Comanche

Comanche THE COMANCHE The Comanche were brave warriors who traveled from place to place. They were clever traders who wore fancy clothes. The Comanche went from moving from place to place to living in poverty on reservations. They are doing better now. The Comanche culture is an important part of Texas. The Comanche lived in the southern plains north of Nebraska through Texas into northern Mexico. They traveled to the panhandle of Texas and into New Mexico. Lubbock is located where the old Comanche territory was. In the 1700's the Comanche moved from northern Colorado down to where Kerrville and Austin Texas are now. Now almost 60% live on a reservation near Lawton, Oklahoma. Some are spread out all over the United States. The Comanche were hunters, gatherers and nomads. This means they traveled a lot for food. When the Comanche started moving south they moved in groups called bands. One band was called Penateka meaning honey eater. They moved because there was not enough food in the harsh winters of comanche, moved, food, traveled, things, place, out, now, horses, children, better, about, women, travois, texas, south, people, one, moving, move, lived, called, wore, white, warriors, very, traders, territory, stolen, reservation, ransom, poor, northern, north, made, lot, living, lives, live, hunted, horseback, groups, gatherers, families, fairs, clothes, clever, brave, before, because