How did the Comanche Indians use spears?
The many different tribes of the Sioux sometimes used spears (more usually called lances) for hunting on foot, particularly in winter when the buffalo would be slowed by deep snow. Some brave hunters used lances for hunting buffalo on horseback but this was a far greater risk than using a bow.
In general, however, lances were the mark of a particular warrior society and served as a kind of badge for someone who pledged not to retreat in battle - these lances would be decorated in various ways, sometimes with red cloth and feathers along the entire length of the shaft - many had no point fitted and were more like flags than lances.
Wood for shafts came from ash, white elm, ironwood, oak or hickory. Second growth timber of the right length and diameter was selected and cut when the sap was down in late winter, then the staves would be stored near the lodge fire to season and also to kill any insects in the wood; when dry the staves would be straightened and the bark removed with a knife.
These timbers were difficult to find on the Plains, but the Sioux tribes had access to the many trees of the Black Hills and to wooded areas further east.
Lance heads were originally of stone and relatively fragile, especially if they hit a bone or a hard surface. As soon as traders arrived the Sioux tribes obtained ready-made lance points as well as sheet metal and files to make their own; sometimes trade knife blades served instead. Some lance points made by the Mexicans for trade to natives were 14 inches long and had an integral socket; some of these would have changed hands many times and would find their way into the hands of the Sioux.
A particular and unusual style of warrior society insignia was the "bow-lance", effectively shaped like an oversize recurved bow of wood with a lance point fitted to one end. The bow was wrapped in long strips of fur and long streamers of feathers were attached near the metal point. These were certainly carried by members of the Kit Fox society and perhaps by others; despite their warlike appearance they served only as a rallying point and would seldom have been used as a weapon.
At all times lances were rarely used weapons, with the bow, knife and war club (and guns when they could be obtained) representing much more commonly used weapons.
How did the comanches get their leaders?
LiIke most of the modern names of native American tribes, Comanche is not the real name but one applied by neighbouring groups (who did not speak Comanche). The Comanche call themselves neuma or numinu, meaning people.
The origin of the word Comanche is unclear; it may from be a Ute word for "enemy" (kohmats), or simply a combination of neuma and the Ute ending -ache (meaning tribe), giving neumache, corrupted by Spanish settlers to Comanche.
How did the Comanche tribe adapt to their living environment?
The Comanche Indians did not have one leader over the tribe but instead had a group of leaders. The children would spend most of the time with the same sex parent after infancy. Daughters would stay with mothers learning to gather foods, cook, and make clothing. Sons would stay with fathers learning to make tools, construct shelter, farm animals, and hunt.
Of course they can! And as befitting their psychological trait, they are often callous with their choice of partner (because they have no conscience) and totally self-centred in their derivation of pleasure from the act.
And everybody know that sex is a powerful weapon of control, and control/abuse/manipulation are fundamental to a sociopath's existence.
Why did the Comanche Indians leave?
The Comanche were nomadic because they were hunter-gatherers. Their main source of food, clothing, housing, and tools were the vast herds of Buffalo who roamed the Plains. As the Buffalo migrated so did the Comanche.
The Comanche were Plain Indians that lived within an area that was known as Comancheria. This area was located in what is now known as the eastern area of New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, western Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas, and the majority of northwest Texas. The Comanche tribe was formed in 1680 when they broke away from the Shoshone tribe. They are still in existence today.
Did the Comanche Indians have guns?
several militiamen were killed by bullets, wether by friendly fire or by Indians is unclear, but the Indians there likely had no guns because they were instructed by Black Kettle to give up their weapons and stolen property to the nearby Fort Lydon to promote peace. Black Kettle was told to do this by Colonel Chivington who was looking to kill all of the Indians in the area, but Black Kettle didn't know that. He just wanted to live in peace and turned in his four white prisoners and told his tribe to give up their weapons. so probably not, but maybe a few kept their rifles.
What sport did the Comanche Indians play?
The Comanche Indians had several toys that they played with. The games they played were a hoop game, horse games, and just regular outside games like other children.
