The American force which was fervently pushing its way West while the Comanche Nation was conquering its way through the bison plains.
A group of Ute and Nermernuh went to Mexico in 1705 to trade horses, where the Nermernuh first came into contact with Europeans. The Ute said they were traveling with Koh-mahts, or "ones who are always against us." The Spanish pronounced it Comanche.
The Comanche stopped Spanish expansion from Mexico, and French expansion from Canada in their tracks
In 1836 the bloody Fort Parker Raid put Comanches on the American Radar. The Comanches kidnapped one nine year old, Cynthia Ann Parker.