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- The people’s mode of transportation changed over time, starting with dog-drawn travois when they lived with the Shoshone. Horse acquisition after European contact enhanced their mobility, improving their warfare, trade output, raids, and hunting success. They could trail buffalo herds, raid farther inland tribes, and battle from horseback.
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Jan 25, 2019 · Comanche tribe members with their horses. The acquisition of the horse in the 1600s brought immediate and sweeping changes to the Plains Indians. For the first time it gave them a wide range and mobility for hunting and military might.
Feb 12, 2021 · First and foremost, their adoption of horses in the early eighteenth century allowed the Comanches to build a lifestyle based on bison hunting; horses thus helped the Comanche transform boundless fields of grass into the caloric fuel (bison meat) needed for their rapid population growth.
Aug 2, 2017 · Unsurprisingly given its usefulness, indigenous groups became expert at the selective breeding of horses — notably the Comanche and the distinctive appaloosa horse — and developed keen abilities in identifying and selecting the highest calibre mounts. Buffalo runners were especially prized.
- Karen Jones
- 2017
The Comanche were one of the first tribes to acquire horses from the Spanish and one of the few to breed them to any extent. They also fought battles on horseback, a skill unknown among other Indian peoples.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The horse was a key element in Comanche culture, who are thought to have been the first of the Plains Indians to have horses. In the beginning, they were primarily a hunter-gatherer nomadic society, but with horses, they became more daring and aggressive and were soon considered the best buffalo hunters on the plains.
Jan 26, 2024 · From a stable in Dakota Territory to a fateful day in southern Montana Territory, Comanche became one of the best-known horses in history. Comanche was the personal mount of Capt. Myles Keough of the 7th Cavalry regiment stationed at Fort Abraham Lincoln south of Mandan.
Mar 8, 2020 · The Comanche were one of the first tribes to acquire the horse from the Spanish, through trade and raiding. They considered the horse a relative and a great gift from the Creator. Today the image of Indians on horseback is iconic.
