Indians' removal. The Cherokee reluctantly agreed to sign a treaty of removal that guaranteed to them the profit from their crops and the cost of the removal. During the next 48 hours the Cherokee insisted they would leave
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rivers, into Comanche hunting ranges and the borders of Comancheria. As a result the Texan-Comanche relationship turned violent. Houston made efforts to restore peace and the Comanches. Alarmed at the vigor of Texan settlement, he considered a fixed boundary, contrary to their traditional notions
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had negotiated with local Indians. Because these Native Americans were subject nations to the Comanche, the tribe did not feel bound to observe the peace. The killing of colonist militia at Fort Parker also resulted in the Comanche taking two women and three children as captives. The Parkers were
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Satanta killed himself on October 11, 1878, by jumping from a high window of the prison hospital. Ado'ete was also rearrested, but unlike Satanta, he was not sent back to Huntsville, since it could not be proven that he was present at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls. Both Satank and Satanta are
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to protect cattle. However, exporting the cattle was a dangerous task for the new ranches. The best routes to drive the cattle run straight through the Comanche territory. Relationships between them were mutual; cowboys are permitted to go across as long as they paid a toll. However, in times of
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was given command of the First Cavalry, New Mexico Volunteers, and told to proceed and campaign against the winter campgrounds of the Comanches and Kiowas. The campgrounds in question were reported to be somewhere on the south side of the Canadian River. On November 10, 1864, Carson started from
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The remainder of the Lamar presidency was spent in daring but exhausting round of raids and rescue attempts, managing to recover several dozen more captives. Buffalo Hump continued his war against the Texans, and Lamar hoped for another pitched battle to use his Rangers and militia to remove the
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Satanta was released in 1873 (and Ado'ete was released too) and was alleged to be soon back attacking buffalo hunters and was present at the raid on Adobe Walls. His very presence at the battle violated his parole, and the government called for his arrest; he surrendered in October 1874 and was
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The entry of Texas into the United States marked the beginning of the end for the Plains Indians. The United States had the resources and manpower to realistically apply a policy of "removal", and they did so. In May 1846 Buffalo Hump became convinced that even he could not continue to defy the
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by hiring 10 men; they were paid to fight Indians and protect the colonial settlements. Soon the colonists organized additional Ranger companies. After the Republic was created, this trend continued. Without the resources for a standing army, Texas created small Ranger companies mounted on fast
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After he was returned to the penitentiary in 1874, he saw no hope of escape. For awhile he was worked on a chain gang which helped to build the M.K. & T. Railway. He became sullen and broken in spirit, and would be seen for hours gazing through his prison bars toward the north, the hunting
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The Tonkawa warriors with the Rangers celebrated the victory by decorating their horses with the bloody hands and feet of their Comanche victims as trophies. "The Rangers noted most of their dead foes were missing various body parts, and the Tonkawa had bloody containers, portending a dreadful
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on the same day annexation took effect, December 29, 1845. One of the primary motivations for annexation on the Republic of Texas side was that the republic had incurred huge debts which the United States agreed to assume upon annexation. In 1852, in return for this assumption of debt, a large
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The U.S. Army proved wholly unable to stem the violence. Federal units were being transferred out of the area for reasons that seemed driven more by political than military considerations. At the same time, federal law and numerous treaties forbade incursion by state forces into the federally
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tribes. At that point, Buffalo Hump, who trusted Houston, began to talk. In August 1843, a temporary treaty accord led to a ceasefire between the Comanches and their allies, and the Texians. In October 1843, the Comanches agreed to meet with Houston to try to negotiate a treaty similar to the
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and Ed Burleson, plus all Ranger companies and their Tonkawa allies, engaged the war party in a huge running gun battle. The Rangers and militia overran the Comanche guarding their loot and eventually in a running gun-fight recovered several dozen captives held by the Comanche and eventually
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Texans were disturbed by accounts of the continued captivity of thousands of children and women, especially because of the stories by those rescued or ransomed. They made increased demands for the republic to retaliate against the Comanche. Under Lamar, the Republic of Texas waged war on the
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in Indian Territory in Oklahoma. There, in spite of his reported enormous sadness at the end of the Comanches' traditional way of life, he asked for a house and farmland so that he could set an example for his people. Attempting to live out his life as a rancher and farmer, he died in 1870.
