This Is The Most Powerful Native American Tribe In History

Before America was the United States of America it was populated by various Native American tribes. Some tribes were larger and lived in more expansive territories than others. Some of the especially notable tribes were the Iroquois that held vast territories in Eastern America and the Ojibwe in the Midwest. But in the Southwest, the Comanche nation was the dominant tribe of the southern Great Plains. They were known for their ruthless warriors and raids on other tribes and European settlers alike. Their dominance and ruthlessness earned them the nickname “The Lord of The Plains.” But why were the Comanches so successful in asserting their rule? What made them one of the most powerful Native American tribes in history?
#Tribes #History #Historical
Horses changed everything | 0:00
Single-minded warriors | 1:21
Tribal conquerors | 2:22
The Comancheria | 3:27
War with Texas | 4:34
The last great Chief | 5:26
Succumbing to disease | 6:40
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[@comanchebattles]

Im a Comanche and a member of the Comanche nation tribe out of Lawton Oklahoma. Trying to learn our language so I can teach my kids. I hope all native nations can keep their ways alive!

[@robertbro.....6076]

Yes don't let that evil take that away

[@la_joya_presa_club]

Ima tarasco indian out of michoacan Mexico 🇲🇽 and native life is beautiful

[@maiinvestments1036]

The Comanches sold the rest of the tribes out. They allowed the US to be what it is now. All our Tribes together they would not had a chance. The Tribes of Sentinel Island had and still have the right idea. Not being racist but keeping the white people of our land would have been the best thing for us all.

[@kathryncarter6143]

Always believe it is very important to know where you came from & absolutely everybody should have this right.

[@tristenweems5734]

I’m also in Oklahoma, east of you about 2 hours. I am Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian

[@Certified_Art_Teacher]

My grandfather was the last medicine man for the Comanche Nation, Thomas Blackstar Sr. I"m proud of my heritage.

[@deborahrunnells8222]

As you. Should. Be

[@katharinanovobacki6420]

My Respekt an Honer to your Familie iam Serbian 68year Lady in nursing Home Love You all

[@worldchampion8888]

You should be proud of your heritage

[@PeterParker-yr8yb]

Amazing. I'm just now starting to research about the native Americans. Looking for accurate sources is a challenge though.

[@isachannigan]

​I am indian

[@forreal245]

My next door neighbor is part Cherokee & is so psychic that she spooks me. She is incredibly artistic, totally self-sufficient when necessary, will do anything for a person in need, yet she is strange in several ways. Love her .

[@stevem9766]

Very connected! Can easily see the direction of most energy. Predict results.

[@annbolyn4910]

I love hearing about the cultures and history of Native Americans. The photography and art visuals here are absolutely beautiful.

[@petlovers3679]

Same here Hi Ann.

[@annbolyn4910]

@@petlovers3679 🌞🌹

[@petlovers3679]

@@annbolyn4910 How are you doing and where are you chatting from?

[@nelsonanthony213]

Hello Ann

[@markanthony7584]

Hello Ann

[@crappiehookking387]

My Dad side is Comanche descendants from Oklahoma Area, and my Mom side Lakota descendants. Learning what your ancestors were like is pretty cool.

[@mikesaunders6558]

My ancestors were soldiers real Warriors not animals in hide now this is our land

[@dary0097]

@@mikesaunders6558 moron 🤦

[@mikesaunders6558]

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[@dary0097]

@@mikesaunders6558 I could almost hear The Banjo Music in the background when I read Your Dumb Remarks 🙄

[@anointingofseer2596]

@@mikesaunders6558 tell us about your ancestors.

[@robothunter1035]

I wish the Comanche would attack the people who interrupt videos with all these annoying commercials.

[@janejones8672]

Ha ha ha LOL

[@urmenyi]

Totally agree.

[@Novalarke]

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[@justindececco5836]

Fast forward through whole video then hit replay....no commercials👍

[@ricklee5431]

Y'all know every phone app available on god's earth but you don't know about AdBlock???

[@tomtom7734]

Don’t give up learning about your people and tribe, even if your European and or African in heritage, seek and learn. Learn who all of you are and don’t be ashamed to embrace who you are and seek out those people, learn!

[@Bigtmac2200]

It's great to see content about my people online, we certainly never got mentioned in public school books.

[@sl5932]

and despite it all native americans serve honorably in America's military and respect the flag. God Bless you.

[@loisjohnson7272]

I’m glad that many people are trying hard to understand and keep their wonderful Indian ancestry history alive, Proud Cherokee blood here! ,Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina,,

[@karonsanchez3551]

Lois Johnson... Another Proud Cherokee here! My grandmother was from the TN reservation. My mother is 💯 Percent, My father is 48 percent Cherokee, and 2 percent Apache. PROUD to be Native American. I got a beautiful Tattoo that says Cherokee Pride across my shoulders. My 2 daughters each have Dream Catchers tattoos on their backs with my parents names, and my name in the middle. Went with my mom before she passed away to the Trail of Tears. I cried.

[@mothertwinkles4198]

Hey, homie! Me, too on mother's side! I visited The Cherokee Museum this Feb. I got some nice earrings.

[@sharronneace3423]

@Shelia Farmer same here on both sides..out of eastern KY..( breathitt)....I urge anyone with validation of your ancestry..to learn what you can of the ways..the traditions.and pass that down

[@imlovely6522]

May I ask if you know the fact that the Second Amendment in the USA was historically put in place in the American Constitution, mainly to encourage slaughtering indigenous Native American people, in order to take over their homeland. Moreover, the hidden mega genocide of indigenous Native Americans, and their population in Continents of America 500 yrs ago was around 15 millions, while European population in Europe was around 25 millions. Today, Native Americans population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering 'TWO BILLION'! For instance, 200 years ago here in the USA, around 3 million Germans came, and now there are 65 millions German-Americans; while 150 years ago, around 2 millions Irish came, and now there are 45 million Irish-Americans. While 500 years ago there were estimated to be 5 to 6 millions indigenous Native Americans in the USA, before Christopher Columbus arrived, today there are only around 2 million indigenous Native Americans survived. Imagine this scenario, if Native American people cross the Atlantic, invade and Colonize Europe, and slaughter most Europeans, and put the remaining populations in tiny reservations, for 500 long years. How would Europeans feel about it? Think about it. All they need is their beloved motherland back, the lands that their ancestors' forebears had lived through thick and thin, endured through hardships and all for generations. Besides, indigenous Native Americans in Colonized lands of Anglo British, Spaniard and others are more of the same. Kill the indigenous Natives and whoever is left, marginalize them and create artificial poverty, once that poverty becomes crime and drinking, the media points to the poor and blames them to continue to stigmatize the 'other' community, scumbags, etc. Amazing fact that Indigenous Natives had built such great civilizations as Mayan, Inca and Aztec without outside help, and all from scratch, and all on their own, since they had been cut off from the rest of the world for twenty thousand years. In other words, they actually are great and proud people. Imagine what it would be like today if Native Americans had possessed some sort of nuclear weapons to defend themselves, and their beloved motherlands from invaders Colonizers? The answer is they would still have their own beloved motherlands, plus their population comparable to that of the European population. In my humble opinion, it's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people. Remember, notorious global cardinal crimes the West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is this another notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask? 🤔

