Quanah Parker was made chief of all the Comanche tribes on the reservation.
He became lonely and decided to search for a Comanche tribe that he might join.
Until the late 19th century the Comanche tribe of Native-Americans occupied the area.
The Comanche tribe came into conflict with the white settlers in and around this area.
As a young man, he lived with a Comanche tribe for a year before returning to Ohio.
Slaves often fought against the Comanche tribe, however.
His books are studies of the Osage Nation and Comanche tribes.
The Comanche tribe was one of the main sources of native resistance in the west.
The Comanche tribe, starting with nearly 5,000 people in 1870, finally surrendered and moved onto the reservation with barely 1,500 remaining in 1875.
It frequently experienced skirmishes with the then hostile Comanche tribe.