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30,000 Anglo-Americans and Hispanic residents. The Cherokee had less than 2,000 tribesmen in Texas, so removal of them was not a terrible drain on the republic, especially since the Cherokee War was relatively brief and bloodless for Texas, though certainly not for the Cherokee.
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it." His answer to the 'Indian Problem' was "to push a rigorous war against them; pursuing them to their hiding places without mitigation or compassion, until they shall be made to feel that flight from our borders without hope of return, is preferable to the scourges of war."
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One of Houston's first acts as president of the republic was to send the treaty to be ratified by the Texas Senate. After the treaty stalled in the Senate for a year, lawmakers decided that it would be detrimental to the citizens of Texas, reportedly because settler
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in the kind of civics lesson which the Army had wanted. Their trial strategy of arguing that the two chiefs were simply fighting a war for their people's survival attracted worldwide attention and galvanized opposition to the entire process. Moreover, the
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morbid jokes of Ford's made clear he did not care about the age or sex of his victims. Ford considered the deaths of settlers, including women and children, during Indian raids, to open the door to make all Indians, regardless of age or sex, combatants.
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the fledgling republic. More importantly, although the Texas forces succeeded in rescuing large numbers of hostages, thousands remained in captivity. Houston was elected to his second term in large part because of the failure of Lamar's Indian policies.
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counties. The treaty stated that these lands could not be sold or leased to anyone who was not a member of the tribe, including Texas citizens. After the signing of this treaty, Houston presented Chief Bowles with a sword, a red silk vest, and a sash.
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warriors from these tribes united to attack the Tonkawas. 133 out of the remaining 309 Tonkawas were killed in the massacre. Included in the dead was the elderly Placido. Today less than 15 families of Tonkawa remain on their reservation in Oklahoma.
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Tosawi and Asa-havey led the Penateka to Fort Sill; Kiyou probably judged wiser to go, with his friendly Nokoni band, to the Wichita agency. The Yamparika and Nokoni, joined the Quahadi and Kotsoteka, camping at Chinaberry Trees, Palo Duro Canyon.
1243:, for instance, where they could catch them during winter. At the end of 1839 however, some of the Comanche chiefs of the Penateka band had come to believe that they could not drive the colonists completely from their homes as they had the Apache.
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but were divided into almost a dozen autonomous groups. The bands had as many as 45 distinct divisions. These groups shared the same language and culture but at times fought internally in ritualized combat, even as they cooperated at other times.
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The Kiowa warriors lost three of their own but left with 40 mules heavily laden with supplies. Five white men managed to escape, one of which was Thomas Brazeale who reached Fort Richardson on foot, some 20 miles away. As soon as Colonel
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their lives free from white settlement or attacks. Lamar became convinced that the Cherokee could not be allowed to stay in Texas after their part in the 1838-39 Córdova Rebellion (and after some disaffected Cherokee carried out the 1838
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The talks were held at the council house, a one-story stone building adjoining the jail on the corner of Main Plaza and Calabosa (Market) Street. During the council, the Comanche warriors sat on the floor, as was their custom, while the
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The republic had a militia but no standing army, and its tiny navy had been greatly decreased during Houston's presidency. Lamar had neither the manpower nor the money to pursue his policy after the Cherokee War but was not deterred.
912:, with the longterm goal of freedom. Americans did not like this policy and also objected to the central government's actions in tightening political and economic control over the territory. Eventually these tensions resulted in the
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throughout Mexico, the immigrants from the U.S. were exempted in some colonies or actively evaded governmental efforts to enforce this abolition in the territory. Under the change, many slaves in Mexico were reclassified as
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learned of the incident, he informed Sherman. Sherman and Mackenzie searched for the warriors responsible for the raid. The ambush had been planned by a large band of Kiowa warriors under the leadership of Satanta.
