In the Bosom
of the Comanche
A Thrilling Tale of Savage Indian Life, Massacre 
and Captivity Truthfully Told by 
a Surviving Captive 
 
Texas Borderland Perils and Scenes Depicted 
 
The Closing Days of the Trying Indian Struggles 
upon the Frontiers of Texas 
By Theodore Babb, 1912
145 pages, Photo Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
 
 
 
- Bonus Book -
History of
CYNTHIA ANN PARKER. 
THE STORY OF HER CAPTURE 
At the Massacre of the Inmates of Parker's Fort; of her Quarter of a Century 
Spent Among the Comanches, as the Wife of the War Chief, Peta No- 
cona; and of her Recapture at the Battle of Pease River, by 
Captain L. S. Ross, of the Texan Rangers. 
By James T. DeShields, 1866
80 pages, Photo Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
 
 
- Bonus Book -
Seven and Nine Years
Among the Camanches and Apaches 
An Autobiography
By Edwin Eastman, 1874
309 pages, Illustrated, Searchable

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The Comanche are a Plains Indian tribe
whose historic territory, known as Comancheria, consisted of present day
eastern New Mexico, southern Colorado, northeastern Arizona, southern Kansas,
all of Oklahoma, and most of northwest Texas. The Comanche people are enrolled
in the federally recognized Comanche Nation, in Oklahoma.


Historically, the Comanches were
hunter-gatherers with a horse culture. There may have been as many as 45,000
Comanches in the late 18th century.

Today, the Comanche Nation Comanche
tribal enrollment now numbers 15,191 with approximately 7,763 members residing
in the Lawton-Ft.Sill and surrounding areas of Southwest Oklahoma. The Comanche
Nation Homecoming Powwow is held annually in Walters, Oklahoma in mid-July. 

The Comanche spoke the Comanche
language, a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, sometimes classified as a
Shoshone dialect; however, only about 1% of Comanches speak it today.


The Comanche emerged as a distinct
group shortly before 1700, when they broke off from the Shoshone people living
along the upper Platte River in Wyoming. This coincided with their acquisition
of the horse, which allowed them greater mobility in their search for better
hunting grounds.

Their original migration took them to
the southern Great Plains, into a sweep of territory extending from the
Arkansas River to central Texas. During that time, their population increased
dramatically because of the abundance of buffalo, an influx of Shoshone
migrants, and the adoption of significant numbers of women and children taken
captive from rival groups. The Comanche never formed a single cohesive tribal
unit but were divided into almost a dozen autonomous groups, called bands.
These groups shared the same language and culture, and rarely fought each other.



 
 
 
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