McCleary, J.A.; Sypherd, P.S.; Walkington, D.L. (1960). "Antibiotic Activity of an Extract Of Peyote [Lophophora williamsii (Lemaire) Coulter]". Economic Botany. 14 (3): 247–249. doi: 10.1007/bf02907956. S2CID 41659698. {{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) Indian" voices appear once in awhile, as if Gwynne suddenly remembered the part that comes after the colon in the book title. Most of this book is told in a very, very strongly white voice. Making people scream in pain was interesting and rewarding for [the Comanche], just as it is interesting and rewarding for young boys in modern-day America to torture frogs or pull the legs off grasshoppers. Boys presumably grow out of that; for Indians, it was an important part of their adult culture and one they accepted without challenge."

Empire of the Summer Moon is an excellent read, I learned so much about the Comanche Indians, the truth about the formation of the Texas Rangers and the buffalo hunters. My only complaint is there is not Quanah Parker in this book. Billing him in the title was deceptive. Another contributor to Comanche defeat was the near extermination of their food source, the buffalo. The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 was a not only a massive stimulus to settlers pursuing cattle ranching, but an open door to an industry of white buffslo hunters due to ready shipment of hides to eastern markets. An estimated 31 million buffalo were slaughtered between the end of the 1860s and 1881. This more than anything else contributed to demoralization and willingness to submit to reservation life by Comanche holdouts. The most irritating part of the book is the history of Quanah Parker himself. The most bold and interesting history comes from the first half of the book, up until the introduction of the Hays Rangers.The government did not commit these acts because Native Americans carried out atrocities. The problem was that Indians did not understand the concept of yours and mine. They shared everything and travelled to wherever they needed to attain necessities. This style of life was incompatible with capitalist values that promote private property as the core of economic and political relations. Quanah Parker Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History ~~ S.C. Gwynne As a historian, I will rarely give a general or popular history more than 3 stars. Much the same way I will never say 'an historian'. And no matter the amount of research that goes into popular history, it hardly ever seems to merit so much praise. And that is because it answers no questions, asks no new questions, puts forth none of its own theories, and has no one singular hypothesis. This book, although a fantastic, sweeping history of the Comanche, it is not a work to be discussed as academic history.

Quanah Parker did adopt some European-American ways, but he always wore his hair long and in braids. [1] He also refused to follow U.S. marriage laws and had up to eight wives at one time. [1] Family reunion [ edit ] There was no such thing as a horse Indian without a buffalo herd. Such an Indian had no identity at all.” As a native Texan who grew up in the former Comancheria, and whose family (both white and native) has deep roots there, I've always been fascinated by the blood-feud between Texans and Comanches. I was once an editor for Ted Fehrenbach, and admire his classic on the Comanches, and found this to be an excellent, well-told companion piece. Ironically Comanches were the proximate cause of Texas developing into the home of its most implacable foes, as Spain desperately recruited Anglo Americans to stand as a buffer between New Spain and the Indian Nation that was its most dangerous foe. And there was irony on the other side, too, Spain lost its territory (and much more besides) to the "human buffer" that had been thrown to the Comanche lances.The Comanche were a warring tribe. Their life consisted of raids, buffalo and horses. They did not settle into permanent villages but constantly moved. Unlike their northern neighbors, the Sioux and Cheyenne, the Comanche didn’t wear colorful bonnets of feathers, preferring a cap with buffalo horns. The women did the hard work, setting up camp and cooking and preparing the killed buffalo. The men were warriors and were fierce. They were brutal to their captives, whether from another tribe or Anglo-settlers, often torturing both men and women. Sometimes children would be spared and brought into the tribe, especially because the low birthrate among Comanche women (which probably came from their constant time on horses), but children of enemies were also often killed. Actor Richard Angarola (1920–2008) was cast as Quanah Parker in the 1959 episode, "Tribal Justice," of the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the story line, Parker, before he becomes Comanche chief, must clear his name for causing the death of a fellow tribesman. [29] VIRTUAL: An Evening with Historian S. C. Gwynne, Author of Hymns of the Republic". WKSU . Retrieved April 1, 2022. First we need to look at the outline of this story. The Comanches were several nations of people who initially were less developed than their neighboring tribes. As a result, the Comanches were treated badly by their neighbors. This all changed when the Spanish introduced Native Americans to the horse.

Quanah Parker is the thread that the book revolves around but the book is about much more than that. Silas was on to something and some of the Parker clan but not all tried to make a get-a-way while the remaining men (not all) decided to make a stand although not a not a one was armed at the time. I'll leave you with this, perhaps the "best" quote from this book, and then I'm going to quietly toss it in the Goodwill pile, after which I will dance the dance of joy that I never have to look at this again: The nation was booming. In 1869 The Transcontinental Railroad was completed, linking the industrialized east with the developing west. Only one obstacle remained, the war- like Indian Tribes who inhabited the Great Plains.

Assimilated into the Comanche, Cynthia Ann Parker married the Kwahadi warrior chief Peta Nocona, also known as Puhtocnocony, Noconie, Tah-con-ne-ah-pe-ah, or Nocona (" Lone Wanderer"). [1]

S. C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football, Scribner, 2016, ISBN 9781501116193 What did happen is that Buffalo Hump a chief among the Comanches did mange to assemble a rather large "army" of Comanches. The raid that Buffalo Hump led is known in Texas as the Great Linville Raid and it took place in 1840.

Although listeners may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined just how and when the American West opened up.