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protected Indian Territories. The U.S. Army was likewise instructed not to attack Indians in the Indian Territories or to permit such attacks. The reasoning behind the order was that many native tribes, such as the
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Isa-rosa, Hitetetsi aka Tuwikaa-tiesuat, Kobay-oburra) were made safe. Guipago, Manyi-ten, Tsen-tainte and Mamanti were sent to Fort Marion. Sent back to Fort Sill in 1879, Guipago died of malaria in July 1879.
1832:. On December 25, six companies of the 6th Cavalry and one company of the 37th Infantry, on the way from Fort Bascom (New Mexico) to the Antelope Hills, came on the Nokoni village (about 60 tipis) of Kiyou (
1378:. (That this included Potsʉnakwahipʉ "Buffalo Hump", after the events at the Council House, showed extraordinary Comanche belief in Houston) In early 1844, Buffalo Hump and other Comanche leaders, including
870:, who was given a Spanish land grant in Texas. When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, its government continued to recruit Americans, as it wanted to develop its depopulated northern provinces.
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tribes, enemies of the Comanche, allied with the new immigrants, trying to gain allies themselves against these traditional enemies. The Comanche detested the Tonkawa, in particular, for allegedly being
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Gelo, Daniel J. "Two Episodes in Texas Indian History Reconsidered: Getting the Facts Right about the Lafuente Attack and the Fort Parker Raid." Southwestern Historical Quarterly 120.4 (2017): 440-460.
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you kill me, it will be like a spark on the prairie. It will make a big fire – a terrible fire!" Satanta was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, as was Big Tree; but Texas Governor
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the end of the 1860s, the Comanches had driven much of the livestock businesses out of West Texas. However over the years, Comanches would surrender or sell their lands to Texas cattlemen.
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occupied areas to the east. Archaeologists have found that three major indigenous cultures lived in this region and reached their developmental peak before the first European contact. The
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on April 21, 1836. Most Texans were busy trying to return to what was left of their former homes and dealing with their own losses as well as skirmishes with the retreating Mexican Army.
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abandon Central Texas, cease interfering with Texan settlements, cease conspiring with Mexicans, and avoid all white settlements. The prominent Penateka chief and medicine man
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After the Texas Senate removed the boundary provision from the final version of the treaty, Buffalo Hump repudiated it and hostilities resumed. On February 28, 1845, the
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The Civil War brought incredible bloodshed and chaos to the plains. As the cavalry left Indian Territory for other battles, and many Rangers enlisted in the
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about borders. However, Houston was forbidden by Texas law to yield any land claimed by the Republic. He still made peace with the Comanche in 1838.
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to delineate the boundary. He was unsuccessful in this effort, and Houston could take no more action on the matter before his presidency ended.
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became their new habitat and breeding ground. Hundreds of ranchers and farms sprang out by the end of the war, and veterans were hired as
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A dark cloud rests upon your nation: Lipan Apache sovereignty and relations with Mexico, the United States, and the Republic of Texas
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and then north again following the foothills of the Rocky Mountains to the Arkansas River.
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and his people fled, passing the alarm to allied Comanche villages nearby, while
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Henry Warren was contracted to haul supplies to forts in West Texas, including
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The Indian problems of the first Houston administration were symbolized by the
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recovered mules with several hundred thousand dollars in bullion on them.
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migrated from the west into present-day Texas prior to European contact.
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Another well-documented attack happened in the spring of 1867. Ranchers
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Texas developed in the region between two major cultural centers of
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Until around the mid-17th century, the Comanche were part of the
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villages and ability to live independently off the reservation.
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After driving out the Apaches, the Comanches were stricken by a
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858:, Mexican resistance to Comanche attacks had almost collapsed.
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The remaining period of the Republic of Texas under President
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2346:, Tulsa: Oklahoma Historical Society (retrieved 8 Feb 2009)
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on November 10, 1837; they were outnumbered and defeated.
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civilization was centered south of Texas. The influence of
255:, known as the "Lords of the Plains". Their territory, the
3340:
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3325:, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 2007, p. 105
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During Houston's presidency, the Texas Rangers fought the
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horses to pursue and fight Comanches on their own terms.
