Buffalo Hump came to prominence after the Council House Fight when he led the Comanches on the Great Raid of 1840.
10 Facts About Buffalo Hump
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Buffalo Hump, already made famous by the Council House fight of 1840, became a historically important figure when, flanked by Isaviah and Sanna Anna, he led a group of Comanches, mostly his own Penateka Comanche division plus allies from various other Comanche bands, in the Great Raid of 1840.
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In May 1846, following the annexation of Texas to the United States, Buffalo Hump led the Comanche delegation to treaty talks at Council Springs and signed a peace treaty with the United States,.
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Buffalo Hump, nevertheless, declined an invitation to go to Washington and meet President James Polk, instead joining Isaviah in a great raiding party going to Mexico.
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In 1851 Yellow Wolf and Buffalo Hump led their warriors in a great raid into Mexico, raiding the states of Chihuahua and Durango.
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One week later Yellow Wolf was killed by a party of Lipan hunters, after which Buffalo Hump temporized almost two years more.
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Allegedly not aware that Buffalo Hump's band had recently signed a formal peace treaty with the United States at Fort Arbuckle, Van Dorn and his men killed 80 of the Comanches.
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Nonetheless, an aged and weary Buffalo Hump led and settled his remaining followers on the Kiowa-Comanche reservation near Fort Cobb in Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
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Buffalo Hump was played by Eric Schweig in the 1996 TV miniseries Dead Man's Walk, and by Wes Studi in the 2008 TV miniseries Comanche Moon.
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Buffalo Hump has been portrayed by Horacio Garcia Rojas in the History Channel series Texas Rising and by Wesley French in the German-language film Striving for Freedom.