[@NativeAmerican10]

Another pretindian bless your heart

[@Ullr-el3pu]

You know that the native Indian were great warriors, when the Army called their helicopters after these great people. Lots of respect to these warriors.

[@johnratican3824]

Right. I still don't get the offense of Washington Redskins. It was not an insult. Why would a team want to be called that if it was a term of disdain? I think it was mean t to conjure up an image of brave warriors who the other team would not want to mess with.

[@ryo.4200]

@@johnratican3824 lol you sound dumb

[@Ullr-el3pu]

@@ryo.4200 The only joke is you.

[@Ullr-el3pu]

@Bright Light I have friends that are Indian, they seem more down to earth and smarter than you by 10x’s. They are a proud group of citizens. I get along better with them, than idiots like you. You probably heard of Daniel Boone, his special skills was learned from the Indians. I respect those Indian warriors for defending their rights. Too bad, there weren’t enough of them to kill all the evil settlers of the past that have attitudes like you.

[@randyclark7404]

@@Ullr-el3pu The same Daniel Boone whose teenaged son was tortured to death by native americans? LMAO, man you're stupid.

[@jackmoki1251]

Awesome my native brothers and sisters much love from New Zealand Native Nation

[@henrydean7305]

Hello Jack Moki,how are you doing?

[@Henry-qy7eg]

I'm Mescalero Apache and Comanche, very proud of who I am. I have a spanish last name and offended when people talk to me in spanish, I come across as being racist. We as Native Americans should embrace who we are and incorporate good trades of others. We are survivors and should evolve as a people but keep our identity!

[@justincoughenour4123]

I live right by Wichita mountains and the comanche tribe is the biggest tribe here. I am fascinated with the stoicism and the history of all native American people. The comanche nation fair is absolutely massive and fun as hell. Come check it out sometime

[@mosessupposes2571]

Hi neighbor

[@kk92922]

Let’s go together !

[@certinstructorron4050]

I grew up in the Lawton area. I knew a lot of Comanches.

[@Editnamehere]

Any babes?

[@reteipegal7690]

@@EditnamehereWhy you ask? You wanna kill em 'n make medicine. Bad name you have.

[@timbarnett3898]

I was married to Comanche, her grandfather lived through 13 bullet wounds. She had degree in Education, 5 master's degrees an could speak 13+ languages, while teaching romance languages like French, German, but could also speak Japanese, Chinese, Russian! Needless to say, she's pretty smart!

[@austinrichards1740]

Yeah

[@Chinaonetakeout99]

All cap

[@timbarnett3898]

@@Chinaonetakeout99 are you saying, all crap! Then I'll raise you $500 to $1000 because this story is all true!

[@Chinaonetakeout99]

@@timbarnett3898 Tim I’m sure you are an older gentleman. I would like to inform you, that all cap would be similar to saying all crap. However, the premise of my comment was to strike a rise out of you and get you to react in an upset manner. Seeing as I have achieved this result, I am now satisfied. This is what is called Trolling, Tim. People do this on the internet for no reason because we lack substance in our lives 😂

[@RogueReplicant]

Nobody speaks 13 languages, ffs. And German is *not* a Romance language, wtf 😑

[@Trill-native]

AHOOO!!✊🏽 as a Comanche this is the history we needed to know more about growing up!!

[@Techsus1]

For those wanting to learn more about the Comanche, I highly recommend the book ‘Empire of the Summer Moon’.

[@docholliday4546]

It was ok but not great.

[@Magneticlaw]

I second that - very engrossing and informative.

[@mosessupposes2571]

Another excellent one is ‘Captured’ by Scott Zesch.

[@joepohr3104]

The best book i have ever read one of the main reasons the Texas rangers prevailed was the invention of the six shooter

[@thomasanderson9202]

I recommend this book "Comanches put the prisoner to work digging a hole, telling him they needed it for a religious ceremony. When the captive, using a knife and his hands, had completed digging a pit about five feet deep, they bound him with rope, placed him in it, filled the hole with dirt, packing it around his body and exposed head. They then scalped him and cut off his ears, nose, lips, and eyelids. Leaving him bleeding, they rode away, counting on the sun and insects to finish their work" for them. Later, back at their encampment, they told the story as an excellent joke, one which gained them a certain celebrity throughout the tribe.

[@rustysawyers5109]

My great grandfather, as a 10 year old, encountered a band of Comanche while he was hunting small game on the Leona river in southwest Texas. He hid in some brush as they stopped to water the horses. They had a dead deer strapped across a pony and pulled the deer off and gutted it. They took the raw liver and split it among themselves. After resting for about an hour, loaded up the deer and remounted and rode on across the river. My grandpa hightailed it back to the ranch house.....

[@Threezi04]

Wow that's actually a pretty cool story! What year approximately was this if you don't mind me asking?

[@rustysawyers5109]

I don't know exactly because he died long before I came along in '49. And my dad has been dead since 1995 but by what I DO know, it would have been pre civil war, probably in the late 1850's. On my mother's side, had two great,great uncles, Asa and Jabob walker killed at the Alamo battle manning the cannon in front of the chapel doors, according to Suzannah Dickenson, a survivor of the battle. Both sides of my family have been here a LONG time. Just a little trivia for you......

