4/30/2024 0 Comments Buffalo in comanche tribe language![]() ![]() Some scholars have suggested the Comanche broke away from the Shoshone and moved southward to search for additional sources of horses among the settlers of New Spain to the south (rather than search for new herds of buffalo.) The Comanche may have been the first group of Plains natives to fully incorporate the horse into their culture and to have introduced the animal to the other Plains peoples. The horse was a key element in the emergence of a distinctive Comanche culture. These groups shared the same language and culture, and rarely fought each other. ![]() The Comanche never formed a single cohesive tribal unit but were divided into almost a dozen autonomous groups, called bands. ![]() 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. Their original migration took them to the southern Great Plains, into a sweep of territory extending from the Arkansas River to central Texas. This coincided with their acquisition of the horse, which allowed them greater mobility in their search for better hunting grounds. The Comanche emerged as a distinct group shortly before 1700, when they broke off from the Shoshone people and began living along the upper Platte River in Wyoming. ![]()
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