Comanche Wars

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The Comanche Wars were a series of 18th- and 19th-century conflicts in the Southern Plains between the Comanche people and various colonial, Mexican, and United States forces over control of territory and resources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf series of conflicts
war
alsoKnownAs Comanche–American Wars
linked to: Comanche Wars

Comanche–Mexican Wars
linked to: Comanche Wars

Comanche–Texan Wars
linked to: Comanche Wars
conflictBetween Comanche people
linked to: Comanche

Mexico
Republic of Texas
Spanish Empire
United States of America
other Indigenous peoples of the Southern Plains
conflictType Indian Wars
endTime late 19th century
hasCause colonial expansion
control of hunting grounds
control of territory
control of trade routes
raiding and counter‑raiding
resource competition
settler expansion
historicalPeriod Mexican period in Texas and the Southwest
Republic of Texas era
linked to: Republic of Texas

Spanish colonial era in North America
westward expansion of the United States
involves bison hunting grounds
horse‑mounted warfare
raids on settlements
location New Mexico
Oklahoma
Southern Plains
Texas
northern Mexico
linked to: Northern Mexico
mainBelligerent Comanche Nation
linked to: Comanche
notableEvent Antelope Hills Expedition
Battle of Adobe Walls (1864)
Battle of Plum Creek
Council House Fight
Red River War
opponent Mexican authorities
Spanish colonists in New Spain
Texan settlers
Texas Rangers
United States Army
partOf American Indian Wars
result U.S. control of the Southern Plains
decline of Comanche horse‑nomadism
defeat of the Comanche as a military power
forced relocation of Comanche to reservations
startTime 18th century

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Southern Plains historicalEvent Comanche Wars
Southern Plains historicalEvent Kiowa–Comanche–Apache conflicts with the United States
linked to: Comanche Wars
Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) hasTheater Southern Plains theater of the American Indian Wars
linked to: Comanche Wars
Middleton Tate Johnson participatedIn Texas frontier Indian campaigns
linked to: Comanche Wars
John B. Denton hasPartIn Texas–Native American frontier conflicts
linked to: Comanche Wars
Edward H. Tarrant hasPartIn Texas frontier conflicts
linked to: Comanche Wars
Satank conflict Red River War precursor conflicts
linked to: Comanche Wars
Guipago associatedWith Southern Plains Indian Wars
linked to: Comanche Wars
Comanche Wars alsoKnownAs Comanche–American Wars
linked to: Comanche Wars
Comanche Wars alsoKnownAs Comanche–Texan Wars
linked to: Comanche Wars
Comanche Wars alsoKnownAs Comanche–Mexican Wars
linked to: Comanche Wars
Spanish New Mexico militaryConflict Spanish–Comanche conflicts
linked to: Comanche Wars
Lawrence Sullivan Ross participatedIn Texas frontier Indian campaigns
linked to: Comanche Wars
Peta Nocona associatedWith Texas–Comanche conflicts
linked to: Comanche Wars
Tonkawa tookPartIn Texas–Indian wars
linked to: Comanche Wars