![]() ![]() ![]() Gwynne describes in sometimes brutal detail the savagery of both whites and Comanches and, despite the distance of time, demonstrates how truly shocking these events were, juxtaposed against the haunting story of an unforgettable figure of a woman caught between two worlds. She grew to love her captors and eventually became famous as the "White Squaw." She married a powerful Comanche chief, and their son, Quanah, became a warrior who was never defeated and whose bravery and military brilliance in the Texas panhandle made him a legend as one of the greatest of the Plains Indian chiefs. Many authors now view the policies of the United States government with respect to Native Americans as acts of genocide. Understanding this history brings us to another problem with this book. Empire of the Summer Moon tells of the rise and fall of this fierce, powerful, and proud tribe, and begins in 1836 with the kidnapping of a lovely nine-year-old girl with cornflower blue eyes named Cynthia Ann Parker. Gwynne gave no evidence that the Comanche men ever raped or abused Comanche women. ![]() Their 40-year battle with settlers held up the development of the new nation. One US military observer rated the Comanche horse warriors as the finest light cavalry in the world and Gwynn gives the reader plenty of examples to make the case. Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American Historyįew people realize that the Comanche Indians were the greatest warring tribe in American history. Gwynne is an exceptional writer and he tells their story well, detailing the formidable military power the Comanches were and how they achieved that status. ![]()
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