3779:. Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1933.
3202:"Cattle Drives Started in Earnest After the Civil War"
1968:
On July 20, 1874, General Sherman telegraphed General
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The people indigenous to northern Texas including the
3267:. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1971, p. 42.
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buried at the Chief's Knoll at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
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2309:(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999) p. 85
1678:, decided to punish Comanche and Kiowa attacks on
1007:during his first term, the hostility of President
3801:Indigenous Peoples of North America: The Comanche
1429:portion of Texas-claimed territory, now parts of
2205:"Frontier Forts: Texas and the Western Frontier"
1126:Comanches of West Texas in war regalia, c. 1830.
571:starting in the late 17th century; they reached
204:were a series of conflicts between settlers in
32:
3803:. San Diego: Lucent Books Incorporation, 2000.
3794:Changing Military Patterns on the Great Plains
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2079:, the last major chief of the Comanche Indians
1292:The Comanche were known for their horsemanship
733:, into a span of territory extending from the
664:, and Tamique lived along the Gulf coast. The
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3857:
3816:. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1952.
3736:Carbine and Lance: The Story of Old Fort Sill
3724:, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1962.
3683:. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1989.
3640:Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family
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2262:Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family
919:In 1821, while colonists were still welcome,
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3738:, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1983
3700:, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1967
3676:, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1996
3498:(University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1996)
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2752:
1787:were the ones sought after, and the state's
3814:The Comanches: Lords of the Southern Plains
3789:. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989.
3731:. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1993.
3659:. Later (2003) republished under the title
3360:, 1935, Washington D.C.: Enyon Printing Co.
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2409:The Comanches: Lords of the Southern Plains
1736:), Guipago, Set-imkia (Stumbling Bear) and
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4080:Foreign relations of the Republic of Texas
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3649:The Comanches: The Destruction of a People
3312:. Johnson Publication. May 1984 . pp.18-19
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3674:The Black Infantry in the West, 1869-1891
3496:The Black Infantry in the West, 1869-1891
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3038:Treaty Negotiations – Texas State Library
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1919:Battle of the North Fork of the Red River
1913:Battle of the North Fork of the Red River
4689:United States military history timelines
3812:Wallace, Ernest, and E. Adamson Hoebel.
3370:
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1942:On September 28 near McClellan Creek in
709:Spanish peace treaties with the Comanche
532:region were centered west of Texas. The
520:occupied the areas to the west, and the
3693:. University of Central Oklahoma, 2015.
3548:Campbell, Thomas N. "Akokisa Indians."
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2719:"Texas Beyond History: The Die is Cast"
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1604:. According to the son of Peta Nocona,
1449:, was ceded to the Federal government.
1029:First Houston administration: 1836–1838
753:. In turn, the Comanche and eventually
4090:Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas
3807:"The Texas Comanches" on Texas Indians
3787:Indians of North America: The Comanche
3661:The Comanches: The History of a People
2667:. Yale University Press. p. 215.
2535:. Yale University Press. p. 214.
2487:Comanches, The Destruction of a People
4674:History of United States expansionism
4622:Military history of African Americans
3375:Association, Texas State Historical.
3145:Association, Texas State Historical.
3076:Association, Texas State Historical.
2759:Trevis, Michael (December 17, 2020).
2411:. University of Oklahoma Press. 1952.
2360:. Sanmarcosrecord.com. Archived from
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3715:Native Peoples: The Comanche Indians
3708:Native American People: The Comanche
3451:. Texasbeyondhistory.net. 2001-10-01
3223:. Texas State Historical Association
3098:. Texas State Historical Association
2891: Jodye Lynn Dickson Schilz:
2811: Jodye Lynn Dickson Schilz:
1361:Second Houston presidency: 1841–1844
3567:Texas State Historical Association.
3127:Tonkawas – Indians of Central Texas
2902:. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
2761:"Cherokee War and Battle of Neches"
2225:. December 12, 2010. Archived from
1783:to other states for a great price.
