The great plains; the romance of western American exploration, warfare, and settlement, 1527-1870 . atte was the home of the Arapahoes,whose headquarters were near the present site of thecity of Denver. Here these Indians conducted asort of fair, exchanging articles procured from theSpanish on the south for the more northern word Arapahoe is said to mean he who buys,or trades. Closely associated with them in theearliest days of white exploration were the , during the struggle for possession, a yetstronger alliance was made by this latter tribe withthe Comanches. For many y
The great plains; the romance of western American exploration, warfare, and settlement, 1527-1870 . atte was the home of the Arapahoes,whose headquarters were near the present site of thecity of Denver. Here these Indians conducted asort of fair, exchanging articles procured from theSpanish on the south for the more northern word Arapahoe is said to mean he who buys,or trades. Closely associated with them in theearliest days of white exploration were the , during the struggle for possession, a yetstronger alliance was made by this latter tribe withthe Comanches. For many years the Kiowa war-riors roamed freely over the entire Arapahoe andComanche country, extending from the South Platteto the Brazos. Their favorite rendezvous seems tohave been the valley of the Arkansas near the mouthof the Purgatory River. The Kiowas were littleknown by name in the early fur trade, but prob-ably many an atrocity charged to the Comanchesor the Arapahoes was really committed by thesewanderers. A late authority refers to them as beingthe most predatory and bloodthirsty of the [38].
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