[@devanjaques7143]

@@rustysawyers5109 thank you for sharing. a little walk through history right there

[@rustysawyers5109]

@@devanjaques7143 Thank you, for enjoying it. My family has been in Texas since 1803 on my daddy's side,( my ggggrandfather was a Redcoat in the revolution) and on my Mama's side, my gggrandfather's two brothers, were killed manning the cannon in front of the chapel doors, in the Alamo battle and I have heard countless stories about our family and Texas ancestry while I was growing up. Fighting comanches, Confederate battles, etc. Everything you can think of. Anyway, thank you for your response and stay safe....

[@devanjaques7143]

@@rustysawyers5109 you too my friend, be well

[@abyss9316]

The Native Americans have always had a proud history of standing up to their enemies

[@joannewinter7879]

They certainly deserve to be remembered.

[@minpros3049]

And a sad history of losing eventually

[@JRobbySh]

Disease did more to weaken them than anything. That and bad luck The Iroquois confederation would probably have remained a British dependency had the British defeated the American rebels with continued ties down the Ohio Valley. If The British provided better support to Tecumseh during the War of 1812. . the Ohio country would have become part of Canada. But if Napoleon had not made his ill-fated venture into Russia , and British war with France would have last for years longer, the United States would have been punished worse, and maybe New England would have decided to rejoin British North America.

[@viktoriaironpride4977]

And their "enemies" were usually other "native Americans."

[@snk7148]

Like almost all other tribes the Comanche were peaceful by nature and warriors by necessity. This video is a perfect example of whitewashed history! The Comanche were peaceful hunter-gatherers. It is laughable to say that they became warriors simply because they got horses. This happened 100 years after the colonizers came. The colonizers spread disease, misinformation, war, and famine so tribes were confused and in chaos. That is at which point this guy is talking about. Not before the settlers came, not even during their first few years, but after 2 - 3 generations of enslavement, disease, famine, and war. Families were murdered and raped. Elders, babies, and women were slaughtered. Atrocities like this can change a people. If someone raped and murdered your entire family you just might do some awful things to them in return. Like almost all other tribes the Comanche were peaceful by nature and warriors by necessity.

[@kamama9109]

For me I find that I learn so much and love to tune into the FNX tv channel(short for first nation's experience) It is better for me than most any other channel offered these days on tvs. We like to learn from this channel about many other cultures, histories, and backgrounds When we watch it, it settles our minds and brings a peaceful feeling. Our household always takes time to tune in to this channel FNX(first nation's experience). I'm so glad we discovered it on TV. We have recorded whole series recently.

[@ben8405]

Let's all find JESUS, and. LIVE A REAL MEANINGFUL LIFE.

[@garnetstewart3461]

The Comanches gained considerable power from their raids into Mexico. Northern Mexico became a virtual extension of Comancheria. Roaming nearly as far as Mexico City they gathered thousands of head of livestock, numerous horses, mules, and Mexican captives. They traded their bounty, including the captives to other tribes. The horses could be used by the tribes to resist the westward expansion of the US. White traders traded guns to Comanches.

[@cjmerasty9289]

Native pride for life

[@Olkv3D]

OUR A.I.M. IS TRUE !

[@margaretna3854]

Forever

[@sethwalkingchild1625]

Indeed bruv

[@himalayan8315]

Worldwide bro 😎

[@FuzzyChubbyPurpleUnicorn]

Have pride. But don't have selective memory.

[@kellyweatherford1593]

Crazy Horse said we fight to the death and we never surrender!

[@seanleith5312]

"Most Powerful Native American Tribe" is like saying "the best medical school in central America".

[@charlesmartel342]

Well, we made his horse surrender. Then made him pull a plow in Kansas!

[@ZeeZahSmile]

Crazy Horse wasn't Commanche, he was Lakota

[@charlesmartel342]

@@ZeeZahSmile Comanche or Lakota , the point ius he said we do not surrender. But he did surrender.

[@lightningstriking7]

@@charlesmartel342 no they didn't you jackass.

[@sharonkaysnowton]

I live in Texas. I love history, and grew up hearing stories of Comanches, Texas Rangers, slavery in Texas and when Texas was under the control of Mexico. I love Texas. I love the history of Texas. I am a Tejana.

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Sharon Kay Snowton I like your comment here... Hope you're fine and staying safe?

[@harrietpeabody2118]

I am a member of the Cherokee Nation. I appreciate your videos

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Harriet Peabody you've spoken very well... How are you doing hope you're fine and staying safe?

[@stevem9766]

Cherokee nation lives .

[@slayer9240]

Its criminal that to this day the descendants of these people are still treated as second class citizens in their own country.

[@rickhayden3343]

my grandma was 100% cherokee and did what she wanted and considered herself an american and never a second class citizen. they do not have live on reservations, can do whatever they want to do.

[@davidkenney2175]

More insight please?

[@shanghunter7697]

@CHIEF TAHCHAWWICKAH Sad !! Very best wishes to you and yours chief (beautiful people) too !!

[@paulinejeann4058]

There's literally memes about White ppl claiming their grandma was Cherokee. 😂

[@rickhayden3343]

@@paulinejeann4058 and there are factually thousands like me who did have a grandma who was tribal.

[@carmencolon8012]

I have been told by the Peruvians that, the Caribs were so deadly that the spaniards had to stop navigating their galleons loaded with gold into the Caribbean sea. Every time they did, the Caribs would go out at night in their canoes, board the galleons and sink them ...so this is why it is called the Caribbean sea.

[@olafharoldsonnii4713]

Oh shiiiit

[@mumzy-gogetemmparanormal6892]

Wow, didn't know that! Thanks for the knowledge!

[@rubencuadros7174]

How is that possible if one of the largest ports that Spain had was Cartagena, in the Caribbean?

[@rlross3706]

I was told by the Southies that the Beans sailed down from Boston and didn't let the Yankees find gold in the Carribean. Thats why its called Carri-bean sea.

[@johntrojan9653]

@@rubencuadros7174 YEA !!?????!!

[@pamelaban15]

Beautiful story, they didn't give up their land easily. They were brave warriors 👍🏻

[@andewscott1749]

Hello Pamela, how are you doing today Hope your having a good day? I'm Andrew from Orlando Florida and I would really love to know more about you if you do not mind I'm a military surgeon and I'm currently deployed here in tehran Irán for a mission to help secure the health of the US army here

[@pamelaban15]

Hi Scott, glad to know your serving your country with pride. I am not from Tehran 😁

[@nelsonanthony213]

Hello Pamela 👋

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Pamela Ban you've spoken very well... Hope you're fine and staying safe?

