Comanche Society: Before the Reservation

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Copyright © 2002 by Gerald Betty Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48-1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. o Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Betty, Gerald, 1965– Comanche society : before the reservation / Gerald Betty.— 1st ed. p. cm. — (Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 23) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 1-58544-190-2 1. Comanche Indians—Kinship. 2. Comanche Indians—Social life and customs. Title. II. Series. E99.C85 B47 2002 305.897'45—dc21 2001006546 For my parents, Mary Demetropolis Betty and Claude William Betty, M.D. ...