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I am a member of a private Internet group where people postulate often bizarre questions regarding warfare. A couple years ago a member posed the question what would happen if the Comanches and the Mongolians to do battle at the height of thei war making strength.

It was the consensus of the group, with a few dissenting opinions, that the Mongols would win because of logistics and organization.

As a side I have seen reports from the US military about engagements with the Comanches. While they display typical white arrogance with regard to the Comanches. It is clear, however, that many officers took their threat very seriously.

I’m on the second volume of George Catlin’s letters about the American Indian.
They have just visited the Comanches and “Pawnee Picts”(not the same Pawnee as in Nebraska) lost a large number of Dragoons to disease and sickness, and has returned to Ft Gibson.

These books should be required reading for artists and those interested in American Indians.

Interesting note. Catlin found, and prepared to paint a “Fop” (gay) man in one tribe. This caused such an outrage from the chiefs of the tribe as they did not want their paintings in the same room with the fag’s painting.
So Catlin destroyed the painting of the “Fop”.

Also, the word “Squaw” is constantly used in his writings. The men did not like him painting their wives as they considered a wife not worthy.
Catlin convinced them that he wanted to display the painting of the wife BELOW the portrait of the men to show their subservience to the men.
That was OK.