Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (69 page)

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Canyon de Chelly,
213

Caperton, John,
136
,
141

captives, white,
7
–8,
12
–22,
36
–52,
57
,
60
,
72
,
74
,
75
,
81
,
83
–88,
95
,
99
,
102
–27,
163
,
177
–93,
199
,
222
–23,
254
,
255
,
256
,
293
,
316
–17

see also specific captives

carbines,
172
,
223
,
242
,
244
,
269

Carlane Apaches,
56
,
58

Carleton, James H.,
213
–14,
215
,
223

Carlyle, James “Bermuda,” 270

Carrington, Henry,
239

Carson, Christopher “Kit,” 2,
79
,
201
,
213
–19,
221
,
223
,
227
,
238
,
253
,
261

Carter, Robert G.,
4
,
8
–11,
243
,
244
,
247
,
249
,
253
,
312
,
337
n

“Case for Peta Nocona, The” (Williams),
334
n

Castro, Chief,
79
,
81
–82

Cates, T. J.,
192

Catholic Church,
20
,
30
,
53
,
54
–55,
62
–67,
69

Catlin, George,
26
,
33

cattle ranching,
5
,
6
,
63
–64,
67
,
94
,
95
–96,
115
,
122
,
152
,
154
,
164
,
173
–74,
214
,
231
,
252
–53,
276
,
288
–89,
295
–99,
301

Caudle, Malinda Ann “Minnie,” 106–7,
202

cavalry, army,
2
,
8
,
91
,
145
,
160
–61,
166
,
170
–71,
174
–76,
200
–201,
208
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213
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218
,
238
,
241
,
242
–57,
258
,
261
,
263
,
275
–83,
292
–93,
304

Chadbourne, Fort,
34
–35,
204

Champion, Tom,
191

Chancellorsville, Battle of,
207
,
236

Charlton, John,
256
,
281
,
282

Chattanooga, Battle of,
207

Cherokees,
5
,
26
,
74
,
75
–77,
209
,
210
,
211

Cherry, Sam,
137
–38

Cheyennes,
3
,
5
,
31
,
48
,
50
,
59
,
93
,
130
,
159
,
208
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209
,
220
,
225
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229
,
239
–40,
263
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267
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268
,
271
,
274
,
276
–77,
281
,
283
,
284
,
300
,
305
,
318

Chichimecs,
54
,
55

Chickamauga, Battle of,
207

Chickasaws,
5
,
209
,
210
,
211

Chihuahua State, Mex.,
115
,
202

Chivington, J. M.,
1
–2,
219
–21,
223
,
224
,
238
,
255

Choctaws,
5
,
27
,
84
,
209
,
210

cholera,
6
,
91
,
114

Christianity,
8
,
20
,
30
,
37
,
54
–55,
62
–67,
69
,
157
,
183
,
185
,
234
,
314

Civil War, U.S.,
2
,
6
,
83
,
126
,
127
,
128
,
140
,
185
,
188
,
191
,
207
–8,
209
,
210
–11,
223
,
231
,
236
–38,
244
,
276
,
296
,
306

Clarendon, Tex.,
252

Clark, William,
25

Clarksville, Tex.,
136

Clarksville Northern Standard
,
103
,
183
–84

Clear Fork,
1
,
5
,
164
,
245
–46

Coahuila State, Mex.,
63
,
115

Coahuiltecans,
67
,
68

Cobb, Fort,
165
,
230
–31

Cody, William F. “Buffalo Bill,” 226,
260

Coffee, John,
139

Cohayyah,
270
–71,
337
n

Cold Harbor, Battle of,
236
–37

Colorado,
23
,
25
,
58
,
59
,
70
–71,
122
,
128
,
208
,
211
,
212
,
220
–21,
272
,
295

Colt, Samuel,
144
–50,
244

Colt revolvers,
145
–50,
159
,
160
,
168
,
172
,
176
,
244
,
245

Columbus, Christopher,
46

Comanche County, Tex.,
166

Comanche Moon,
65
–66,
93
,
141
,
154

Comancheria,
5
,
23
–25,
38
–40,
47
–48,
50
,
60
,
61
,
65
,
70
–71,
74
–78,
80
,
92
,
93
,
100
,
110
,
114
,
115
,
118
,
122
,
123
,
129
–30,
157
,
213
,
249
,
250
–57,
263
,
275
,
280
–81,
319

Comancheros,
6
,
52
,
72
,
89
,
122
,
197
,
223
,
252
–54

Comanches:

agricultural program for,
164
,
229
–33,
286

annuities for,
163
,
226

Apaches as enemies of,
62
–66,
67
,
68
,
70
,
71
,
79
,
80
,
89
,
100
,
104
,
108
,
114
,
134
,
196
–97

army campaigns against,
1
–15,
40
,
50
,
145
,
148
,
159
–62,
169
–81,
200
–201,
207
–21,
223
,
224
,
241
–57,
258
,
275
–87,
304
–5,
324
n

arrows used by,
33
,
48
,
83
,
84
,
90
,
97
,
98
,
132
–33,
137
,
143
,
147
,
156
,
160
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167
,
177
,
197
–98,
264

assimilation of,
89
–90,
111
,
164
,
281
,
301
–4,
311
,
313
,
318
,
319

battle tactics of,
55
–56,
58
,
62
,
67
–69,
78
,
81
–82,
96
–100,
132
–34,
141
,
142
–43,
148
,
162
,
165
–72,
243
–45,
282

bows used by,
84
,
132
–33,
168
,
177
,
197
–98,
245
,
279

breechclouts worn by,
91
,
96
,
198
,
199

buffalo hunted by,
2
–9,
24
,
27
,
31
,
35
–52,
58
,
59
,
60
,
64
,
85
,
89
,
93
,
108
,
110
,
118
,
133
,
134
,
137
,
151
–53,
157
,
164
,
167
,
177
,
181
,
191
–95,
198
,
215
,
220
,
230
,
259
–62,
267
–72,
283
–86,
291
–96,
302

burial rites of,
259

camp followers of,
93
,
100

campgrounds of,
6
–7,
9
,
62
–69,
85
,
151
–53,
165
–70,
175
–76

captives taken by,
7
–8,
12
–22,
36
–52,
57
,
60
,
72
,
74
,
75
,
81
,
83
–88,
95
,
99
,
102
–27,
163
,
177
–93,
199
,
222
–23,
254
,
255
,
256
,
293
,
316
–17

casualties of,
219
,
254
–57,
263
,
270
–72,
282

cattle stolen by,
152
,
154
,
164
,
214
,
231
,
252
–53

chiefs of,
7
–11,
51
–52,
70
–77,
83
–88,
91
–96,
98
,
100
,
107
–8,
115
,
116
,
143
,
147
,
151
–52,
168
,
170
–71,
176
–77,
199
,
212
,
214
,
220
,
226
–28,
229
,
242
,
251
,
256
–57,
263
,
264
,
267
,
272
,
273
,
277
,
278
,
279
,
281
,
283
,
284
–85,
290
,
298
–99,
304
,
311
,
328
n
,
337
n
,
339
n
;
see also specific chiefs

children of,
57
,
81
,
84
,
86
,
105
–7,
117
,
121
,
151
,
152
,
167
,
168
,
176
,
194
–99,
216
,
220
,
221
,
245
,
255
,
256
–57,
276
,
286
,
302
–3,
313
,
318
,
319

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