Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (70 page)

civil chiefs of,
50
–51,
91
–92

clothing of,
89
–90,
91
,
92
,
96
,
111
,
179
,
185
,
198
,
199
,
232

council houses of,
42
–43

cruelty of,
5
,
6
,
17
,
22
,
25
–26,
28
,
37
,
41
,
42
,
43
–46,
52
,
56
,
57
,
62
–69,
75
,
84
,
85
,
87
–88,
95
,
96
,
106
,
134
,
156
,
173
–74,
197
,
202
,
211
,
257
,
272
,
280

culture of,
27
–28,
31
–32,
41
–43,
47
–51,
90
–92,
102
–7,
110
–11,
116
–17,
142
–43,
151
–53,
164
,
181
–82,
191
,
192
–99,
205
–6,
226
–30,
233
,
258–60,
281
,
289
–90,
313
–14,
319

dances of,
27
,
41
–42,
47
,
49
,
52
,
95
,
197
,
199
,
201
,
202
,
206
,
215
,
216
,
224
,
227
,
229
–30,
259
,
266
,
286

decapitations by,
43
–44,
66

decline of,
23
,
94
,
96
–100,
109
–18,
158
,
201
–2,
204
,
209
–10,
224
,
250
–60,
267
–87

defeats of,
94
,
96
–100,
111
–16,
158
,
250
–57,
267
–87

descriptions of,
32
–33,
47
,
59
–60,
90
–91,
92
,
97
,
98
,
109
,
116
,
155
,
161
,
171
,
178
–79,
181
,
183
–84,
186
,
221
,
224
,
225
,
281
–82,
317
–18

diet of,
48
,
52

dominance of,
28
–35

elders of,
58

empire of,
23
–24,
61
,
110
–11,
202

encampments of,
79
–82

epidemics suffered by,
6
,
54
,
89
,
91
,
92
,
103
,
112
–13,
116
,
126
,
164

ethnography of,
6
,
41
–42,
45
,
49
,
104
,
162
,
205
,
314
,
328
n

extermination of,
1
–2,
73
–77,
273
,
274
–87,
319

families of,
21
–22,
37
,
51
,
104
,
105
–7,
151
–53,
168
–69,
194
–99,
205
–6,
216
–17,
256
–57,
280
,
281
,
284
,
302
–3

federal policy on,
82
–88,
159
–65,
208
–9,
218
,
220
,
221
,
224
–34,
240
–41,
255
,
256
–57,
309

fertility rates of,
37
,
104

French contact with,
60
,
63
,
68
,
69
,
159

gambling by,
34
–35,
48

games played by,
52

genetic makeup of,
104

government-sanctioned violence against,
73
–77

headdresses of,
57
,
259
,
319

headmen of,
49
,
50
–52,
84
–88,
91
–92,
107
–8,
113
–16,
142
,
229

historical evaluation of,
23
–35,
99
–100,
102
,
110
–11,
162
,
208
–9,
337
n
,
339
n

horse culture of,
6
,
9
–10,
26
–35,
37
,
48
,
51
,
55
,
56
,
62
,
72
,
78
,
80
–81,
91
,
96
–99,
105
–6,
110
–11,
114
,
115
,
122
,
132
–34,
137
,
140
,
141
,
142
,
148
,
162
,
177
,
197
,
198
,
205
–6,
215
,
255
,
256
,
258
,
262
,
282

horses stampeded by,
10
,
243
–44,
256
,
276
,
279

horses stolen by,
9
–10,
19
,
33
,
61
,
66
,
94
–95,
96
,
99
–100,
119
–20,
142
,
143
,
152
–53,
154
,
155
,
171
,
231
,
241

hunting grounds of,
6
,
25
–26,
44
,
58
,
59
,
71
,
85
,
91
,
93
,
111
,
112
,
114
,
194
–95,
197
–98,
230
,
232
–33,
275
,
284
,
297

Koh-mats (Komantcia) as name for,
35

lances used by,
17
,
31
,
66
,
132
,
133
,
147
,
156
,
160
,
168
,
177
,
204

language of,
24
,
27
,
34
,
42
,
48
–49,
84
,
92
,
93
,
103
,
106
,
117
,
178
,
184
,
187
–89,
191
,
258
,
264

leadership of,
7
–11,
12
,
13
,
21
,
42
–43,
49
,
50
–52,
84
–88,
91
–92,
107
–8,
113
–16,
142
,
229
;
see also specific headmen and chiefs

lodges of,
7
,
88
,
100
–101,
108
,
111
,
167
,
193
,
216
–17,
219
,
225
,
242
,
245
,
255
,
276
,
281

looting by,
66
–67,
95
–96,
99
,
136
–37

“loved captives” of,
102
–7

marriage of,
1
–2,
41
,
51
,
109
–11,
117
,
151
–53,
205
–6

massacres of,
82
–88,
91
,
92
,
100
–101,
111
–12,
120
,
164
–81,
219
–21,
223
,
224
,
238
,
255

medicine of,
47
,
92
,
94
,
112
,
143
,
168
,
199
,
203
,
224
,
233
,
264
–72,
281
,
286

Mexican conflicts with,
19
,
24
,
82
,
83
,
91
,
104
,
108
,
110
,
114
,
115
,
122
,
131
–32,
159
,
160
,
162
,
201
–2,
204
,
224
,
241
,
263

middle tribes of,
37
–38,
114
–18,
229
–30

migrations of,
56
–57,
109
–12,
115
,
116
–17,
196
–97

mounted attacks by,
96
–99,
132
–34,
141
,
142
,
148
,
162

muskets and rifles used by,
33
,
133
,
160
,
168
,
204
,
217
,
223
,
232
–33,
245
,
269

national confederation of,
59
–60,
114
–16,
131
–32,
208
–9,
265

navigational prowess of,
58
–59,
78

Nermernuh (People) as name of,
27
,
28
,
35
,
48
,
92
,
96
,
113
,
131
,
152
,
209
,
213
,
215
–16,
256
,
258
,
259
,
263

as nomads,
5
–6,
21
,
24
–25,
27
,
35
,
46
,
56
–57,
78
,
105
–17,
152
,
164
,
195
–97,
198
,
233
,
259
–60,
318

northern tribes of,
65
,
93
,
164
,
279

Comanches (
cont
.)

Padouca as name for,
25
,
323
n

paraibos
of,
91
–92,
107
,
266
,
318

peace negotiations with,
82
–88,
218
,
220
,
221
,
222
–34,
240
–41,
255
,
257
,
309

personal names of,
47
,
84
,
117
,
264

photographs of,
92
,
199
,
300

physical appearance of,
27
,
48
–49,
57
,
83
,
89
–91,
92

polygamy of,
41
,
300
–302

population of,
37
,
60
,
104
,
204
,
251
,
258
–60,
274
,
339
n

powwows (councils) of,
42
,
203
,
229
,
266
–67,
293

press accounts of,
90
–91,
109
,
116
,
155
,
161
,
171
,
178
–79,
181
,
183
–84,
186
,
221
,
224
,
225
,
317
–18

“primitive” state of,
5
,
27
–28,
62
,
78
,
102
–7,
113
,
181
–82,
289
–90,
319

as prisoners,
57
,
86
–88,
101
,
177
,
254
–57