Were they disreputable gangs of american indians and various white nationals including mexicans and what exactly were their crimes?
2007-08-02 00:56:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I've seen the film - years back. However, my interest is purely historical i.e. who in fact were they - what became of them?
2007-08-02 01:32:36 · update #1
Are you talking about the movie or the real people? The real people, I understand were mostly Mexican raiders into American settlements. They were heroes to some and renegades to others
2007-08-02 01:00:14 · answer #1 · answered by Frances M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Comancheros were natives of northern and central New Mexico who conducted trade for a living
with the nomadic plains tribes, often at designated areas in the Llano Estacado. They cut trails followed
by traders and later ranchers and settlers. They were so named because the Comanches, in whose
territory they traded, were considered their best customers.
The term, unknown in Spanish documents, was popularized during the 1840s by Josiah Gregg and
subsequently applied by United States Army officers who were familiar with Gregg's accounts. Initially,
the Comancheros' lucrative practice was considered legitimate, and trade grew slowly. Increased
demand for cattle in New Mexico, however, led to become "rustlers by proxy" who traded stolen cattle
to the Indians. The resulting hostility between Indians and settlers led to army intervention in 1874 and
the Comancheros' eventual demise.
2007-08-06 16:11:12 · answer #2 · answered by Primalstorm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do your own research, since it is an interest of yours. Sure, the peeps here on answers will give you some pretty good information but nothing will stick in your mind like the information you gather from your own research.
So get going and bring back a 1,500., word report on the Commoncheros. :~D
2007-08-07 16:09:33 · answer #3 · answered by fieldhouse39 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mainly a mixture of Mexicans, Americans, half - breed White and Comanche people who traded with ( mainly ) the Comanche People.
2007-08-02 01:58:55 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Comancheros were a mixture of Mexican, Indian, and white criminals bent on pillaging, murder, and perpetuating the slave trade for monetary gain.
2007-08-02 01:03:18 · answer #5 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Comancheros were Comanche-Mexicans, they were renegades.
2007-08-02 05:22:02 · answer #6 · answered by j s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