Black Horse

Male, Deceased Person

92

Who is Black Horse?

Black Horse, was a Comanche war chief who was elevated to second chief in Quanah Parker's band of Comanche, the Quahadi band after the death of Chief Bull Bear in 1874.

He was among the first of the Quahadis to surrender to the United States Army at Fort Sill Oklahoma at the end of the Red River War in early 1875. He was then sent along with 10 other Comanche to Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, his wife and daughter Akhah were allowed to join him although they were not considered prisoners. He was released from captivity and returned to the Quahadi reservation in Oklahoma in 1878.

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Ethnicity
  • Comanche

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on July 23, 2013

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