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2.  The Comanche were most powerful in the 1800s.

3.  A family could live with any band they chose.

4.  The tipi was about 15 feet [4.6m] high.

5.  When the Comanche moved to Kansas and eastern Colorado most of their food supplies came from buffalo.

6.  Thigh length leggings were worn and tied below the knees.

7.  Most bows were made strong flexible wood from the Osage tree.

8.  When a Comanche man decided to marry he would complete a vision quest and take part in warfare.

9.  Moss was used to make a diaper.

10.  The great spirit though about earth’s concern.

11.  Once the Comanche moved to the plains they were always in war.

12.  The Comanche traded with other tribes for horses.

13. Leaders  Quanah Parker was the last chief of the Quahadi band of Comanche.

14.  The Comanche and Kiowa kept much of western Texas and Oklahoma.

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