1314:Great Raid and Battle of Plum Creek
1265:then the hostages will be released.
802:smallpox epidemic from 1780 to 1781
3381:Texas State Historical Association
3151:Texas State Historical Association
3082:Texas State Historical Association
2108:Many tribes in Texas, such as the
25:
4085:Congress of the Republic of Texas
3110:"The Battle of Little Robe Creek"
592:near the time of European contact
27:19th century war in North America
4664:History of the Cherokee in Texas
3873:
3829:
1561:Murder of Robert Neighbors: 1859
1482:, led Ford and by marked by the
891:, known as the "Father of Texas"
184:
170:
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147:
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109:
3265:An Album of the American Cowboy
2176:"Peter P. Pitchlynn Collection"
1596:. The official version is that
1473:Antelope Hills expedition: 1858
679:, and others settled along the
588:A map showing the range of the
225:, surrendered and moved to the
79:Texan and United States victory
4649:Battles involving the Comanche
3615:University of New Mexico Press
3586:. Accessed September 7, 2007.
3532:University of Oklahoma Press.
3024:. Accessed September 7, 2007.
2649:. Accessed September 7, 2007.
1224:The approximate boundaries of
983:Comanche braves, c. 1867–1874.
717:people living along the upper
693:Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá
683:. The Tonkawa allied with the
1:
3756:; originally his 2001 thesis
3603:de la Teja, Jesus F. (1956),
3551:The Handbook of Texas Online.
3476:. Accessed September 7, 2007.
3438:. Accessed September 7, 2007.
2735: Rebecca J. Herring:
2625:The Handbook of Texas Online.
1907:Huntsville State Penitentiary
1760:, and were soundly defeated.
1540:Attack on Buffalo Hump's camp
1050:including Shawnee, Delaware,
616:who include ancestors of the
4164:United States Colored Troops
4064:Timelines of cities in Texas
3358:On the Border with Mackenzie
3245:. netstate.com. June 5, 2007
3007:. Arthur H. Clarke Co. 1933.
2647:The Handbook of Texas Online
2440:"Comanche History: Part One"
1999:Second Battle of Adobe Walls
1993:Second Battle of Adobe Walls
1674:, commander of the military
1640:In the late fall of 1864 in
1412:History of Texas (1845–1860)
999:Republic of Texas: 1836–1845
852:Mexican wars of Independence
4669:History of Indian Territory
4095:Texas Historical Commission
3470:"The Battle of Adobe Walls"
3432:"The Red River War of 1874"
3147:"Neighbors, Robert Simpson"
2923:Anderson (2005), pp. 181 f.
2453:Accessed September 7, 2007.
2356:Walker, Jeff (2007-11-16).
1654:First Battle of Adobe Walls
1648:First Battle of Adobe Walls
1582:Battle of Pease River: 1860
1484:Battle of Little Robe Creek
1461:in 1847. In 1849 he guided
1422:annex the Republic of Texas
1394:Jones presidency: 1845–1846
1212:Lamar and the Plains tribes
1154:Lamar presidency: 1838–1841
796:Alliances with other tribes
460:North Fork of the Red River
4705:
4561:Second Battle of the Marne
3763:Native Americans: Comanche
3408:"Battle of the North Fork"
2778:Hämäläinen, Pekka (2008).
2663:Hämäläinen, Pekka (2008).
2575:"Chief Bowles (1756–1839)"
2531:Hämäläinen, Pekka (2008).
2381:de la Teja (1956), p. 123.
2209:www.texasbeyondhistory.net
2083:Colonel Mackenzie and the
2068:Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
2065:
1961:
1916:
1767:
1651:
1585:
1409:
1406:Texas statehood: 1845–1861
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1273:
1230:Comanche raids into Mexico
1044:Southeastern United States
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877:
856:collapse of colonial power
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729:took them to the southern
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540:region extended along the
505:
4609:
4556:Third Battle of the Aisne
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4103:
3651:. New York: Knopf, 1974,
3646:Fehrenbach, Theodore Reed
3526:Russell Thornton (1990).
3468:Campbell, Edward (2005).
