Do you know anything about the comanche indians?
The Comanche Indians, a nomadic offshoot of the Eastern Shoshoni Indians, lived on the North-American Southern Great Plains during 1800-1900s. The name “Comanche”, a household word found in many works of fiction, TV shows, videogames etc., is believed to come from from the Spanish “interpretation” of their Ute name “Kohmahts”, meaning: those who are against us, or want to fight us. The Comanche People call themselves “Numunuh”, which means: The People. Early explorers knew them as “Padouca”; their Siouan name. The Comanche language, Uto-Aztecan (Numic), is closely related to the Shoshoni (Ute) linguistic stock. Prior to their acquiring the horse and gradually migrating to the Southern Great Plains around the 1700s, The Comanche had primarily been a hunter-gatherer people. They moved, attacking and taking over territory occupied by other tribes including the Crow, the Cherokee, the Creek, the Choctaw, and the Apache. The area they controlled became known as “Comancheria”. It is believed