[@henrydean7305]

Hello Pamela Ben,how are you doing?

[@israelcarrera7287]

The Chichimeca/Zacateco we're the first steal horses from the Spanish to my understanding. The first to use them against them in war as well. The Chichimeca we're fierce warriors and the Zacatecos made up a large part of the group but the Zacatecos we're not as aggressive as the Chichimeca. Makes me wonder how the two tribes reacted to the Comanche 🧐

[@sandyMlud]

There are several items very incorrect in this video. I am Comanche. Born and raised. There are several good resources if you truly want to learn more. Including tribal directed websites and books. Always double check sources Including asking the tribe itself.

[@rajappashama6247]

Well said

[@originalskywalker]

Already because most people are cultural vultures

[@chaselost]

I don’t know much about your tribe but I definitely felt like he wasn’t telling the right information on parts.

[@originalskywalker]

@@chaselost They will never tell the truth because to much is at steak (Land). When you make a people think they from Africa they will never think to look at the land they are originally from. The first Africans to hit the Americas from a slave boat was only 20 Africans in the 1500. Go look at census back then they changed the identities to Black (Freemen) we are the ones who didn’t go to the reservations.

[@Ron-oe7hg]

If you could give me a starting point, id really enjoy reading the truth.

[@sonyagriffy]

My husband is Comanche, direct descendent of Qwana Parker, I teach them about their heritage and culture and let them know who they are. Children of God and Comanche Warriors.♥️

[@darrylmcginty1296]

Yet you can’t spell his name?? Greatest warrior and chief QUANAH PARKER!!

[@beauteoussounds1156]

Chill, Dharrel. The phonetic spelling arrives at the same destination, no?

[@mississippisnowplow]

Hello from a white Parker descendant.

[@terrancewatson7739]

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[@CrayolaCoffeeBean]

How cool would it be if there was a Game of Thrones spin-off of America to show these amazing tribes of our country??? I’d LOVE to see these incredible people brought to our eyes. They’ve become spiritual icons, enigmas to modern citizens. Their culture deserves to be high lighted.

[@seemykids99]

They cant. Then all those guilty white people would know that these tribes had war and murder and rape and slavery and all the other horrors we pretend only the white man did.

[@zenothemeano4381]

I think there is actually a show called "frontier" that actually is based on the beaver wars.

[@dustinsykes2671]

Kumeyaay and Yaqui native here, from San Pasqual reservation, respect to all fellow natives I wish the best for you all and your families❤️

[@jennellpatricio9995]

I grew up with the stories of Quanah Parker and his mother and father and pictures of him hanging everywhere... Unfortunately I don't share blood with them but the man who raised me was their descendant and he was so very proud of his heritage...

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

The odds of being a direct descendant of someone that was alive in the 1900s arent very good. Go further back a few generations and the odds are better. Chances are you share a common ancestor with his mother within 10 generations back so him too. Youd be surprised.

[@gothicwestern]

I never get tired of looking at old photos of native Americans. To me they are the most beautiful of all ethnic groups, but that's just personal preference. I wonder what they would be doing now if Europeans had never found America. The wild west is iconic, the horses, war paint, headdresses, papooses, language, guns, cowboy hats and boots, everything about it is an amazing design and sensory sensation. But I find it curious that modern native Americans don't acknowledge that the Commanche actually did more harm to them, killing all men, than did the Europeans who at least created reservations.

[@jennellpatricio9995]

@@joshuatraffanstedt2695 Quanah Parker died in 1911 and the man that raised me was born in 1937... he can trace the lineage... I grew up in Weatherford Texas which is in Parker County... that area was settled by Cynthia Anne's family... I don't carry their blood but have been raised by a man that was oh so proud of his heritage... I was born with Parker as my last name and I passed it on to my children.. just to honor my daddy...

[@montechemalehman9481]

Herman Lehman adopted by Quanah. My grandparents loved this story

[@patriciaicon]

@@montechemalehman9481 .m MO

[@ygtrece186]

Remember, the Navajo Code talkers helped win us the war.

[@garylefevers]

Absolutely right. Heroes for sure.

[@carolconaway5852]

They saved a lot of lives

[@jimmorrison8014]

@@iramitchell4811 I heard about that also, it just wasn't the Navajo's, there were other tribes who were also part of the code talkers, including the commanche in WW2

[@douglaswygant3949]

@@garylefevers mml hi hi

[@ritawilliams8686]

The Navajo developed the code

[@nascarvintage17]

fascinate ! great vidéo thank you !! incredible the conquest of the comanche tribe

[@jamesroper4952]

The Comanche didn't control the entire plains. There's other tribes on the plains that were just as powerful, and brutal in times of war. There's the Lakota, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Pawnee, and more.

[@iiatargetanalyst3046]

Well put

[@jamesroper4952]

@@iiatargetanalyst3046 I guess the guy who made the video, thinks that all Native Americans are the same. It's been over four hundred years, and some of them still haven't figured out. That Native Americans are divided into several different tribes, each with their unique culture and languages.

[@ChrisSanten]

i'm wondering how this history doesn't include the trail of tears and the 1830 Indian Removal Act.

[@JB-uv4hm]

@@ChrisSanten because they weren’t an eastern tribe.

[@ChrisSanten]

@@JB-uv4hm Georgia isn't eastern?

[@derky7691]

My family on my mother’s side is Cherokee. Proud to be a native

[@charlesbullghost5491]

Marry your own Cherokee people.....

[@poncho2k574]

@@charlesbullghost5491 ew

[@jaxthewolf4572]

@@charlesbullghost5491 You got some nerve boy.

[@pupinpupin9307]

You should!!!!

[@danwinger1007]

I am proud of my Cherokee heritage. I was raised traditional and I raised my children traditional as well. AHO!

[@gaymichaelis7581]

Wonderful! Were you raised in Oklahoma?

[@albertsutherland277]

U should be proud. All of us Native Americans should be proud.

[@scarz1951]

I am descended from members of the Eastern band of the Cherokee.

[@pyromorph6540]

@@albertsutherland277 Please be :)

[@albertsutherland277]

@@pyromorph6540 yes I'm very proud of my heritage. I'm Oglala Sioux and Lakota Sioux

[@maryvaughn7886]

Quanah's mother was a member of my family. She never recovered from being "rescued". We have Cherokee ancestry but even tho Comanche were not bloodline relation I'm still proud of the connection.