2610:East Texas Family Records
2006:Army attack near Anadarko
1775:Indian attacks on cowboys
1694:with 335 cavalry, and 75
1480:Antelope Hills expedition
610:Southern Plains villagers
600:Comanche territory c.1850
576:by the mid-18th century.
330:
102:
49:
37:
4169:Bureau of Colored Troops
3734:Nye, Wilbur Sturtevant.
3689:Hampton, Neal McDonald.
3412:Handbook of Texas Online
3221:Handbook of Texas Online
3096:Handbook of Texas Online
3018:"Linnville raid of 1840"
2641:Kreneck, Thomas (2000).
2622:Stone Houses, Battle of.
2564:Handbook of Texas Online
2272:Richardson (2005), p. 9.
2223:"Native American Texans"
1898:Bureau of Indian Affairs
1862:William Tecumseh Sherman
1820:Battle of Antelope Hills
1676:Department of New Mexico
1668:Hutchinson County, Texas
874:Mexican Texas: 1821–1836
542:Mississippi River Valley
194:Other Indigenous nations
4566:Meuse–Argonne offensive
4528:Pancho Villa Expedition
4502:Philippine–American War
4211:25th Infantry Regiment
3638:Exley, Jo Ella Powell,
3632:, registration required
2627:(retrieved 6 Sept 2009)
2305:Gary Clayton Anderson,
2051:grounds of his people."
675:In the 1740s, Tonkawa,
221:led by Quahadi warrior
4684:19th-century conflicts
4591:Wham Paymaster Robbery
4352:William Othello Wilson
4206:24th Infantry Regiment
4182:
3775:Richardson, Rupert N.
3578:Close, George (2000).
3430:Close, George (2000).
3263:Malone, John William.
3186:Trosser, John (2004).
2498:Gwynne, S. C. (2011).
2438:Sultzman, Lee (2006).
2135:Battle of Bandera Pass
2104:Aftermath and analysis
2080:
2040:
1989:
1809:Goodnight–Loving Trail
1764:Final years: 1865–1875
1510:
1293:
1267:
1232:
1190:Albert Sidney Johnston
1127:
1113:Battle of Stone Houses
1086:counties and parts of
987:Survivors, especially
984:
892:
839:
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771:
601:
593:
4679:Texas Ranger Division
4464:Spanish–American War
4252:George Ritter Burnett
4201:10th Cavalry Regiment
4181:
3799:Streissguth, Thomas.
3720:Mayhall, Mildred P..
3584:Texas Handbook Online
3554:(retrieved 2009-1-13)
3165:"Comanche-Part Three"
3022:Texas Handbook Online
3016:Roell, Craig (2002).
2914:Noyes (1993), p. 284.
2882:Noyes (1993), p. 283.
2861:Noyes (1993), p. 282.
2833:"Council House Fight"
2767:on November 21, 2007.
2506:. Scribner. pp.
2295:on September 1, 2006.
2147:Black Seminole Scouts
2075:
2035:
1983:
1768:Further information:
1680:Santa Fe wagon trains
1588:Battle of Pease River
1574:protect the Indians.
1504:
1291:
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993:Battle of San Jacinto
982:
900:In 1829, when Mexico
887:
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587:
534:Mississippian culture
506:Further information:
4571:Oise-Aisne Offensive
4376:American Indian Wars
4327:William H. Thompkins
4196:9th Cavalry Regiment
3838:at Wikimedia Commons
3436:Texas Beyond History
3190:. September 7, 2007.
3056:on December 5, 2006.
2870:Brice (1987), p. 23.
2849:Brice (1987), p. 22.
2721:, September 7, 2007.
2717:Dial, Steve (2005).
2577:, Legends of America
2320:The Indian Southwest
2229:on December 12, 2010
2085:4th Cavalry Regiment
1937:Christopher C. Augur
1754:Battle of Dove Creek
1744:Battle of Dove Creek
1707:Cimarron, New Mexico
1624:Civil War: 1861–1865
1539:
1324:Battle of Plum Creek
1198:Battle of the Neches
963:Fort Parker massacre
703:Rise of the Comanche
508:Pre-Columbian Mexico
480:Staked Plains Horror
475:Buffalo Hunters' War
40:American Indian Wars
4232:Edward L. Baker Jr.
