COMANCHE, a Plains Indian tribe, close relatives of the Wind River Shoshone of Wyoming. They ranged from this State south-westward into Texas, were active raiders, penetrating into Mexico, and fought the Mexicans, Texans and various tribes con sistently. They were among the most nomadic of bison-hunting Indians. In the historic period their affiliation has been closest with the Kiowa. There remain 1,600 on a reservation in Okla homa.
