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- Cuerno Verde (died September 3, 1779) is the Spanish name for Tavibo Naritgant, a leader of the Comanche, likely of the Kotsoteka Comanche, in the late 18th century.
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Cuerno Verde marker at Greenhorn Meadows Park on Colorado Highway 165. Cuerno Verde (died September 3, 1779) is the Spanish name for Tavibo Naritgant, a leader of the Comanche, likely of the Kotsoteka Comanche, in the late 18th century.
In late October 1768, 500 Comanches attacked Ojo Caliente before dawn, attempting to wipe out the Spaniards. But Spanish firearms killed their charismatic leader, “Cuerno Verde,” the Spanish name given to the wearer of the chief headdress. Comanche beliefs bound Cuerno Verde’s family to avenge his death.
In 1779, the Governor of New Mexico, Juan Bautista de Anza, led some 600 Spanish soldiers, along with their Ute and Apache allies, north to suppress the attacks, particularly those led by the Comanche chief known as Cuerno Verde (meaning Green Horn because of the headdress he wore in battle).
Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza leads a punitive expedition against the Comanche across New Mexico and Colorado. His forces kill the Comanche chief Cuerno Verde and other leaders at the base of Greenhorn Mountain, south of Pueblo, Colorado. 1787 De Anza finally negotiates a lasting Spanish-Comanche peace.
In this vicinity the Comanche Chief Cuerno Verde (Greenhorn) The Cruel Scourge was defeated and killed by the Spaniards under Gov. Juan B. Anza on September 3, 1779. The nearby mountain and stream take their name from the chief. Anza’s was the first expedition through certain parts of Colorado.
He found the main body of the Comanche on Greenhorn Creek, returning from a raid in Nuevo México, and won a decisive victory. Chief Cuerno Verde, for whom Greenhorn Creek is named, and many other leaders of the Comanche were killed.
In 1779, with 800 men and 2500 horses, he led an expedition from New Mexico through Colorado and across the Arkansas River to engage the Comanches under the command of Chief Cuerno Verde.
