From a 1937 interview, the Comanche elder named Pauau was close to 80 years of age. He as a young boy along with other relatives were rounded up and gathered together nearly 69 years ago at Fort Sill.
As Pauau seemed to not want to mess with English, he shared his understanding of earlier Comanche life through the well-known Comanche Lee Motah.
Pauau remembered that assorted trails came together in the vicinity of Fort Sill, (Oklahoma). The Comanches often walked the paths and the women rode horseback. He added that abundance of game was available for the tribal people. In the summertime, choice meat portions were cut into long thin strips. The meat was hung over poles resting on the top of forked poles. The strips were soon dried by the sun. The food was put into rawhide or buckskin bags. As one so desired, the meat pieces were easily taken out of the bag.
With the cold and blizzards of winter, Lee Motah shared that his father as well as the elder Pauau informed him that the Comanche teepee in winter was very comfortable. The teepee was secured by stakes in a very tight manner to the earth and the teepee was made of tightly sewn skins. Thick grass mats resting on an elevated stick platform were made ready with supporting stakes. With the well-built fire situated right in the middle of the teepee below the opening at the top, the Comanches enjoyed warm sleeping.
As he ended his discussion, Lee Motah shared the following:
"Our fathers had much better health than we do, too. A simple outdoor life gave them resistance to the elements, as a simple diet gave their teeth resistance to decay."
A remarkable historical picture described as Mow Way or Hand Shaker's Camp, Dates 1867-75, by William S. Soule. Photographs of Native Americans and Camps in Kansas and Oklahoma, 1867-1874. Courtesy of the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, maintained by the Smithsonian Institution. Additional information from the Wichita Falls Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas.
This is a thermal generator to make enough electricity to play the radio and produce heat for the room. See the photo above.