The Comanche peaked and then fell in the decades between 1840 and 1880. In this episode, we discuss that story arc. From the Comanche retaliation against Texas for the Council House Massacre, through a brief peace with the Texans, drought and declining bison herds, collapsing population, and finally to the back-and-forth relations with the US that culminated in the reservation period. In the middle of this story, Quanah Parker emerges as a great Comanche warrior who would then, in an unexpected pivot, urge assimilation as the last, best hope for his people. 

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Further reading:
Comanches: History of a People T.R. Fehrenbach
The Comanche Empire Pekka Hamalainen
Empire of the Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne
The Comanches: A History 1706-1875 Thomas Kavanagh
The Last Comanche Chief Bill Neely

In this YouTube Video, archer Lars Anderson recreated Comanche feats of archery

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