3785:Rollings, Willard.
3746:The Comanche Empire
3696:Leckie, William H.
3569:(retrieved January)
3474:Texas State Library
3336:Tippeconnic, Eric.
3243:"The Texas Economy"
3188:"Adobe Walls Texas"
2958:University of Texas
2893:Council House Fight
2837:jack0204.tripod.com
2813:Council House Fight
2780:The Comanche Empire
2665:The Comanche Empire
2533:The Comanche Empire
1878:Ranald S. Mackenzie
1642:Young County, Texas
1344:At Plum Creek near
1276:Council House Fight
1270:Council House Fight
921:Jose Francisco Ruiz
910:indentured servants
864:Green Flag Republic
544:east of Texas. The
518:Southwestern tribes
516:North America. The
485:Yellow House Canyon
370:Council House Fight
144:(from 1836 to 1846)
44:Mexican Indian Wars
4615:United States Army
4596:Brownsville Affair
4257:Louis H. Carpenter
4183:
3809:(August 14, 2005).
3772:(August 13, 2005).
3768:2011-09-11 at the
3672:Fowler, Arlen L..
3580:"Cherokee Indians"
3530:. p. 131,132.
3513:2008-01-08 at the
3169:www.dickshovel.com
3132:2008-05-13 at the
2975:2007-06-30 at the
2445:2019-06-05 at the
2338:2012-02-21 at the
2181:2021-08-17 at the
2081:
2062:Palo Duro campaign
2041:
1990:
1944:Gray County, Texas
1844:Warren wagon train
1614:Cynthia Ann Parker
1511:
1320:Great Raid of 1840
1294:
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832:
812:Europeans in Texas
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280:American Civil War
268:Cynthia Ann Parker
246:Indian territories
242:United States Army
178:Confederate States
4644:Texas–Indian Wars
4631:
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4579:
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4429:Victorio Campaign
4389:Texas–Indian wars
4116:
4115:
4073:Government agency
3909:Republic of Texas
3836:Texas–Indian Wars
3834:Media related to
3754:978-0-300-12654-9
3742:Hämäläinen, Pekka
3494:Arlen L. Fowler,
3406:Hosmer, Brian C.
3217:"CATTLE TRAILING"
3215:Skaggs, Jimmy M.
2898:Handbook of Texas
2818:Handbook of Texas
2789:978-0-300-12654-9
2742:Handbook of Texas
2737:Cordova Rebellion
2702:Siegel, Stanley.
2674:978-0-300-12654-9
2653:November 1, 2010.
2643:"Houston, Samuel"
2560:"Houston, Samuel"
2542:978-0-300-12654-9
2517:978-1-4165-9106-1
2485:Fehrenbach, T.R.
1801:Charles Goodnight
1770:Comanche campaign
1672:James H. Carleton
1516:U.S. Constitution
1459:John O. Meusebach
1424:. Texas became a
1165:Killough massacre
1132:Córdova Rebellion
1009:Mirabeau B. Lamar
889:Stephen F. Austin
868:Stephen F. Austin
838:New Spain in 1819
830:in the mid-1700s.
681:San Gabriel River
614:Panhandle culture
502:Pre-Columbian era
493:
492:
440:Comanche Campaign
425:Little Robe Creek
350:Arroyo Seco Fight
322:Texas–Indian wars
238:Republic of Texas
208:and the Southern
202:Texas–Indian wars
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142:Republic of Texas
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33:Texas Indian wars
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4366:Notable battles
4337:George H. Wanton
4150:Buffalo Soldiers
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3914:Texas annexation
3880:History of Texas
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3727:Mooney, Martin.
3665:Foster, Morris.
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1545:command of Maj.
