{"slug": "comanche", "label": "Comanche", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117133", "qid": "Q117133", "description": "Plains Indian tribe whose historic territory consisted of eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma, and northwest Texas", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1752, 1874], "span_label": ["1752 CE", "1874 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Comanche people"], "related": [{"slug": "native-americans-in-the-united-states", "label": "Native Americans in the United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-mexico", "label": "New Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "santa-fe-de-nuevo-mexico", "label": "Santa Fe de Nuevo México", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oklahoma", "label": "Oklahoma", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cheyenne", "label": "Cheyenne", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1752, "year_label": "1752 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 6", "text": "April 6 – Spanish Governor Tomás Vélez Cachupín of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, a province that now comprises most of the American state of New Mexico, begins the first peace negotiations with the indigenous Comanche tribe after inviting tribal representatives to his home in Taos. As a sign of good faith, he unconditionally releases the four Comanche prisoners of war held at Taos. One of the released Comanches reports to his father, Chief Guanacante, about the hospitality extended to him during his imprisonment, and more meetings take place in July and in the autumn.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362993688#April–June", "title": "1752", "revid": 1362993688, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1757, "year_label": "1757 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 17", "text": "April 17 – The Spanish mission of Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá is founded by Spanish missionary families on the banks of the San Saba River near modern-day Menard, Texas. Less than two years later, the European settlement is destroyed by the native Comanche Indians who lives in the area.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370632620#April–June", "title": "1757", "revid": 1370632620, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1758, "year_label": "1758 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – Members of the Comanche Nation loot and destroy the Spanish Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá (near modern-day Menard, Texas) and kill eight of the people there, including the mission leader, Father Alonso Giraldo de Terreros.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366206062#January–March", "title": "1758", "revid": 1366206062, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1836, "year_label": "1836 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – Fort Parker massacre: Among those captured by Native Americans is 9-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker. She later gives birth to a son named Quanah, who becomes the last chief of the Comanche.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342504#April–June", "title": "1836", "revid": 1368342504, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1840, "year_label": "1840 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 - The Council House Fight results in the deaths of 35 Comanche and seven Texas Rangers/militia, ending any hopes for peace in the Texas–Indian wars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360387586#January–March", "title": "1840", "revid": 1360387586, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1874, "year_label": "1874 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28 – Texas–Indian wars: U.S. Army Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie leads his force of 600 men on the successful raid of the last sanctuary of the Kiowa, Comanche and Cheyenne Indian tribes, a village inside the Palo Duro Canyon in Texas, and carries out their removal to the designated Indian reservations in Oklahoma.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371979117#September", "title": "1874", "revid": 1371979117, "section": "Events › September"}}]}