$600 his diligent daughter had saved and Lynn purchased an un-broken two year old named “Flicka” when she was only twelve. Young Lynn learned her Co- manche great grandfather’s way of riding horses from her grandmother.


Lynn explained, “I learned that I should never have to use my hands to tell my horse what I needed. I learned I could communicate with my knees and weight, but also learned that I needed an ex- tremely close relationship with my horse to have the kind of horsemanship they were speaking of. I’ve been trying ever since.”


Not everyone knows about Comanche Indians and horses. To historians, the years from around 1640 to about 1880 is known as the period of the Indian Horse Culture and the Comanche were the


most famed equestrians on the Western Hemisphere. According to many Euro- pean observers during those almost two and a half centuries, the Comanche were the greatest horsemen on the planet.


Long before the introduction of the horse to North America, hunting was a neces- sity of life for the Indian. Then, with the Horse Culture came strength, endur- ance, mobility and speed that elevated hunting from a basic requirement to a sport. Superb horsemanship was a chal- lenge the Comanche responded to with enthusiasm that enabled them to keep their camps supplied with food.


The Comanche could ride faster and far- ther than anyone. They performed tricks on horseback that no one else could seem to do. They would slide to the back or the side of the horse with fear-


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