[@prestonsmith9824]

Hello Mary! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe??

[@richmondalex8418]

Hello Mary! How are you doing today?

[@michellelopez5407]

i and my immediate family grew up across Oklahoma & Texas from myself around especially around Osage county to Comanche & Choctaw, Chicasaw & Pawnee, Ponca tribes. My father is buried at Fort Sill post next roll over from Quanna Parker few other war chief treaties. Actually few years ago construction was stopped on Fort Sill post found burial graves with bones supposedly native tribes. Barely any apache around mostly Kiowa and Comanche Sw Okla. Osage county is my old childhood stomping grounds. I mainly grew up around the Osage county rez where my father was born and raised. My family is Apache, Kiowa, Osage, Choctaw few other tribes were mixed my relatives do speak fluent Spanish as well. Cousin is pepper martin mother side of family Walters Okla areas

[@mikegorski2085]

All these racist words are relabeled of space vehicles technologies, I hope you learnt from this ???

[@nicolamicanti2443]

Cool!

[@greywendigo7026]

Amazing family history you share might I add

[@sheerwillsurvival2064]

@@mikegorski2085 Mike please spare us the nonsense 🙄

[@avalonhardrock2703]

Great respect and best wishes for brave Comanche nation .... from Serbia.

[@hellohandsome9875]

Same from UK

[@avalonhardrock2703]

@@hellohandsome9875 :) all the best to you too, my friend!

[@jaguarthunderwolf3327]

It matters not what nations Native Americans are from, they're brothers and sisters to me. May they all live long and prosper.

[@leeleeturn]

Now you are, and I understand and respect that, but back in the day y'all guys fought each other like crazy!

[@jaguarthunderwolf3327]

@@leeleeturn "The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) laugh when people speak to them of obedience to kings; for they cannot reconciles the idea of submission with the dignity of man. Each individual is a sovereign in his own mind; and as he conceives he derives his freedom from the Creator alone he cannot be induced to acknowledge any other power. But that freedom does not allow for anyone to abuse the freedom of others. The Six Nations of the Iroquois put aside their differences and put an end to war. They included the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga (my people), Seneca, and Tuscarora. Perpetual Peace.

[@memyselfandi1512]

Wrong about that

[@douglasmurphy6214]

glad to meet you thunderwolf you speak wisely i have on both sides of my parents some cherokee have visited new echota this and other factors gave me a deep love and respect for the native peoples blessings to you my friend

[@BigBri550]

@@leeleeturn ... Says someone whose entire knowledge of American Indian history came from Hollywood & television westerns

[@frankieclayton3628]

I love learning about this history!

[@jessiefoster6894]

I am Comanche and have always been proud of the fact that our tribe was the last true Indian warriors.

[@erismana2105]

😒

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Nice comment Jessie Foster... Hope you're fine and staying safe?

[@CO84trucker]

The only unbroken treaty a Native American tribe is the 1847 Meusebach-Comanche Treaty signed by German Texans and the Penataka Comanche Tribe.

[@victorclabaugh1373]

Do you mean broken by america ?

[@et76039]

It is also the only private treaty recognized by the U.S. government. The Comanches saw it as applying to the German settlers of the Fisher-Miller grant, and not to other Texans. UT Arlington was given a contemporary copy of the treaty.

[@charleswatts8395]

@@Peet1206 Yes, those guys are hard workers and they know their computer science. I am glad they corrected that as well, but if you are speaking of the native people of the North American Continent, then their has been no reset on the perception of Native Americans in the US.

[@Marginal391]

The Germans like doing things the right way ...

[@Psychiatrick]

The Royal Proclamation has yet to be amended...

[@infantryricky6807]

I read a great book about Quanah Parker and the Comanche Nation titled "Empire of the Summer Moon," published in 2016. Well worth the read!

[@edwardbailey7911]

The Comanche Empire Book by Pekka Hämäläinen Another good read and in more detail than "Empire of the Summer Moon,"

[@dianamcalister912]

Readable, accurate. However, Comanches ran other tribes off of “their” land. Tribes didn’t own “their mother”. Nor was the occupying of land commonly used by another “tribe” (either White or Indian) limited to only one. I have issues with ‘whites stole our land’ arguments. Tribes didn’t own land.

[@infantryricky6807]

You should’ve posted your own comment, rather than in reply to mine, because the points you make have nothing whatsoever to do with what I posted.

[@dianamcalister912]

@@infantryricky6807 Had to do with the content of Empire of the Summer Sun. Makes it germane.

[@infantryricky6807]

Except I don’t recall reading “Whites stole the land…” in that book. Whites didn’t steal anything, it was a fight to the death & we won. Plus, other nations, tribes, peoples or any other label to humans you can think of, all did it. So yeah, post your own comment & keep me out of your lectures. Thanks.

[@donaldbadowski290]

You missed one big factor in their defeat, the introduction of the Colt revolver, and a change in tactics from single shot rifle fire on the ground, to mounted warfare using the short range revolver.

[@b01tact10n]

There's old stories orally told of Yup'ik Warriors of Old, I know a few and they were very territorial. I think its awesome to have North American background and heritage 😁

[@malgorzatamiroslawakim7187]

My respect to the Native American people all my best personal regards happy weekend,

[@PlowenYourMommy]

Native Americans tortured and killed their prisoners of war. They raped their female captives. They almost completely exterminated several races of Native Americans...yet when White colonist gave them a taste of their own medicine; they bitch and complain about how they were victims.

[@PlowenYourMommy]

@Bright Light The native Americans got what hey deserved.

[@prestonsmith9824]

Hello Kim! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe??

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Malgorzata Miroslawa Kim how are you doing? Hope you're fine and staying safe?

[@Joe1935429]

This is a far too brief and over-simplified story of the Comanche to be useful or accurate. The book: "Empire Of The Summer Moon" by S.C. Gwynne is an excellent history of the Comanche. It is referenced in these comments and worth reinforcing. It is accurate, and tough to put down.

[@Dallasjamma]

It’s terrible propaganda and inaccurate

[@olddriver1402]

@@Dallasjamma pls explain how

[@xres1329]

Of course it is. KZbin is not a lexicon.