1376:one at Fort Bird
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103:Belligerents
38:Part of the
4601:Bisbee Riot
4548:World War I
4449:Bear Valley
4424:Apache Wars
4368:(1866–1918)
4357:Brent Woods
4312:Thomas Shaw
4307:Isaac Payne
4292:Isaiah Mays
4237:Dennis Bell
4225:(1866–1918)
4223:recipients
4059:San Antonio
4019:Brownsville
3960:Indian Wars
3630:Read online
1927:A captured
1858:Fort Concho
1813:Pecos River
1692:Fort Bascom
1660:Adobe Walls
1620:lost sons.
1610:Pease River
1602:Peta Nocona
1400:Anson Jones
1226:Comancheria
1042:out of the
1005:Sam Houston
973:John Parker
969:Fort Parker
790:Pecos River
760:tribal unit
642:Kadohadacho
573:Nacogdoches
565:San Antonio
550:Teotihuacan
546:Mesoamerica
450:Warren Raid
430:Pease River
400:Apache Wars
340:Fort Parker
276:Indian Wars
272:Pease River
258:Comancheria
83:Destruction
4638:Categories
4520:Border War
4419:Wichita II
4409:North Fork
4302:Adam Paine
4262:John Denny
4039:Fort Worth
3975:Revolution
3945:Annexation
3722:The Kiowas
3455:2022-04-12
3417:2007-07-15
2944:2015-12-07
2794:Online at
2679:Online at
2547:Online at
2368:2011-11-11
2318:Anderson,
2163:References
2110:Karankawan
1935:. General
1929:comanchero
1909:in Texas.
1789:open range
1687:Kit Carson
1443:New Mexico
1426:U.S. state
1380:Santa Anna
1186:white flag
1022:bankrupted
854:, and the
751:Rio Grande
707:See also:
530:Rio Grande
497:Background
380:Plum Creek
375:Great Raid
365:The Neches
4399:Wichita I
4342:John Ward
4044:Galveston
3887:By period
3377:"Satanta"
3249:April 29,
3227:March 22,
2895:from the
2815:from the
2739:from the
2333:"Tonkawa"
1886:Fort Sill
1834:Horseback
1830:Fort Cobb
1750:Kickapoos
1700:Jicarilla
1554:Fort Cobb
1523:Aftermath
1339:Linnville
1147:Guadalupe
1088:Van Zandt
1072:Coushatta
946:cannibals
902:abolished
828:Europeans
727:migration
662:Karankawa
606:Panhandle
561:Europeans
227:Fort Sill
219:Comanches
87:Karankawa
57:1820–1875
4654:Comanche
4584:See also
4533:Carrizal
4492:Santiago
4482:El Caney
4477:Tayacoba
4287:Fitz Lee
4009:Amarillo
3970:Oil boom
3938:By topic
3766:Archived
3588:Archived
3511:Archived
3130:Archived
3026:Archived
2973:Archived
2651:Archived
2443:Archived
2336:Archived
2233:July 25,
2179:Archived
2141:See also
2013:Anadarko
1984:A Kiowa
1685:Colonel
1598:Sul Ross
1496:Cherokee
1439:Oklahoma
1431:Colorado
1346:Lockhart
1335:Victoria
1283:Mukwooru
1245:Cheyenne
1143:Colorado
1084:Cherokee
1052:Kickapoo
934:Gonzales
715:Shoshone
691:and the
677:Yojuanes
355:Killough
266:rescued
264:Sul Ross
253:Comanche
231:Oklahoma
191:Comanche
89:and the
62:Location
42:and the
4049:Houston
4034:El Paso
3980:Slavery
3955:Forests
3744:(2008)
3508:Satanta
2322:, p. 89
2114:Akokisa
2037:Satanta
2028:Satanta
1870:Napawat
1866:Mamanti
1793:cowboys
1781:shipped
1738:Satanta
1730:Guipago
1726:Dohäsan
1447:Wyoming
1384:Old Owl
1299:Texians
1249:Arapaho
1206:Choctaw
1068:Alabama
950:Rangers
905:slavery
743:buffalo
723:Wyoming
658:Atakapa
654:Akokisa
622:Tonkawa
569:El Paso
555:During
4054:Laredo
4029:Dallas
4014:Austin
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