Comanche Wars

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The Comanche Wars were forays by bands of Comanche Native Americans along the Mexican and Texan frontier. Some of their forays extended well down into Mexico. The Apache conducted similar forays in the vicinity of southern Arizona. The last band of Comanche Indians surrendered in 1875.

On March 3, 1871, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant had signed an Act of the United States Congress which ended the making of treaties with Indians, and ended the existence of Indian Nations. Prior to the enactment of H.R.2615, about 97 groups of Indians had reached about 653 treaties with settlers.

Comanche Indians were of Shoshonean Stock. They were allied to the Kiowa.

The Comanche reservation was thrown open to settlement in 1901.