[@carywest9256]

Being from Texas, l highly recommend the reading of this book. The author gives in-depth history of the tribe and the going-ons throughout the years of dominance of the South Plains. He also made the point of any interlopers caught out in the Comancharia being attacked to save a bullet for each man,woman and child. For ya didn't want to be taken alive. One in the ol' brainpan was always better than being skinned alive and tortured beyond a hideous description. And this narrator mispronounced the area The Comanche controlled. Co-mach-a-ria is how the syllables are broken down for properly pronouncing their domain.

[@larryburrows7021]

It is a well written but inaccurate and very culturally biased propaganda.

[@flashgordon6510]

Empire of the Summer Moon is a very good book about the Comanches.

[@roberthormson3323]

Hello 👋 how are you doing? Hope you’re having a good day I was dropping a comment when I come across your profile, I liked what you shared , but we are not friends . May the lord be with you and your family 🙏🕊

[@rachaelhohmann1887]

I love learning about my ancestors!

[@petlovers3679]

Same here Hi Rachael

[@nelsonanthony213]

Hi Good morning

[@nelsonanthony213]

Hello Rachel 👋

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Rachael Hohmann truth be told it's very good to learn about ancestors... Hope you're fine and staying saf

[@raystephens5247]

I am a direct great great grandson of Chief Quhana Parker, my grandmother was Lucille Parker born in Garvin, Oklahoma

[@Jake-nk4wg]

Such pride you must have!! :)

[@raystephens5247]

@@Jake-nk4wg yes, Quhana Parker on my my mother's side, Gen. Alexander Stephens /Sentor on my father's side. Alot of pride on both sides. I identify as Native American heritage.

[@raystephens5247]

As a 23yr Veteran of the Military my life goals has and will always be, living up the standards of my forefathers

[@austindenotter19]

So?

[@Me2Lancer]

Thanks for sharing this background on the Comanche Nation. As a Texan I can tell you that a good amount of Texas history deals with the Comanche and Comancheria. Quanah Parker's mother Cynthia Ann was kidnapped by Comanches when she was about age 10. She resisted Anglo rescue and died in Birdville about 5 miles from where I live. The demise of the Comanche took place under the leadership of Ranald S MacKenzie during the Red River Wars US forces overran Comanche holdouts at Palo Duro Canyon.

[@James-su1qw]

Actually, the US Army did not 'overrun' the Comanches at Palo Dura Canyon. Rather they drove the out into the plains and then seized Comanche's horses , eventually killing over 1,000 of their horses, leaving them on foot. Survival in Palo Duro Canyon area on foot with very limited supplies, spelled doom for the Comanches and so they surrendered. Only three or four First Americans were killed at Palo Duro, and by some accounts these were Kiowa lookouts, killed by First Americans - Tonkawas , who were employed by the US Army. The US Army likely never fired a shot, other than at the horses. The history is available at the Palo Duro Canyon Visitor's Center Palo Duro Canyon State Park - State Hwy Park Rd 5, Canyon, TX 79015

[@jeannerossow5210]

While I understand the logistics of why Mckenzie had the horses slaughtered, it still gives me serious chills. The fear, panic and agony of the animals! A part of me hopes he suffered over this decision for many years.

[@edwardbailey7911]

@@jeannerossow5210 When a Comanche died all that Comanche's horses and slaves were also killed

[@Me2Lancer]

@@James-su1qw Well said.

[@christinepeniaranda8484]

My friend had a handsome Appaloosa stallion named Comanche. Really nice horse.

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Christine Peniaranda how are you doing? hope you're fine and staying safe?

[@michellezimmerman8019]

This photography is just...fantastic, amazing, truly treasures of history. Hats off to the bravery and foresight of the photographers back then. I'd love to see a video about their history, how they lived and survived in the fields while gathering them.... I am Canadian Mètis on my mother's side. She married a Norwegian while many of my aunties and uncles ( 13 of them ) married other Mètis and native tribal peoples. I wish I knew more but...life and death obscure many details, don't they? Thanks for the great vid!

[@petlovers3679]

Same here Hi

[@nelsonanthony213]

Hello Michelle 👋

[@tumblrcat7256]

Hola from Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽 my Northern & southern border cousin's

[@blackwulf8793]

Okiee piskunni

[@sidvacant9382]

ayeee much love from North Dakota

[@Th3-3nd]

Que Paso from Tejas from a real Native Tejano.

[@Olkv3D]

"We didn't cross the Border, the Border crossed us!"

[@ddizon666]

Do you have blood type 0

[@patsullivan9362]

Im from New Zealand. I have Irish/Scottish/English and Maori Ancestry. Look up the Maori people of Aotearoa. So deadly and powerful and clever at Guerilla tactics during the new zealand land wars they forced the British colonisation to sign a treaty. I have love and appreciation for all Indigenous people though because they take care of the land and lived with it instead of just on it. I just got the book blood meridian so im going to read that over the Christmas break

[@nelsonanthony213]

Hello Pat Good morning

[@nelsonanthony213]

Hello Pat good morning

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Pat Sullivan you've spoken very well and brilliant... How are you doing hope you're fine and staying safe?

[@Batmanwholaughs89]

And the code was never broken in windtalkers I love history like this

[@floridaboy.californiaman.649]

Always Happy and proud to be part Cherokee , Sha kon O Hey.

[@tatankahanska120]

😅🤣😂🤣😅🤣

[@konikarino2438]

Ja od dziecka kochałem indian i teraz też ich kocham i szanuję.Tak naprawdę to oni byli w kilku krajach świata i mieli historię wyjątkowe . Pozdrawiam serdecznie wszystkich indian z całego świata. Błogosławionego życia życzę wszystkim.

[@ndnofmana521]

Same to you 😄

[@shiverarts8284]

Lol let's go

[@oso8146]

As a Navajo they were our traditional enemy we fought them we call them Anáálaní in Navajo

[@numbnumbjuice7296]

what does anaalani mean?

[@247drycleaners9]

It took a special kind of person to settle in Texas in the 1800's. It makes it easier to understand the uniqueness of Texas history.

[@keithwilliams3935]

How so? Most went there to get free land because the land in the US was expensive and too political. Almost like today's democrats, want everything for free. Only difference was it was owned by Spain and then Mexico. And they didn't like living under a monarchy. I mean, how dumb can you be? Your father, grandfather etc... fought two Wars, American Revolution and 1812 yet they wanted free land and went back to a dictatorship.

