Cynthia Ann Parker
kidnapped at the age of 9 and later married a Comanche war chief
5 great nations of the South
Chicasaw, Cherokee, Seminole, Creek, Choctaw
Comancheros
Mexican traders who dealt with the Indians
Penateka
"Honey Eaters". One of the five major Comanche bands, their range extended from the Edwards Plateau to the headwaters of the Central Texas rivers.
Comanches
Caused the most havoc and death in the Southern Plains
Iroquois
The enormous warlike confederation that ruled the area of present-day New York
Indian Territory
Present-day Oklahoma, which was controlled by Comanches, Kiowas, Araphoes, and Cheyennes
Transcontinental Railroad
Completed in 1869, it connected the industrialized east with the developing west
Quahadis
The most primitive and irredeemably hostile of the bands of Comanches
Chief Quanah
The target of the largest mounted anti-Indian expedition since 1865, and one of the largest ever undertaken
Nermernuh
The Comanche's name for themselves meaning "the people"
July 1706
The first record of Comanche attack in modern day Northern New Mexico