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Evea (cockroach)
Evea or Pubea was a prominent Comanche Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribal chief, chief of the 18th century. Evea signed a treaty with the Spanish Empire, Spanish colonial Governor of Texas, Juan María Vicencio de Ripperdá at San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio in June 1772. While he was still chief, his son led a raid on Bucareli, Texas, Bucareli in May 1778. Additional raids by the Comanches, probably under Evea, were partially responsible for forcing the people of Bucareli to move on east of the Trinity to the site of Nacogdoches, Texas, Nacogdoches, where they began to settle before April 30, 1779. Legacy The United States Navy Tugboat, tug USS Evea (YT-458), USS ''Evea'', in commission from 1943 to 1944, was named for Evea. References * (ship namesake paragraph) Comanche people Year of birth missing Year of death missing Native American leaders 18th-century Native Americans {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comanche
The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ ( com, Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") are a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma. The Comanche language is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family. Originally, it was a Shoshoni dialect, but diverged and became a separate language. The Comanche were once part of the Shoshone people of the Great Basin. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Comanche lived in most of present-day northwestern Texas and adjacent areas in eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, and western Oklahoma. Spanish colonists and later Mexicans called their historical territory ''Comanchería''. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Comanche practiced a nomadic horse culture and hunted, particularly bison. They traded with neighboring Native American peoples, and Spanish, French, and American colonists and set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
