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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 4374096, member: 5066&quot;]Yes, I have ZERO interest in pottery, Comanches OTOH is a different matter, which is how I came upon this thread. These guys were like ancient Sparta, the only thing on their mind was WAR! Indeed, the name Comanche means “anyone who wants to fight me all the time.”</p><p>They absolutely positively RULED the southern Great Plains &amp; controlled an area of 250,000 sq miles, a huge area that encompassed Texas, Oklahoma &amp; New Mexico.</p><p>There is a new book titled &quot;Empire of the Summer Moon&quot; that details their history.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot; The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. Although readers 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. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were masterful at war and so skillful that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled <i>backward </i>by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. So effective were the Comanches that they forced the creation of the Texas Rangers and account for the advent of the new weapon specifically designed to fight them: the six-gun.&quot;</p><p>Our war with the Comanches lasted four decades, in effect holding up the development of the new American nation.</p><p>As the most powerful NA tribe in history, you&#039;d think you would hear more about them, that may be changing now.</p><p>They are known as &quot;Lords of the Plains&quot; for good reason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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