[@247drycleaners9]

@@keithwilliams3935 It wasn't free if you had to settle it and work the land and often at the cost of your life. If you watched the above video you can see that the Comanche's were a special and ruthless fighting machine and menace. There were much easier places to settle in and get "free" land than in Texas when the Comanche's ruled the plains. BTW, Spain and Mexico didn't want any part of the Comanche's either.

[@iwogajda5253]

"Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy!!!"

[@martyfrasca3142]

An excellent book is Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne. (The rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history.)

[@tomfriend4348]

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe?????

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

You've spoken very well Marty Frasca.... hope you're fine and staying safe?

[@shyryTsr2k]

I'm a Lenape part of the Munsee-Deleware nation and although my tribe were known as the "grandfather's" of all the tribes, as we were extremely peaceful, loving and excellent negotiators some of the other tribes weren't as peaceful which breaks my heart. This isn't what the Chiefs would have wanted the Indian reservations today are so gross and there is lots of crime and drunks everywhere. Tribesmen deviating from their heritage is truly sad.

[@xres1329]

Were those tribes also among the tribes of the are which today is Washington-area (NoVa,Md,EasternShore)?

[@jeannerossow5210]

Very sad and disheartening

[@joedrumer9029]

Thanks,was it useful video 📸👌

[@familytreenutshistorygenealogy]

This is great, I was definitely born in the wrong time. Probably why we have so much passion to make history videos too.

[@garymcaleer6112]

The history that is typically overlooked. Great post.

[@cleartexas]

The comanche came from the shoshone originally. They went 1,000+ miles East in the 1700's from Nevada to Oklahoma after they perfected the horse culture. I was shown this in a series of dreams. The shoshone clearly had horses in the Nevada desert. The hair of some of the young boys were very long braids and often painted colors. Very fierce intensity in the adult men. The leaders couldn't accept many of the white settlers passing through their hunting grounds without permission, that would ultimately be the beginning of their downfall (although the government would have ultimately screwed them one way or another). Many comanche souls still exist to this day.

[@theredflannelchannel7820]

What is the movie with the deer on the horse? I feel like I’ve seen it but can’t remember the name

[@gaymichaelis7581]

Thank you for this great video about the command shoes! Very, very interesting…

[@gaymichaelis7581]

I meant Comanches!

[@justinthyme7275]

Such a formidable tribe, look at them now.

[@MrKillJ]

Comanche descendant (not sure if by blood, didn't really matter) appearantly if I remember right my ancestors were unusually tall for Comanches as "while sitting on a horse his toes would drag in the grass". Supposedly the reason they were good riders was their jocky like build

[@sapphire0x0x]

The most beautiful souls 💖✨💛💗💜💕💖✨💛 in the world 🌎❤💖✨ May all lives taken REST IN POWER. 💜

[@philgiglio7922]

I have heard the Comanche described as the finest light calvary that ever existed. From what I've read and seen I believe it.

[@qbaggett1878]

Dont forget the buffalo soldiers

[@gerb7821]

Or the ira 😂

[@Phineas1626]

I’ll take the Nez Perce. All the skill, none of the brutality.

[@markbantz9699]

Mongols were greatest light cavalry!! Not even close!!!

[@b4ukwildman838]

@@markbantz9699 he was talking about natives. And comanches have a common ancestor with mongols

[@ilovemetalmusic310]

Now I wish Connor interacted with these people in AC3. Would be so cool.

[@tammanthashaw9299]

I have greatly respect for the Ingenious People's, of all Nations. Especially for this tribe and the Apache. I learn a lot especially of the Sioux tribles and the Navaho Nations. But I also have deep respect for my own people in Africa as well, We have all different tribes as well. Both of our history has never been taught in public schools, and it's up to us to teach our children our culture and our history.

[@Unknown00432]

Thanks, I'm partly indigenous greek pontic of anatolia and we suffer alot being thrown of our land like the native americans

[@dj3114]

Looks like someone "consumed" the book "Empire of the Summer Moon". A very nice presentation - thank you.

[@menintemiss6206]

As a native American iam proud to be a real American

[@jjrufus4670]

You should be! I have such a Love and respect for our Native Americans.

[@Sabrina-01]

My ppl still live on the border . We are many .We never left .

[@peter-panwannabeafricans7209]

You pawns and your still false story telling

[@melissafreeman7416]

Which tribe? I know there were many tribes in Northern Mexico but a lot of their history was lost, and almost all tribes that were here in the Southwest United States are still here, just less in numbers and territories are smaller. Is your ancestry from a Northern “Mexico” tribe or a Southwestern “United States” tribe? It makes me sad that so many tribes have been forgotten in Mexico. So much history and family roots lost. Would you happen to know your tribes name? I would love to hear of Native American tribes who were here before there was a border between colonized countries. Before New Spain, Mexico and the United States...

[@henrydean7305]

Hello LonestarMamma LalaBoom,how are you doing today??

[@jenx8842]

I will not stop against the wind they will hear my heart break every morning and every night set until he comes for me. The earth will be in turmoil until we are reunited. 🌻

[@alifpengembarabuana2202]

Greetings comanche and other native american tribe from me Malay tribe from Malaysia 🌹

[@sherridelorme4815]

If we would have United, us American Indians, would never have been conquered!

[@jamesselden9462]

It was part of the curses that they would have company in our lands! Times up for Esau!

[@jamesselden9462]

You don't know what they have before you got hear!

[@shawnk8802]

Doubtful .... as history shows disease did more to thin the Indian population than any of the wars did.

[@sherridelorme4815]

@@shawnk8802 if that’s true, it’s also true we should never have let you in, in the first place! It's well documented that the firstEuropeans who settled in the New World could not have made it through the first few winters without the assistance and knowledge of American Indians! I could go on and on but, I’ll stop here

[@devogrant2817]

Never a truer word said....the white man only capitalized on your feudalistic system ....if you have a pretty wife, and you beat her, and mistreat ,her someone else is going to take her away from you ....if you cannot see the value in what you have it shall be taken away ....even if it's your way of life !!!!

[@armanflint]

Horsepower corrupts, absolutely.

[@judyl.761]

This was a funny comment. :)

[@sarabrown7488]

😂

[@sandyjudkins2372]

Depends on how u use them.

[@slipstreamxr3763]

We Polish certainly "corrupted" the Turkish with horsepower in 1683.

