The Comanche emerged as a distinct group around 1680 when they broke away from the Shoshone people of Wyoming and acquired horses from the Pueblo Indians after the Pueblo Revolt. They became unmatched horsemen and were experts at breaking feral horses. Comanche territory included Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas. They were fierce warriors who forced both the Lipan and Mescalero Apache out of Texas and took thousands of captives from Spanish, Mexican, and American settlers. Comanche County was created in 1856, and its name was chosen by Colonel John Henry Brown, who represented the territory that made up the new county. The last great Comanche war chief was Quanah Parker, whose mother, Cynthia Ann Parker, was a Comanche captive.