Comanche Tribe History is One of Conquest

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The history of the Native American Comanche tribe includes their move from ancestral homelands in Wyoming to more southerly parts and conquering new lands. They were then in turn conquered, after many struggles, by invading people of European descent.
The Comanche in the 1600s moved from the mountains in the North onto the Southern Plains. They came to dominate their new territory. They adopted the horse into their culture in the 17th century and quickly conquered vast tracts through subjugation and warfare.
The Comanche were a Shoshone tribe when they lived farther north. They speak an Uto-Aztecan language that is still the same as spoken by the Shoshone people of today. Their later territory to the south overlapped with several other tribes, whom they drove out through war. According to some reports, they nearly wiped out the Apache people.
Usually, the history of Native American tribes when they interact with Europeans is a tale of domination, slavery, displacement, and death —of the Indians. In the case of the Comanche, it’s different, at least for a time. They killed or forced out Pueblo, Apache, and Jumano Indians in the southern Plains.
Comanche warriors kept the Spanish from moving farther north in Texas and they kept the French from moving farther west from Louisiana. By many accounts, the Comanche were merciless in war, killing all adult male captives, killing babies and abducting children between the ages of 3 to 10. They also tortured captives, some accounts say. Comanche torture was described as brutal and included burning people.
Source: ancient-origin.net
By: Mark Miller