Alliance formed among Southern Plains tribes
- Date Range
- 1840 – 1840
- Title
- Alliance formed among Southern Plains tribes
- What occurred
- Despite the fact that the preceding decade had been filled with armed conflict between the Southern Plains tribes, in 1840 the Comanches and Kiowas formed an alliance with the Cheyennes, the Arapahoes, and the Kiowa-Apaches. According to Flores, this was a direct reaction to the ecological pressures of the time. Drought and disease plagued both the bison and Native American populations at this time, and reduced numbers of buffalo further affected Indigenous populations. In addition, the threat of Euro-American hunters on the bison population was a growing external threat to the livelihoods of all the Southern Plains tribes.
- Location
- Southern Plains, U.S.
- Image Citation
- https://texasbeyondhistory.net/redriver/images/Tribes2.html
- Student name(s)
- Clara Iodice