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Week 7 American Studies March 31, 2014

Week 7 American Studies March 31, 2014. Comanches Texas The Mexican War. Manifest Destiny—The belief that the United States can and must extend its empire from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Great Plains.

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Week 7 American Studies March 31, 2014

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  1. Week 7American StudiesMarch 31, 2014 Comanches Texas The Mexican War

  2. Manifest Destiny—The belief that the United States can and must extend its empire from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

  3. The Great Plains

  4. The Plains Indians were a major speed bump in the path of Manifest Destiny. They did not go down easily. Indian nations in Texas, ca. 1800. The Comanche were latecomers. They migrated in from the North.

  5. Indians got horses from the Spanish in the 1600’s. For some tribes, the horse transformed their lives. The Comanche adapted earliest and most completely to living by the horse. Their tremendous skills at horsemanship, hunting and war made them the most powerful and feared force on the plains.

  6. The horse made it possible to take advantage of the seemingly limitless herds of buffalo that thrived on the Great Plains. The buffalo provided them with food, clothing, shelter, weapons and tools. Buffalo hides could be traded to the Mexicans and Anglos for guns, horses, alcohol.

  7. “On their feet they are one of the most unattractive and slovenly looking races of Indians I have ever seen, but the moment they mount their horses, they seem at once metamorphosed,” wrote Catlin. “I am ready, without hesitation, to pronounce the Comanches the most extraordinary horsemen I have seen yet in all my travels.” http://liveclay.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/colorado-nebraska-a-brief-history-of-the-wild-mustang/ The Comanche had a reputation for extreme cruelty and ruthlessness In war. They terrorized other tribes, raided into Mexico at will, and for a while, halted the westward expansion of the United States.

  8. Comanche wealth consisted of horses and wives.

  9. At the height of their empire, the Comanche nation consisted Of about 40,000 people. Today there are about 11,000, mostly In Oklahoma. The Comanche built up their numbers by capturing women and children from other tribes, from Mexico, and from Anglo settlers and adopting them into the tribe. Despite their notorious cruelty In war, they seemed to be free of racial prejudice. The man in the center is Quanah Parker. He was the son of a cap- tured white girl and a Comanche warrior. He became one of the greatest Comanche warriors.

  10. Cynthia Ann Parker, mother of Quanah Parker. She lived many years as a Comanche woman. After being “rescued” and returned to her white family she starved herself to death.

  11. The Texas Rangers were formed to fight the Comanche on behalf of Anglo settlers. They adopted the Comanche practice of killing women and children and passed it on to the U.S. Cavalry.

  12. How were the Comanche defeated? Other tribes in Texas who had suffered under the Comanche joined with the Texans and the U.S. Cavalry against them. After the Civil War the U.S. Army was able to pour unlimited resources into fighting the Plains Indians. Disease

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