Parʉhʉya

Parʉhʉya, meaning elk, was a name borne by a local group of the Kwaarʉ Nʉʉ or Quahadi Comanche. The Quahadi ranged over the high plains of the Llano Estacado in western Texas and eastern New Mexico. Their country was a vast grassland cut by sheltered canyons. Comanche bands were flexible communities, joining and separating as families followed bison and pursued their own affairs across the southern Plains.