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