Editing Comanche (section)

====Meusebach–Comanche treaty====
The Peneteka band agreed to a peace treaty with the German Immigration Company under [[John O. Meusebach]]. This treaty was not affiliated with any level of government. Meusebach brokered the treaty to settle the lands on the Fisher-Miller Land Grant, from which were formed the 10 counties of [[Concho County, Texas|Concho]], [[Kimble County, Texas|Kimble]], [[Llano County, Texas|Llano]], [[Mason County, Texas|Mason]], [[McCulloch County, Texas|McCulloch]], [[Menard County, Texas|Menard]], [[Schleicher County, Texas|Schleicher]], [[San Saba County, Texas|San Saba]], [[Sutton County, Texas|Sutton]], and [[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green]].<ref name="Land">{{cite web|title=THC-Fisher-Miller Land Grant|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5299009438&site_name=Fisher+-+Miller+Grant&class=5000|work=Texas Historic Markers|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|access-date=16 September 2011}}</ref>{{details|Fisher–Miller Land Grant}} In contrast to many treaties of its day, this treaty was very brief and simple, with all parties agreeing to a mutual cooperation and a sharing of the land. The treaty was agreed to at a meeting in San Saba County,<ref>{{cite web|title=THC-Comanche Treaty|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5411000991&site_name=Comanche+Indian+Treaty&class=5000|publisher=Texas Historical Association|access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref> and signed by all parties on May 9, 1847, in [[Fredericksburg, Texas]]. The treaty was very specifically between the Peneteka band and the German Immigration Company. No other band or tribe was involved. The German Immigration Company was dissolved by Meusebach himself shortly after it had served its purpose. By 1875, the Comanches had been relocated to reservations.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Demallie|first1=Raymond J |last2=Deloria | first2=Vine |title=Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements and Conventions 1775–1979, Vol 1. |year=1999|publisher=University of Oklahoma|isbn=0-8061-3118-7|pages=1493–1494}}</ref>{{details|Meusebach-Comanche Treaty}} Five years later, artist [[Friedrich Richard Petri]] and his family moved to the settlement of [[Pedernales, Texas|Pedernales]], near Fredericksburg. Petri's sketches and watercolors gave witness to the friendly relationships between the Germans and various local [[Native American (Americas)|Native American]] tribes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Germunden|first=Gerd|title=Germans and Indians: Fantasies, Encounters, Projections|year=2002|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0-8032-6420-5|author2=Calloway, Colin G |author3=Zantop, Suzanne |page=65}}</ref>