Comanche Warrior Culture

Introduction

The name Comanche has two explanations. The name comes from the Spanish "cameo ancho" meaning wide track, highway, or an Ute word meaning "enemy, those who are still fighting. They also called Paducah by early explorers French and American. The Comanche called themselves Mununuh "the people". Comanche lived a very large territory called "Komanczeria". Komanczeria consisted of parts of present-day States: Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Mississippi. Expansion of the American cause not only a group of white settlers, but also other tribes which had to move into the territories of Komanczow, in which they have lost part of their land, naturally struggling for lesser or greater effect. By the time, of the conquest of Wild West, Komanczeria was considered a portion of the western boundary of the US. People living on those Kiowa land-Comanche and were proud and aggressive, so the fire on an enemy in various places was almost witness at the same time (Cutter, pp. 726).

Language

They speak a Uto-Aztecan language. This language is similar to that of Utes and Shoshones and they would separate in the seventeenth century to move away towards the southern plains (Bauer, pp. 342).

Tribe

The Comanche has ten distinct tribes, the main ones are situated in the north and the Kwahadis Yamparikas, and Penatekas south. Strengths of 30,000 to 40,000 people in the eighteenth century, the Comanches were one of the nations most numerous and most powerful in North America (Freeman, pp. 20).

Territory

The territories of the Comanche were in the area of Colorado to the Rio Grande in Texas. This territory is also known as the Great American Desert was full of old bison, deer, antelope, bear and wolves. All these animals were hunted unless the wolf was considered a sacred animal. They harvested potatoes, fruit, nuts and berries. Their supplies were very varied (Simons, pp. 98).

Daily Life

Women were involved in the education of children, cleaned the tepee, and preparing meals. They were also charged with using child to fold the skin tepees and prepared in the beginning. When the children grew, the tribe accepted their mistakes in order to learn. As for men, they went out to hunt a lot and trained to ride. They had to learn to hunt and fight. In combat, they used spears, shields, bows and arrows, large knives to fight in close combat. More men age more was expected of them to be friends and neither to boast, nor trying to prove their masculinity. Wealth among the Comanche was calculated on the number of horses owned by the family (Gow, pp. 338).

The Horse

The horse was an important element in their culture. Some historians think it's looking for new sources of supply. They could be the first Native American people of the plains has integrated the horse into their culture and to discover this animal to other Plains tribes. By the middle of the 10th century, they provided horses traders, settlers and later French and American ...