Comanche Tribe and Chief Ten Bears
In the speech "Do Not Ask us to Give Up the Buffalo for the Sheep" Chief Ten Bears was trying to say how the whites were attacking the tribes and taking away valuable land.
The speech "Do Not Ask us to Give Up the Buffalo for the Sheep" was given to the indian council in 1867. The council was only made up from the indian chiefs of the Comanche tribe.
The Comanche tribe was seperated all over the US in seprate bands and tribes. The groups all had different names, but were all part of the same whole tribe.
Chief Ten Bears was just about the highest ranked leader in the tribe. He was one of the elders.
Paruasemana was Chief Ten Bear's birth name. He changed it when he was old enough.
Chief Ten Bears was most known for trying to nagotiate peace with the US forces and the Comanche.
Within the Comanche tribe there were about 11,000 people.
The spanish and the europeans were the first outside contact with the Comanche.
Chief Ten Bears lived in the great plains, as most of the tribes did.
Chief Ten Bears saigned the treaty of Fort Atkinson. He was also signed the treaty of the Little Arkansas River.
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