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Comanche Native American Indian Group Photograph mounted on 1890 Hard mount.It says on the bottom " A Comanche Group No. 12 Mrs. C.R. Hume ( Wife of Chas. R hume) of Anadarko, Oklahoma. The Mounted photo roughly measures 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches.The Photograph has a water stain on the bottom board. The Comanche Indians , a nomadic offshoot of the Eastern Shoshoni Indians, lived on the North-American Southern Great Plains during 1800-1900s. The name "Comanche", a household word found in many works of fiction, TV shows, videogames etc., is believed to come from from the Spanish "interpretation" of their Ute name "Kohmahts", meaning: those who are against us, or want to fight us. The Comanche People call themselves "Numunuh", which means: The People. Early explorers knew them as "Padouca"; their Siouan name. The Comanche language, Uto-Aztecan (Numic), is closely related to the Shoshoni ( Ute ) linguistic stock. Prior to their acquiring the horse and gradually migrating to the Southern Great Plains around the 1700s, The Comanche had primarily been a hunter-gatr people. They moved, attacking and taking over territory occupied by other tribes including the Crow, the Cherokee, the Creek , the Choctaw , and the Apache. The area they controlled became known as "Comancheria". It is believed the Comanche were the first people of the Plains to use horses in their travels and conquests; they even supplied Americans with horses to reach California during the Gold Rush of 1849. The Comanche were also dependant on the Buffalo for food and clothing. The Comanche were not a unified tribe , and were divided into 8 to 12 autonomous Sub-Nations which lacked the usual government and millitary organization of the Other Plains Tribes. In turn this gave way to smaller bands and divisions. Comanche population was also in constant flux due to the numerous casualties resulting from conflict, so their numbers varied greatly. It is estimated t are presently over 11,000 people of Comanche descent living in the United-States. Since the Comanche Indians were more involved in warfare than storytelling and keeping historical records, most of what we know of them is through often biased third party account. ANNETTE ROSS HUME(1858 âe" 1933) Annette Ross Hume, eldest daughter of James White Ross and Katherine Darling Ross, was born at Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, March 8, 1858. and died at the home of her son. Dr. Raymond R. Hume at Minco, Oklahoma, January 19, 1933. She was educated in the public schools of Perrysburg and was married to Dr. Charles Robinson Hume, December 27, 1876. To this union five children were born, three of whom died in infancy. Two sons, Judge C. Ross Hume, an attorney at Anadarko, and Raymond R. Hume, a physician of Minco survive. In 1880 Dr. and Mrs. Hume moved to Caldwell, Kansas, w they lived for ten years. In December 1890, Dr. Hume having been appointed agency physician, moved with his family to the Kiowa and Comanche Agency at Anadarko. After the opening of this reservation and the establishment of the town of Anadarko in 1901 the family moved to their present home in the city of Anadarko, w they have since resided. Mrs. Hume had been active in Missionary Work in the Presbyterian Church at Caldwell, Kansas, and became a traveling representative of the Home Missionary Board and assisted in organizing societies throughout both Oklahoma and Indian Territory. She became President of the Territorial Synodical Society, later was its Secretary and then Historian to the date of her death and compiled the history of this work. She attended many local, district and state meetings and had a wide acquaintance among the Presbyterian women. Mrs. Hume was a charter member of the Philomathic Womens' Club at Anadarko and very active in club work. She had previously taken Page 1005 a Chatauqua womens' course at Caldwell. She became Parliamentarian of the Okla... read more

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