Aitan(e)s
Who were the Aitan(e)s, or the early description of the Comanche people
By: RUSLAN YENDRZHIYEVSKYY – This essay introduces readers to an early description of the Comanche people compiled by the French traveller Fiektong G. in the second half of the 18th century. His writing was published in Russian translation in 1789, but the publication date of the French original is unknown. Although references to the Comanche…