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2) Comanche
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"Introduces readers to the Comanche people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today"--
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Nine Years Among the Indians is an autobiography of Herman Lehmann, who was an eleven-year-old boy when he was captured by a raiding party of eight to ten Apaches alongside his older brother Willie. The Apaches called Lehmann "En Da" (White Boy). He spent about six years with them and became assimilated into their culture, rising to the position of petty chief. As a young warrior, one of his most memorable battles was a running fight with the Texas...
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In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches, raised by the tribe, and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery and obscurity. Cynthia Ann's story has been told over generations to become a foundational American tale. The myth gave rise to operas and one-act plays, and...
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The author reconstructs the story of his relative, Adolph Korn, who was captured in 1870 at the age of ten from a Texas farm by the Comanches and quickly adopted their way of life, drawing from family records, interviews with modern-day Comanches, and other sources to examine the experiences of Korn, as well as other Native American captives.
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