by Jake

 The Comanche were most powerful in the 1800s.

 A family could live with any band they chose.

 The tipi was about 15 feet [4.6m] high.

 When the Comanche moved to Kansas and eastern Colorado most of their food supplies came from buffalo.

 Thigh length leggings were worn and tied below the knees.

 Most bows were made strong flexible wood from the Osage tree.

 When a Comanche man decided to marry he would complete a vision quest and take part in warfare.

 Moss was used to make a diaper.

 The great spirit though about earth’s concern.

 Once the Comanche moved to the plains they were always in war.

 The Comanche traded with other tribes for horses.

 Quanah Parker was the last chief of the Quahadi band of Comanche.

 The Comanche and Kiowa kept much of western Texas and Oklahoma.

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