[@catxnc]

my old home town of Levelland, Texas was right dab in the middle of Comancheria.

[@oliviaarteaga4092]

Proud of my Comanche heritage

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Olivia Arteaga Hi there...how are you doing? Hope you're fine and staying safe??

[@harveydecker6381]

Very interesting and informative. Thanks

[@nancymcgee4776]

I love the old photos!

[@YahshuaLovesMe]

I didn't know they were that handsome...

[@petlovers3679]

Same here Hi Nancy

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Nancy McGee it's always good to speak out what you know is right from your own prospective..how are you doing? Hope you're fine and staying safe??

[@franciscoprazzio225prazzio]

Nice video by the way very interesting story, I would love to learn about Native Americans i am part Native American myself Powhatan Shawnee, and Cherokee.

[@CommonSenceGUY79]

@NCR Lives Forever. Your Native American, and you let Europeans tell you, your History?? DAMN JUST DAMN.

[@daleharris3896]

A good book to read is about Red Cloud entitled "the heart of all that is" This book is very detailed in warfare customs and Tribal law even though there was no written law; the laws were followed. If any person didn't like a law they could leave the tribe but if they violated a law; they usually were killed.

[@JJ-eo3bs]

He said 1874 my dad was born in 1929 55 yrs difference I'm fricking older than that right NOW so if I was alive back then holy crap i would of lived through some changes. I didn't realize how in such a short time life is totally different. What my great grandparents accomplished. I'm from Nebraska the plains .

[@ThePhantom712]

Back in the day to we were restricted from traveling to far away from the reservation we werent allowed to travel freely in the country.

[@JJ-eo3bs]

@@ThePhantom712 I’m not sure what time frame your talking about. I grew up in AZ and the Indians were able to go where they wanted. I know and maybe back when my dad was a kid that was still happening so glad that kind of mentality is no longer acceptable..

[@sindeeperkins3568]

The book Ride the wind,was my first journey to the incredible lives of Cynthia Ann Parker!and the Comanche . A good read Blood of my Blood, Quanah Parker .

[@ryanroshdieh222]

My aunt is a Parker

[@nelsonanthony213]

Hello Sindee good morning

[@henrydean7305]

Hello Sindee Perkins, how are you doing?

[@johnsimon340]

Or no

[@Murderdroneslover578]

It’s been 7 generations ( my great great great great great great great grandmothers)since my family had two family members who where full Native Americans one was from the Cherokee tribes and the other was from the Comanche

[@MegaGeorge1948]

The Comanche DID have a religion: The Comanche Religion and convictions of the Comanche tribe were heavily based on Animism that included the profound or religious thought that the universe and every common item creatures, plants, trees, waterways, mountains rocks and so on have souls or spirits. The Great Plains tribes, for example, the Comanche trusted in Manitou, the Great Spirit.

[@angelnorthwind4991]

thank you

[@debrawest8637]

Beautiful energy in All living things given through the Creator God

[@Olkv3D]

"There's nothing sadder than seeing an Indian in a Cowboy hat." - George Carlin

[@Philjj61]

Maybe... "an Indian in a Cowboy hat", in church. Love George Carlin.

[@Olkv3D]

@Philjj61 while saying "God bless America"

[@sidvacant9382]

I wanna be an Indian outlaw.

[@xaviersmoke9695]

Navajos wear the cowboy hat

[@Olkv3D]

@Smoke "Navajos, wear the Cowboy hat." (FTFY)

[@TH-gy6kt]

You do realize that both the American and Canadian government's surrendered to the blackfoot nation but that part is always left out in the history books, we were known as the vikings of the plans.

[@StevenSmith-tb7hj]

we might have lost a battle , but we won the war .

[@robbykwizz555]

That's way there were treaties that heavily favors indian side, but later terms were changed to favors government side.(I say governmentrather then white man because regular white man would more or less co exist with indians).. indian agents got rich off and there friends they had no interest in helping indians , which tribes were lefted with next to nonthing and residential schools came in to play by Andrew Jackson... but today all these treaties are being fought in court which will heavily favor indian side again and the fight for self goverance

[@redhammer5783]

Where can i read about this? Im blackfoot and never heard of this!

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

@@Gevixel viking rode boats they rode horses?

[@donvandamnjohnsonlongfella1239]

Frank Castle no history no story. :p Winners write history and you are all losers! Drink more fire water Tonto! FIRE WATER!

[@lancethomas3785]

this help alot

[@WesloTheHandsome]

More of these Plz❕👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻

[@jstefencavage]

I’m reading the book abt the Comanche nation. I have the utmost respect for Native Americans. I’m ashamed of what our government did to them. And yes the history books are skewed to favor the govt. disgusting

[@janedoe5456]

I love my country, but the American govt. back then giving smallpox infected blankets to innocent Native American men, women, n children is not something we should be proud of!!! It was n is disgusting if True!!! From what I read at first they were defending themselves!!! I read Trail of Tears n other books, how SAD the way things went for them!!!

[@aphyd23]

@@janedoe5456 There's a grain of truth but it's not what people have been led to believe. During Pontiac's War, several tribes launched a surprise attack and laid siege to Fort Pitt with Chief Pontiac vowing to massacre its inhabitants. Fort Pitt lacked the resources to hold out with little hope of outside help. So they met with Pontiac's ambassadors and offered them a couple of infected blankets as a gift. They thought a smallpox outbreak might break the siege. As it turns out, smallpox is primarily airborne and unlikely to be spread by contact with a blanket. The two ambassadors were encountered again years later and lacked the scarring common with smallpox. So the only known incident of giving smallpox blankets didn't even lead to an infection. But that hasn't stopped people with an agenda from claiming otherwise.

[@2anthro]

You should read what the Comanche did to their captives.

[@jstefencavage]

I’m aware, I’ve read the book. There’s a difference. We are born in a civilized society historically. We learn what is right and wrong and how to obey the laws that are made in order to ensure peace and civility. They were not. I do agree they were very violent - but that tribe also had no central authority nor did they live as the other tribes did. They didn’t farm, had no agriculture. They roamed all over having no ties to anywhere or anyone. I’m not making excuses but there are circumstances....

[@jstefencavage]

eastern worshipper well....basically they did a pretty good job of that; almost totally wiped out - and that includes the other tribes, some were totally wiped out .