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COMANCHES , a tribe of See also:North See also:American See also:Indians of Shoshonean stock, so called by the Spaniards, but known to the See also:French as Padoucas, an See also:adaptation of their See also:Sioux name, and among themselves asnimenim(See also:people). Theynum ber some 1400, attached to the kiowa agency, See also:Oklahoma. When first met by Europeans, they occupied the regions between the upper See also:waters of the Brazos and See also:Colorado on the one See also:hand, and the See also:Arkansas and See also:Missouri on the other. Until their final surrender in 1875 the Comanches were the terror of the Mexican arid Texan frontiers, and were always famed for their bravery. They were brought to nominal submission in 1783 by the See also:Spanish See also:general Anza, who killed See also:thirty of their chiefs, During the 19th See also:century they were always raiding and fighting, but in 1867, to the number of 2500, they agreed to go on a See also:reservation. In 1872 a portion of the tribe, the Quanhada or Staked See also:Plain Comanches, had again to be reduced by military See also:measures. End of Article: COMANCHESAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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