Chiricahua Apache
Geronimo was born of the Bedonkohe Apache tribe in No-doyohn Canon, Arizona, June, 1829, near present day Clifton, Arizona. The fourth in a family of four boys and four girls, he was called Goyathlay (One Who Yawns.) In 1846, when he was seventeen, he was admitted to the Council of the Warriors, which allowed him to marry. Soon, he received permission; married a woman named Alope, and the couple had three children.
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Geronimo was a fearsome man he came from the Apache tribe of Native India he led bloody battles through hard times he was a vital man and avoided being captured by 5000 troops but finally he surrendered he was taken to a Florida prison where he lived the rest of his lonely a now pathetic like in the prison cell he died in the year 1909.1829-1909.He was a astonishing man with great power and responsibility.He was an Eighty-Year-Old man which in that time was a long time to live and a possible long-life with no happy-ending.
Geronimo was from the Apache tribes.
yes the caddos do live today but mostly they live in Oklahoma
What is a famous quote by quanah Parker?
the white man goes inside church to talk about Jesus, the Indian goes inside to talk with Jesus
Do the Comanche Indians live today?
Most cherokeee in the US today live in either Oklahoma or North Carolina. They are the largest native tribe in the Unted States.
Who got scalped by the Indians?
The Europeans mostly, there were numerous occasions when they paid a bounty for scalps.
The Iroquois and Comanche used scalping to show the European settlers that they could be just as brutal as they were in the hopes it would deter them from taking their land.
What is the American Indian phrase for north wind?
Just a few words for wind in some of the languages of North America are:
Lakota...............tate
Hidatsa..............hutsi
Cheyenne...........háa'háeše
Blackfoot...........sopo
Mahican.............kshaxen (blown by wind)
Delaware...........kschachan (the wind blows)
Powhatan..........kikithamots
Shawnee...........mis-sich-kon-ne
Maliseet.............wocawson
Mohegan............wutun
Mohawk..............kawera'shatste
Navajo...............niyol, nilchi
Apache..............nilchi
Jicarilla..............nlchi
Arikara (Sanish)..huutuúnu'
Shahaptin (Yakama)..huli
Hopi..................hukba
Shoshone...........neai
Yaqui.................jeeka
What is the symbol of the Comanche Tribe?
The symbol is called the "star". It is actually a square, standing on one corner, with a short line extending outward from the center of each side of the square at a 90 degree angle. (To determine the length of those four lines, mentally draw imaginary lines connecting their ends, thus forming another square, with the corners of the original square touching the centers of each side of the newly formed square.)
Which part of Texas did the Comanche live in?
The Comanche ruled an large area on the Southern Plains which was known by the Spaniard as Comancheria (the land of the Comanche). The Comancheria extended from the Arkansas River in Kansas in the north to the Edwards Plateau in southcentral Texas in the south, from the eastern edge of the Llano Estacado (Staked Plains) of New Mexico to to the Cross Timbers in eastern Texas. In the end it encompass portions of Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico as Texas. On their raids the Comanche, together with the Kiowa and Kiowa Apache, ranged even further south, north and west. They had especially bad relations with the mighty Osage and Pawnee people to their north and northeast, and the various Apache nations to the south and west were traditional their worst foe. As Spanish allies they raided Western and Chiricahua Apache rancherias in Arizona as well as in Sonora and Chihuahua. The same they acted against the Lipan and Mescalero Apache in southern Texas, New Mexico as in Coahuila, Chihuahua, Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon.
What is the geography of the Comanche Indian area?
On great plains in part of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma
Were the comanches nomadic or lived in permanent villages?
They were nomatic and had no permant villages
What were some achievements for the Comanche tribe?
The accomplishments are they can make amazing wigwams.
What cooking utensils did the Comanche Indians use?
Chinook Indians had bowls and spoons to eat with. Meat and fish were attached to sticks and roasted over the fire. They made tightly woven baskets and could boil water in them by placing hot rocks into water in the basket. Roots were sometimes cooked by digging a hole and filling it partly with burning coals and then leaves and finally the roots and everything was covered. This worked like an oven.
What do Comanches jumanos and coahuiltecans have in common?
One of the main things the Comanches, Jumanos, and Coahuiltecans had in common is that they inhabited the state of Texas.