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Overwhelming Numbers (CEC)

 

There Were Simply Too Many Texans

In 1836, some 40,000 non-Indian people called Texas home, while 30,000 Comanches and allies roamed its hills, prairies, and plains.  This amounted to about 1:1 odds.

In 1850, 200,000 non-Indian people called Texas Home, while only 20,000 Numunu and allies remained.  Now the odds tilted to 10:1 against.

In 1860, 600,000 non-Indian people called Texas home. Only 15,000 Comanches and allies remained in Comancheria.  Now the Indians faced 40:1 odds.

In 1870, 820,000 non-Indian people called Texas home. Only about 10,000 Comanches and allied remained in what was left of Comancheria.  By this time 82:1 odds threatened the Comanches with extinction.

In 1880, 1,600,000 non-Indian people called Texas home. No Comanches lived in Texas, and Comancheria was no more.  Fewer that 8,000 Numunu adapted to a new way of life on the Comanche–Kiowa–Apache Reservation in the Indian Territory.